an ▁quant izer . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁recip ient ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁pat ent ▁awarded ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁statistical ▁delta ▁mod ulation . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Fine ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁His ▁academic ▁degrees ▁are ▁from ▁City ▁College ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁( B . E . E .) ▁and ▁from ▁Harvard ▁University ▁( S . M ., ▁Ph . D .). ▁He ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁Miller ▁Research ▁Fellow ship ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California ▁Ber keley ▁for ▁the ▁period ▁ 1 9 6 4 – 1 9 6 6 , ▁after ▁which ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁fac ulty ▁of ▁Corn ell ▁University ▁in ▁I th aca , ▁New ▁York , ▁where ▁he ▁remained ▁until ▁his ▁ret irement ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁There ▁he ▁served ▁as ▁Professor ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Elect rical ▁and ▁Computer ▁Engineering ; ▁concurrent ly , ▁as ▁Professor ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Statist ical ▁Sciences ; ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁as ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁university ' s ▁mult id is cipl inary ▁Center ▁for ▁App lied ▁Mathemat ics . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁Professor ▁Emer it us ▁at ▁Corn ell . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁Life ▁Fellow ▁and ▁Third ▁Mill en ni um ▁Medal ist ▁of ▁the ▁IE EE ▁( Inst itute ▁of ▁Elect rical ▁and ▁Electron ics ▁Engine ers ). ▁ ▁Selected ▁publications ▁▁▁ ▁The ories ▁of ▁Pro b ability : ▁An ▁Ex am ination ▁of ▁Found ations ,