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Analysis (1988-91).
Dr. Middleton published a second book, Topics in
Communication Theory (1965) and over 170 papers. Significant among them is his 2002 paper, “New Results in Applied Scattering Theory,” which contains a synthesis of his methods for determining the statistical characteristics of non- Gaussian noise affecting signal reception. These methods have contributed to solving long-time, complex problems in radar, sonar, and radio astronomy, as well as problems where non-Gaussian noise is often encountered.
At the time of his death, he was actively working on the sequel to his first book, Elements of Non-Gaussian Statistical
Communication Theory: A Space-Time Treatment (to be pub- lished posthumously). It summarizes his work of over 65 years in statistical communication theory as well as present- ing results from more recent research gained by adding non- linear effects and time analysis to earlier methods.
Dr. Middleton was a member of several scientific soci- eties, among them the Acoustical Society of America, IEEE, the American Physical Society, the National Academy of Engineering, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the AAAS. He received numerous prizes and awards for his work. In August 2008 the IEEE and Princeton University hosted a symposium in honor of his long and distinguished career.
We have learned of the deaths of the following ASA members:
Louis Herstein III Charles Tepper
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