Richard Blahut

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Richard Blahut[1]
Born (1937-06-09) June 9, 1937 (age 87)
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materCornell University, United States
Known for
Awards
  • IEEE Claude E. Shannon Award, (2005)
  • IEEE Third Millennium Medal, (2000)
  • TBP Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award, (2000)
  • IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal for "contributions to error-control coding, particularly by combining algebraic coding theory and digital transform techniques, (1998)
  • Elected[1] to the National Academy of Engineering (of the USA) (1990)
  • Japanese Society for the Propagation of Science Fellowship, (1982)
  • Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, (1981)
  • Fellow of IBM Corporation, (1980)
  • IBM Corporate Recognition Award, (1979)
  • IBM Outstanding Innovation Award, (1978)
  • IBM Outstanding Contribution Award, (1976)
  • IBM Resident Study Program, (1969–1971)
  • IBM Outstanding Contribution Award, (1968)
Scientific career
FieldsInformation Theory and Error Control Coding
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana

Richard E. Blahut[1] (born June 9, 1937),[2] former chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, is best known for his work in information theory (e.g. the Blahut–Arimoto algorithm used in rate–distortion theory). He received his PhD Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1972.

Blahut was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1990 for pioneering work in coherent emitter signal processing and for contributions to information theory and error control codes.

  1. ^ a b c Richard E. Blahut was elected in 1990 as a member of National Academy of Engineering in Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering for pioneering work in coherent emitter signal processing and for contributions to information theory and error control codes.
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