W. Wesley Peterson | |
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| Born | April 22, 1924 Muskegon, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | May 6, 2009 (aged 85) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Awards | Japan Prize Claude E. Shannon Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, computer science |
William Wesley Peterson (April 22, 1924 – May 6, 2009) was an American mathematician and computer scientist. He was best known for designing the cyclic redundancy check (CRC),[1] for which research he was awarded the Japan Prize in 1999.[2]
- ^ Peterson, W. W.; Brown, D. T. (January 1961). "Cyclic Codes for Error Detection". Proceedings of the IRE. 49: 228–235. doi:10.1109/JRPROC.1961.287814. S2CID 51666741. – The original paper on CRCs
- ^ "Dr. W. Wesley Peterson, 1999 (15th) Japan Prize Laureate". Japan Prize Foundation. Retrieved November 24, 2011.