Robert M. Gray

Robert M. Gray
Robert M. Gray (2008)
Born	(1943-11-01) November 1, 1943 (age 81) San Diego, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Known for	Vector quantization
Awards	IEEE Centennial Medal (1984) Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2007) Claude E. Shannon Award (2008)
Scientific career
Fields	Electrical engineering
Institutions	Stanford University
Doctoral advisor	Robert A. Scholtz Irwin M. Jacobs
Doctoral students	Pamela Cosman Michelle Effros Sheila Hemami Jia Li Yasuo Matsuyama Mari Ostendorf Eve Riskin

Robert M. Gray (born November 1, 1943^[1]) is an American information theorist, and the Alcatel-Lucent Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. He is best known for his contributions to quantization and compression, particularly the development of vector quantization.