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Edward R. Dougherty

Also known as Edward Russell Dougherty

Dougherty was an American mathematician and electrical engineer whose work centered on genomic signal processing and pattern recognition. He earned a Rutgers PhD in 1974 and joined the Texas A&M faculty in 1996, where he directed the Genomic Signal Processing Laboratory. He co-wrote Genomic Signal Processing with Ilya Shmulevich in 2007 and Error Estimation for Pattern Recognition in 2015. IEEE named him a Fellow for 2012, and Thomson Reuters placed him on its 2014 list of influential scientific minds. He died in 2025.

Works
914
Citations
25,657
h-index
68

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1945–1974

    Early life and a Rutgers PhD

    He is an American mathematician and electrical engineer, born in 1945, who earns a Rutgers PhD in 1974.

  2. 1996

    A move to Texas A&M

    He joins the Texas A&M faculty in 1996 and directs the Genomic Signal Processing Laboratory.

  3. 2007

    A book on genomic signal processing

    He co-writes the book Genomic Signal Processing with Ilya Shmulevich in 2007.

  4. 2012

    An IEEE Fellow in 2012

    IEEE names him to its 2012 class of Fellows, a group of 329 senior members.

  5. 2014

    Named to an influential scientists list

    In 2014 Thomson Reuters names him to its list of the most influential scientific minds.

  6. 2015

    Error estimation for pattern recognition

    He co-writes Error Estimation for Pattern Recognition with Ulisses M. Braga Neto in 2015.

  7. November 2025

    Death of a mathematician

    He dies in November 2025.

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  1. Edward R. Dougherty - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Edward Dougherty - The Mathematics Genealogy Project mathgenealogy.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. ‘University Distinguished Professor‘ Titles Awarded To Six Texas A&M Faculty Members | TAMUtimes web.archive.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Introducing the 2012 Fellows - IEEE - The Institute web.archive.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Thomson Reuters names ECE faculty member among the world’s most influential scientific minds | Texas A&M University Engineering engineering.tamu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Error Estimation for Pattern Recognition by Ulisses M. Braga Neto & Edward R. Dougherty on Apple Books books.apple.com. Checked 15 October 2026.