Irving Stoy Reed
Irving Stoy Reed (born November 12, 1923 in Seattle , Washington - † September 11, 2012 ) was an American mathematician and engineer. His best known work was the co -founding of the Reed-Solomon and Reed-Muller codes .
Reed studied at the California Institute of Technology , where he received his BS in 1944 and a Ph.D. in 1949. completed. The subject of the dissertation was " Quadratic Differential Equations in Banach Spaces and Analytic Functionals ". In addition to his research on coding theory , he carried out research in the field of electrical engineering, especially signal and image processing and radar. He was part of the team that developed the MADDIDA route guidance system for the SM-62 Snark - one of the first digital computers. He also developed the Register Transfer Language while working at MIT .
Reed was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the IEEE . He received the Claude E. Shannon Award in 1982 , the Richard W. Hamming Medal in 1989 and the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award in 1995.
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- ↑ In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Irving S. Reed, 88 , accessed September 16, 2012
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| SURNAME | Reed, Irving Stoy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician and engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seattle , Washington |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 2012 |