Thomas Kailath

His research has ranged over many areas of electrical engineering (information and communication theory, statistical signal detection and estimation, linear system theory, control theory, inverse scattering, sensor array processing, VLSI design and computation) and mathematics (Stochastic processes, operator theory, linear algebra, interpolation theory). Has particularly enjoyed working at the interfaces of these fields, carrying tools and insights across various disciplinary boundaries. Recent applications to thermal processing and optical microlithography in semiconductor manufacturing, and to the so-called last-mile problem of broadband data communications, have been carried to successful commercial implementation.