Robert Gray Gallager
Robert Gray Gallager (born May 29, 1931 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American electrical engineer who made fundamental contributions to information theory and the theory of computer networks .
He studied electrical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania , and made his diploma and dissertation in 1957 and 1960 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His dissertation and major theses deal with the Low-Density-Parity-Check-Codes (LDPC) he developed, which are efficient channel codings within the framework of coding theory . LDPC codes are used, among other things, in the context of terrestrial digital television of the DVB-T2 standard and in various WLAN standards for correcting transmission errors.
He was awarded the Claude E. Shannon Award in 1983 and the IEEE Medal of Honor in 1990 for his work . In 1992 he was admitted to the National Academy of Sciences and in 1999 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . He is currently a professor emeritus at MIT. In 2020 he received the Japan Prize .
Works
- Robert G. Gallager: Low-Density Parity-Check Codes . MIT Press Classic Series, Cambridge MA, 1963 ( MIT Press research monographs 21, ZDB -ID 597839-7 ), ( different version ; PDF; 655 kB).
- Robert G. Gallager: Information Theory and Reliable Communication , John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1968.
- Robert G. Gallager: Discrete Stochastic Processes , Kluwer, Boston, 1996
- Robert G. Gallager: Principles of Digital Communication , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2008.
- Robert G. Gallager: Stochastic Processes, Theory for Applications , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2013
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Gallager , IEEE Information Theory Society, accessed on January 25, 2011
- ↑ Claude E. Shannon Award , requested on January 25, 2011
- ↑ IEEE Medal of Honor , (Eng.)
- ↑ Japan Prize 2020
Web links
- MIT homepage
- DBLP Bibliography Server , Publications, accessed on January 25, 2011
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gallager, Robert Gray |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American electrical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |