Maurice Karnaugh
Maurice Karnaugh (born October 4, 1924 in New York City ), pronunciation [ ˈkɑːɹnɔː ], is an American physicist and computer scientist .
Karnaugh studied mathematics and physics at the City College of New York from 1944 to 1948 . After graduating as a Bachelor of Science degree , he went to Yale University in New Haven ( Connecticut ), where he in 1950 the degree of Master of Science acquired in 1952 and his doctorate in physics. At the same time he worked here from 1948 to 1952 as a research assistant and university lecturer.
He then took over from 1952 to 1966 as a professor of experimental research in a senior position at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill ( New Jersey ). His scientific work was specifically in the field of heuristics . Karnaugh developed new techniques and methods for the faster design of information technology systems. He first described the process he developed for this and named after him as the Karnaugh diagram (Karnaugh-Veitch diagram, KV diagram) in 1953 in the journal Communications and Electronics .
From 1966 to 1970, Karnaugh served as General Manager and Head of Research and Development for Federal Systems Diversity. He then went from 1970 to 1989 as a senior researcher at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. From 1981 until his retirement in 1989, Karnaugh also taught as a professor of computer science at the Polytechnic University of New York . In addition, he reported on his scientific work in numerous publications.
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| SURNAME | Karnaugh, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist and computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |