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James L. Flanagan

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American engineer (1925-2015)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1925 to 2015 · aged 89
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James Loton Flanagan was an American electrical engineer. He was Rutgers University's vice president for research until 2004. He was also director of Rutgers' Center for Advanced Information Processing and the Board of Governors Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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Awards 5

2005IEEE Medal of Honor
1996National Medal of Science
1994Maxwell Lecture
1992Marconi Prize
1986Edison Medal

Connected to James 6

David J. C. MacKayAlso won Maxwell LectureHarald T. FriisAlso won IEEE Medal of HonorOliver Ellsworth BuckleyAlso won Edison MedalColin CherryAlso won Marconi PrizeEugene I. GordonAlso won Edison MedalClaude BerrouAlso won Marconi Prize

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James Loton Flanagan was an American electrical engineer. He was Rutgers University's vice president for research until 2004. He was also director of Rutgers' Center for Advanced Information Processing and the Board of Governors Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is known for co-developing adaptive differential pulse-code modulation (ADPCM) with P. Cummiskey and Nikil Jayant at Bell Labs.

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United States
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Academics
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Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2015 · aged 89
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