Nebeker F. Signal processing: the emergence of a discipline, 1948 to 1998

New Brunswick: IEEE History Center, 1998. — 180 p.History of the creation of a new branch of engineering. Signal processing, which concerns the changes made to signals so as to improve transmission, storage, or use, is vital to a wide range of modern technologies. This extensively referenced account draws upon the published literature and oral-history interviews of dozens of pioneers of the new discipline.