Gustave Solomon
Gustave Solomon · Technology & Engineering
Co-invented Reed-Solomon error-correcting codes.
1930, United States — 1996, United States
United States
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Solomon was an American mathematician and electrical engineer who, with Irving S. Reed, invented the Reed-Solomon error-correcting codes in 1960, a foundational technology now used in CDs, DVDs, QR codes, data storage and deep-space communications. He co-created several other results in coding theory. He was Jewish.
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Co-invented Reed-Solomon error-correcting codes.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science
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