TWO scientists at the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency in Malvern have been awarded a prize for devising a technique which could improve the transmission quality of future mobile phones.
Dr Ian Proudler and Ian Skidmore, of the Signals Processing Group, share the John Benjamin Prize in recognition of their invention and patenting of the KaGE algorithm.
KaGE is an "adaptive filtering algorithm" which will have many applications in everyday life, such as mobile and hands-free telephones and computer modems. The algorithms are also important in military systems such as radar and sonar.
The adaptive filtering algorithms in commercially-available products often have limited performance but higher performance usually requires much more computer power.
The KaGE algorithm reduces the amount of processing power required and eliminates errors, and can be used to improve existing systems.
The John Benjamin Prize was founded 14 years ago in memory of Dr John Benjamin of RSRE, the predecessor of DERA.
Dr Benjamin, a leading research scientist at the Malvern base, died in a skiing accident in France in 1987. Aged just 31, he was regarded by his employers as a very gifted scientist.
The prize was created by his parents, Professor Ralph Benjamin and Mrs Kathleen Benjamin, following Dr Benjamin's death.
Professor and Mrs Benjamin came to DERA from their home in Bristol to make the presentations, after which they joined the prize-winners and DERA senior management for lunch.
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