This summer, Ray Simar, M.S.E.E. ’83, will join the faculty as Professor in the Practice of Digital Signal Processing Architecture.  Transitioning into this new role is a natural progression for Ray’s successful career as distinguished member of technical staff, industry fellow, and advanced architecture development manager, at Texas Instruments. During the next few years, Ray will work with Keith Cooper, Rice’s John and Ann Doerr Professor in Computational Engineering and a principal investigator on The PACE Project, the new DARPA project in the computer science department. Following that, ECE plans to engage Ray in teaching and research in digital signal processing.

“Ray has had a stellar career at Texas Instruments and we are fortunate to have him join Rice ECE and CS.,” said Behnaam Aazhang, J.S. Abercrombie Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and electrical and computer engineering department chair.

Professors in the Practice have all worked in industry and possess invaluable experience. Ray aspires to apply these experiences to help shape the future of processor architectures and to inspire future generations of processor architects and DSP engineers.

“I am very excited about this opportunity to join the Rice faculty, a faculty that has been key to my academic and corporate career.  I am very grateful for this opportunity to be able to work with the people who fueled my early interest in DSP and the people I later came to know during my time in industry.” – Ray Simar