Mischa Schwartz | |
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| Born | (1926-09-21)September 21, 1926 (age 99) |
| Alma mater | Cooper Union (undergraduate),Harvard University (graduate) |
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| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Doctoral advisor | Philippe Le Corbeiller |
Mischa Schwartz (born September 21, 1926) is theCharles Batchelor Professor Emeritus ofElectrical Engineering atColumbia University, which he joined in 1974 as professor of electrical engineering and computer science. He received the B.E.E. degree from theCooper Union, New York, NY, in 1947, the M.E.E. degree from the Polytechnic Institute in 1949, and the Ph.D. degree inapplied physics fromHarvard University under the supervision ofPhilippe Le Corbeiller in 1951.[1] He was the founding director (in 1985) of the NSF-sponsored Center for Telecommunications Research (CTR). He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, and aFellow of the AAAS. In 1992, he was elected a member of the USNational Academy of Engineering for leadership in engineering education in the field of communications. He is also a past president of theIEEE Communications Society, and a former director of the IEEE.
From 1952 to 1974 he was professor of electrical engineering at thePolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, serving as head of the Department of Electrical Engineering from 1961 to 1965.
His publications include 10 books and over 180 papers in communication theory and systems,signal processing, wireless systems, computer communication networks, and the history of communications. The awards he has received include theIEEE Education Medal and the Columbia Great Teacher Award, both awarded in 1983, the Cooper Union Gano Dunn Medal[2] for contributions to technology, IEEE Edwin Armstrong Award for contributions to communication technology, NYC Mayor's Award for excellence in technology,Eta Kappa Nu Eminent Member award, and the 2003 Okawa Prize of Japan[3] contributions to telecommunications and engineering education. He also received the IEEE EAB Vice-president's award in 2009 for outstanding contributions to education, theory, and practice in the field of electrical engineering.[4]
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