Richard Blahut
Richard Blahut (born June 9, 1937 in Orange , New Jersey ) is an American computer scientist , known for his contributions to coding theory (error-correcting codes), digital signal processing and information theory .
Blahut studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a bachelor's degree in 1960, at the Stevens Institute of Technology with a master's degree in 1964 and received his doctorate in electrical engineering from Cornell University in 1972 with Toby Berger ( An hypothesis testing approach to information theory ) , at which he also gave lectures from 1973. From 1964 to 1980 he was with IBM . In 1994 he became a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign .
He was visiting professor on various occasions, including at Princeton in 1989. In 2005 he received the Claude E. Shannon Award and in 1998 the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal for his contributions to error-correcting codes, especially his connection between algebraic coding theory and digital transformation techniques .
He is a Fellow of the IEEE (1981), the National Academy of Engineering (1990) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science . In 1980 he became an IBM Fellow . He received the IEEE Third Millennium Medal .
Fonts
- Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission , Cambridge University Press 2002
- Algebraic Codes on Lines, Planes, and Curves: An Engineering Approach , Cambridge University Press 2008
- Fast Algorithms for Digital Signal Processing , Addison – Wesley 1985
- Theory of Remote Image Formation , Cambridge University Press 2004
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ^ Mathematics Genealogy Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blahut, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orange , New Jersey |