[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] [LCTG Matters] Meeting Reminder: Online Only; Your Next Computer. 10AM ET Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Lexington Computer and Technology Group
Ted Kochanski
tedpkphd at gmail.com
Wed Jul 3 11:04:20 PDT 2024
All,
I forgot to include the link to the Alan Oppenheim Youtube
https://youtu.be/5HEl5qheQT4?si=wTVASp3BjNXXCwtG
Alan Oppenheim on Signal Processing
<https://youtu.be/5HEl5qheQT4?si=wTVASp3BjNXXCwtG>
Ted
On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 2:01 PM Ted Kochanski <tedpkphd at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I just watched a fascinating talk on Youtube by MIT Prof. Alan Oppenheim
> --- one of the founders of Digital Signal Processing -- although today he
> just refers to Signal Processing
>
>> Al Oppenheim: "Signal Processing: How did we get to where we're going?"
>> MIT EECS
>> 896 subscribers
>> 386 views Jun 24, 2024
>> In a retrospective talk spanning multiple decades, Professor Oppenheim
>> looks back over the birth of Digital Signal Processing and shares his
>> thoughts on the future of the field. Hosted by Anantha Chandrakasan, Dean
>> of the MIT School of Engineering, the talk includes a lively Q & A at the
>> end.
>
>
> Near the beginning he showed this slide
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> [image: image.png]
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> in the middle he talked about many things including: the relationship
> between Signal Processing, Machine Learning and Data Science [illustrated
> by a moving target Venn Diagram
>
> [and then showed that first slide -- a few more times -=- with different
> associated commentary
>
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>
> and at the end he answered his own question about the future of Signal
> Processing
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>
> [image: image.png]
>
> But possibly the most important bit to come from the talk is this quote
> [taken from a comment]
>
> @caleb_wole
>> 7 days ago
>>
>>> "All of us always, every minute of everyday, are always in exactly the
>>> right place at the right time and around the right people. The question is,
>>> do we recognize the opportunities in front of us?"
>>> – Alan Oppenheim
>>
>>
> Insightful!
>
>
> Ted
>
> PS: perhaps for a future potpouri
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 10:13 AM Jonathan Goode via Lctg-others <
> lctg-others at lists.toku.us> wrote:
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>> (NOTE: Initial Reminder.)
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>> *July 3, 2024*
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