Signal Processor Stream

Signal processing engineers take multimedia information sources (e.g., speech, music, images, videos, etc.), convert them into digital form, and manipulate the signals using digital processing techniques (DSP) on a computer. There are many applications for DSP in communications, biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, audio, image and video processing systems, including stereo equipment and iPods. For example, a computerized finger print recognition system would use many DSP techniques, as would a high-end music synthesizer.

Many employers in the computer, electronics and audio industries employ graduates with this knowledge. This includes companies like Apple, Microsoft, Agilent, Bose, RIM, Spectrum, and many others.