Andrew Viterbi
Andrew Viterbi · Technology & Engineering
Invented the Viterbi decoding algorithm.
1935, Bergamo, Italy
Italy · United States
Andrew Viterbi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Invented the Viterbi decoding algorithm.
Andrew Viterbi was born Andrea Viterbi into an Italian Jewish family that fled Mussolini's antisemitic racial laws for the United States. He devised the Viterbi algorithm for decoding convolutional codes, now fundamental to digital communications, and co-founded Qualcomm.
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Invented the Viterbi decoding algorithm.
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