DS
Technology & Engineering

David Slepian

Who

David Slepian · Technology & Engineering

What

Computer & information scientist

When

1923, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States — 2007, Summit, New Jersey, United States

Where

United States

Biography

David Slepian is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Computer & information scientist

How & why

Slepian was an American mathematician at Bell Labs who made foundational contributions to information and communication theory. He is remembered for the Slepian–Wolf theorem on distributed source coding, for work on prolate spheroidal functions used in signal analysis, and for early results in coding theory. His work underpins modern data compression and communications. He is documented among Jewish computer and information scientists.

Sources & external links

Verify and go deeper with these external references.

Source: Jinfo.org — JEWISH COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENTISTS

Contributions & Sources

Computer & information scientist

Source: Jinfo.org — JEWISH COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENTISTS