William Yslas Vélez

William "Bill" Yslas Vélez is an American mathematician, a current Emeritus Professor at the University of Arizona, and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[1] From 1992–96, Vélez served as the president of Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).[2]

William Yslas Vélez
Headshot of Vélez in August 2010
Born
Tucson, Arizona
NationalityAmerican
Education
  • The University of Arizona (BS, MS, PhD)
Spouse(s)Bernice Lopez Vélez
Children2
AwardsPresidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (1997)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsThe University of Arizona
ThesisA basis for the group of units modulo ρm and prime ideal decomposition in F(​ρ 1⁄m)
Doctoral advisorHenry Mann

At the University of Arizona he graduated with B.Sc. in 1968, M.Sc. in 1972, and Ph.D. in 1975. His doctoral thesis was written under the supervision of H. B. Mann. Vélez became a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in January 2013.[3] In 2017, he was selected as a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the inaugural class.[4]

Notable publications

Patents
  • Method and apparatus for suppressing interference from bandspread communication signals[5]
  • Method and apparatus for suppressing linear amplitude interference from bandspread communication signals[6]
  • Simplified interference suppressor[7]
  • Adaptive processor integrator for interference suppression[8]

References
  1. "Department of Mathematics". www.math.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  2. Vélez, William Yslas. "William Vélez, PhD". Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  3. "W. Y. Velez". arizona.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  4. "2018 Inaugural Class of AWM Fellows". awm-math.org/. Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  5. 5495497, Bond, James W.; Thomas Schlosser & William Velez, "United States Patent: 5495497 - Method and apparatus for suppressing interference from bandspread communication signals", issued February 27, 1996
  6. 5495496, Bond, James W. & Williams Velez, "United States Patent: 5495496 - Method and apparatus for suppressing linear amplitude interference from bandspread communication signals", issued February 27, 1996
  7. 6072845, Bond, James W.; Stefen Hui & William Y. Velez, "United States Patent: 6072845 - Simplified interference suppressor", issued June 6, 2000
  8. 6173167, Bond, James W.; Thomas W. Schlosser & William Velez, "United States Patent: 6173167 - Adaptive processor integrator for interference suppression", issued January 9, 2001
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