Harry L. Van Trees
| Harry Leslie Van Trees, Jr. | |
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| Born | June 27, 1930 (age 87 years, 4 months, 1 week and 5 days) |
| Nationality | United States |
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| Fields | Electrical engineering, radar, sonar, and signal processing. |
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| Thesis | Synthesis of Optimum Nonlinear Control Systems |
| Doctoral advisor | Yuk-Wing Lee |
Harry Leslie Van Trees (born June 27, 1930) is a scientist specializing in radar and sonar, communications, and signal processing.
Van Trees attended West Point, where he graduated first in his class in 1952.
After Van Trees served in the Army, he received a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland. He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and received his Sc.D. After graduating, Van Trees joined the MIT faculty as a part of the Electrical Engineering Department.
While working at MIT during 1968-1971, Van Trees published a three-volume series of textbooks on the detection, estimation, and modulation theory. Van Trees' theory provided a "unified approach to communications, radar, and sonar."
In addition to academic work, Van Trees has also assisted with the implementation of theory into practice in several Department of Defense positions. Van Trees was initially on loan to the government by MIT, he then ended up staying for a number of projects. Van Trees was the Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force. He also served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3I). Additionally, Van Trees was the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration; Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C3I).
In 1987, Van Trees joined George Mason University as a Distinguished Professor of Information Technology, and Electrical and Systems Engineering. Van Trees was also the founding director of Mason’s Center of Excellence in Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C3I). In 2002, Van Trees published a fourth volume titled Optimum Array Processing. This textbook provided a more comprehensive look at optimum array processing. In 2013, Van Trees worked with Bell and Tian to publish a second edition of Part 1. This version was revised and expanded.
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