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Jack Wolf

Who

Jack Wolf · Technology & Engineering

What

Computer & information scientist

When

1935, Newark, New Jersey, United States — 2011, La Jolla, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Jack Wolf is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Computer & information scientist

How & why

Jack Keil Wolf was an American information theorist and professor at UC San Diego who, with David Slepian, proved the Slepian–Wolf theorem (1973), a foundational result on distributed compression of correlated data, and who made major contributions to data-storage technology. He was elected to both the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences. He is included among Jewish figures in the information sciences in Jewish biographical references.

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Source: Jinfo.org — JEWISH COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENTISTS

Contributions & Sources

Computer & information scientist

Source: Jinfo.org — JEWISH COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENTISTS