Subject: James L. Flanagan, one of the great speech and hearing scientists of our time, has passed away From: Steven Greenberg <steveng@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 08:23:49 -0700 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_9B8EB6CC-B7C7-4F67-A8AD-1074DFB20EAB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dear List, James L. Flanagan, one of the =E2=80=9Cgreats=E2=80=9D of 20th century = speech and hearing research, passed away on August 25th. Two articles, one from the New York Times: = http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/business/james-l-flanagan-acoustical-pio= neer-dies-at-89.html?_r=3D0 = <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/business/james-l-flanagan-acoustical-pi= oneer-dies-at-89.html?_r=3D0> the other from the IEEE Signal Processing Society: = http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/newsletter/2015/09/obituary-for-jam= es-l-flanagan/ = <http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/newsletter/2015/09/obituary-for-ja= mes-l-flanagan/> describe his career and accomplishments. His =E2=80=9CSpeech Analysis, Synthesis and Perception=E2=80=9D (1965, = 1972) is perhaps his best-known book, but his research spanned an = extraordinarily broad spectrum of research topics. My personal favorites are: Flanagan, J. L., and Guttman, N. (1960a). "On the pitch of periodic = pulses," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 32, 1308-1319. Flanagan, J. L., and Guttman, N. (1960b). "On the pitch of periodic = pulses without a fundamental frequency," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 32, = 1319-1328. Guttman, N., and Flanagan, J. L. (1964). "Pitch of high-pass-filtered = pulse trains," J. Acoust. See. Am. 36, 757-765.=20 which number among the most elegant experiments ever performed in pitch = perception. The empirical basis of the =E2=80=9Cdominance=E2=80=9D and = =E2=80=9Cexistence=E2=80=9D regions for pitch were first demonstrated in = these papers, although not referred to as such by the authors (and = rarely credited with this insight in the literature). They also describe = several different sources of pitch, each with different characteristics, = an insight far ahead of its time. Upon Jim=E2=80=99s retirement from Bell Labs in 1990, he became Vice = President in charge of research at Rutgers and Director of CAIP at that = institution, from which he retired in 2005.=20 I met Flanagan only a few times, but was always impressed with his = courtly manner and keen intelligence.=20 -Steve Greenberg --Apple-Mail=_9B8EB6CC-B7C7-4F67-A8AD-1074DFB20EAB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: 0px;" class=3D"">Dear List,</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;" class=3D"">James L. = Flanagan, one of the =E2=80=9Cgreats=E2=80=9D of 20th century speech and = hearing research, passed away on August 25th.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; min-height: 17px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;" class=3D"">Two articles, one from the New York = Times:</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 97, 255);" = class=3D""><span style=3D"text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: = none" class=3D""><a = href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/business/james-l-flanagan-acoust= ical-pioneer-dies-at-89.html?_r=3D0" = class=3D"">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/business/james-l-flanagan-aco= ustical-pioneer-dies-at-89.html?_r=3D0</a></span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;" class=3D"">the other from = the IEEE Signal Processing Society:</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = color: rgb(0, 97, 255);" class=3D""><span style=3D"text-decoration: = underline ; font-kerning: none" class=3D""><a = href=3D"http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/newsletter/2015/09/obituary= -for-james-l-flanagan/" = class=3D"">http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/newsletter/2015/09/obitu= ary-for-james-l-flanagan/</a></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 17px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;" class=3D"">describe his career and accomplishments.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;" class=3D"">His =E2=80=9CSpeec= h Analysis, Synthesis and Perception=E2=80=9D (1965, 1972) is perhaps = his best-known book, but his research spanned an extraordinarily broad = spectrum of research topics.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 17px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;" = class=3D"">My personal favorites are:</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 17px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;" class=3D"">Flanagan, J. L., and Guttman, N. (1960a). "On the pitch = of periodic pulses," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 32, 1308-1319.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;" class=3D"">Flanagan, J. L., and Guttman, N. = (1960b). "On the pitch of periodic pulses without a fundamental = frequency," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 32, 1319-1328.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;" class=3D"">Guttman, N., and Flanagan, J. L. (1964). "Pitch of = high-pass-filtered pulse trains," J. Acoust. See. Am. 36, = 757-765. </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;" = class=3D"">which number among the most elegant experiments ever = performed in pitch perception. The empirical basis of the = =E2=80=9Cdominance=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cexistence=E2=80=9D regions for = pitch were first demonstrated in these papers, although not referred to = as such by the authors (and rarely credited with this insight in the = literature). They also describe several different sources of pitch, each = with different characteristics, an insight far ahead of its = time.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;" class=3D"">Upon Jim=E2=80=99s= retirement from Bell Labs in 1990, he became Vice President in charge = of research at Rutgers and Director of CAIP at that institution, from = which he retired in 2005. </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 17px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;" class=3D"">I met Flanagan only a few times, but was always = impressed with his courtly manner and keen intelligence. </div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;" class=3D"">-Steve = Greenberg</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 17px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_9B8EB6CC-B7C7-4F67-A8AD-1074DFB20EAB--