Speech Processing Pioneer Bishnu Saroop Atal Dies at 93

Bishnu Saroop Atal Acoustics and signal processing pioneer Life Fellow, 93; died 19 August Atal 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...