Arun Netravali

Arun N. Netravali (born 26 May 1946 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian-American computer engineer credited with major contributions in digital technology including HDTV. He conducted seminal research in digital compression, signal processing and other fields. Netravali was the ninth President of Bell Laboratories and has served as Lucent's Chief Technology Officer and Chief Network Architect. He received his undergraduate degree from IIT Bombay, India, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. from Rice University in Houston, Texas, all in electrical engineering. Several global universities,including the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne, Switzerland, have honored him with honorary doctorates.

Netravali led Bell Labs research and development of high definition television (HDTV) and is widely acknowledged as a pioneer in the development of digital video technology. He is the author of over 170 technical papers, 70 patents, and three books in the areas of picture processing, digital television, and computer networks.

Dr. Netravali is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Tau Beta Phi and Sigma Xi. He is also an IEEE fellow. He has received numerous prestigious awards including the Marconi Prize, the Padma Bhushan Award from the Indian government, the National Medal of Technology from President George W. Bush, the Computers & Communications Prize, the Alexander Graham Bell Medal, the IEEE Kilby Medal, the IEEE Frederik Philips Award, and the National Association of Software and Services Companies in India Medal.

Prior to joining Bell Labs, Netravali was an adjunct Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While at Bell Labs, he taught at City College of New York, Columbia University, and Rutgers University.

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Awards and honors

Netravali has received numerous awards and honorary degrees, including

Selected writing

  • Arun N. Netravali and Barry G. Haskell, Digital Pictures: Representation, Compression and Standards (Applications of Communications Theory), Springer (second edition, 1995), ISBN 0-306-44917-X

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.bell-labs.com/about/presidents/arun-netravali/
  2. ↑ "IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ "IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal Recipients - 2001 - Thomas S. Huang and Arun N. Netravali". IEEE. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  4. ↑ "IEEE Frederik Philips Award Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
  5. ↑ Award details at Bell Labs website in 2001 and Technology Administration agency Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Photo of award ceremony
  7. ↑ "IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  8. ↑ "NAE Members Directory - Dr. Arun N. Netravali". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Fellow Class of 1985". IEEE. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
  10. ↑ "IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
Awards
Preceded by
Paul Baran		 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
1991
with C. Chapin Cutler and John O. Limb		 Succeeded by
James Massey
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