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Speech Processing Pioneer Bishnu Saroop Atal Dies at 93

Bishnu Saroop AtalAcoustics and signal processing pioneerLife Fellow, 93; died 19 AugustAtal was an acoustics and signal processing researcher at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J., and later at AT&T’s Shannon Laboratory, in Florham Park, N.J. His pioneering work on voice-coding techniques became the foundation for efficient, high-quality voice transmission over cellular networks. He received the 2013 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal for “fundamental and pioneering contributions to speech

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Speech Processing Pioneer Bishnu Saroop Atal Dies at 93
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