Richard Blahut Explained
| Richard Blahut |
| Birth Date: | 9 June 1937 |
| Citizenship: | American |
| Fields: | Information Theory and Error Control Coding |
| Workplaces: | University of Illinois at Urbana |
| Alma Mater: | Cornell University, United States |
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| 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 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)
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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.
Academic life
Blahut taught at Cornell from 1973 to 1994. He has taught at Princeton University, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, the NATO Advanced Study Institute, and has also been a Consulting Professor at the South China University of Technology. He is also the Henryk Magnuski Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and is affiliated with the Coordinated Science Laboratory.
Awards and recognition
Books
- Lightwave Communications, with George C. Papen (Cambridge University Press, 2019)
- Cryptography and Secure Communication, (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
- Modem Theory: An Introduction to Telecommunications, (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
- Fast Algorithms for Signal Processing, (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
- Algebraic Codes on Lines, Planes, and Curves: An Engineering Approach, (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
- Theory of Remote Image Formation, (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
- Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission, (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
- Algebraic Methods for Signal Processing and Communications Coding, (Springer-Verlag, 1992)
- Digital Transmission of Information, (Addison–Wesley Press, 1990)
- Fast Algorithms for Digital Signal Processing, (Addison–Wesley Press, 1985)
- Theory and Practice of Error Control Codes, (Addison–Wesley Press, 1983)
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/MemberDirectory/28191.aspx Richard E. Blahut was elected in 1990
- http://search.marquiswhoswho.com/profile/100002785564 Who's Who
- Web site: IEEE Fellows 1981 | IEEE Communications Society.
