Richard W. Hamming

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computer scientist engineer human mathematician

Richard W. Hamming was an influential American mathematician and computer scientist best known for pioneering work in error-correcting codes and numerical methods.

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Richard W. Hamming canonical	1
Richard Wesley Hamming	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer scientist ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived	IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award ⓘ surface form: Emanuel R. Piore Award Harold Pender Award ⓘ IEEE Medal of Honor ⓘ Turing Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Chicago ⓘ University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ University of Nebraska–Lincoln ⓘ
employer	Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ Naval Postgraduate School ⓘ
familyName	Hamming ⓘ
fieldOfWork	applied mathematics ⓘ computer science ⓘ error-correcting codes ⓘ information theory ⓘ numerical analysis ⓘ
fullName	Richard W. Hamming self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Richard Wesley Hamming
givenName	Richard ⓘ
influenced	coding theory ⓘ digital communications ⓘ information theory ⓘ
knownFor	Hamming bound ⓘ Hamming code ⓘ Hamming distance ⓘ Hamming window ⓘ error-correcting codes ⓘ numerical methods ⓘ
memberOf	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
middleName	Wesley ⓘ
notableWork	Coding and Information Theory ⓘ Digital Filters ⓘ Error detecting and error correcting codes ⓘ Hamming code ⓘ Hamming distance ⓘ Hamming window ⓘ Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers ⓘ The Art of Probability for Scientists and Engineers ⓘ The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences ⓘ surface form: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics You and Your Research ⓘ
occupation	computer scientist ⓘ engineer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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