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Arun N. Netravali (May 26 1945 – November 4, 2021) was anIndian–American computer engineer credited with contributions in digital technology includingHDTV. He conducted research in digital compression, signal processing and other fields. Netravali was the ninth President ofBell Laboratories and served as Lucent's Chief Technology Officer and Chief Network Architect. He received his undergraduate degree fromIIT Bombay, India, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. fromRice University inHouston, Texas, all in electrical engineering. Several global universities, including the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne, Switzerland, honored him with honorary doctorates.

Netravali worked at NASA from 1970 to 1972, solving technical problems for the space shuttle project.^[2]

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

Netravali was a member of Tau Beta Pi andSigma Xi. He is also an IEEE fellow. He has received awards including theMarconi Prize, thePadma Bhushan Award from the Indian government, theNational 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 anadjunct professor at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology. While at Bell Labs, he taught at City College of New York, Columbia University, and Rutgers University.^[3]

Netravali died on November 4, 2021, at the age of 76.^[1]

Netravali has received numerous awards and honorary degrees, including

• the Marconi Prize from theMarconi Society in 2017
• theIEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal in 2001 (together withThomas S. Huang)^[4][5]
• theIEEE Frederik Philips Award in 2001^[6]
• the U.S.National Medal of Technology^[7]
• thePadma Bhushan from the Government of India^[8]
• theIEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 1991 (together withC. Chapin Cutler andJohn O. Limb)^[9]
• elected to member of theNational Academy of Engineering in 1989^[10]
• elected toIEEE Fellow in 1985^[11]
• theIEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award in 1982 (together withJohn O. Limb)^[12]

• 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
• Don P. Mitchell and Arun N. Netravali,Reconstruction Filters in Computer Graphics, Computer Graphics, Vol. 22, No. 4, August 1988. pp. 221-228.[1]

• Laureate profile at The Spirit of American Innovation

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• IIT Bombay alumni
• Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
• American chief technology officers
• Businesspeople from Mumbai
• Fellows of the IEEE
• Bell Labs
• 2021 deaths

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