David Slepian
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David Slepian was an American mathematician and electrical engineer known for his influential work in information theory and communications, including the development of the Slepian–Wolf coding theorem.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Slepian canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1451918 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Slepian Context triple: [Elwyn R. Berlekamp, doctoralAdvisor, David Slepian]
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A.
Alan S. Willsky
Alan S. Willsky is an American electrical engineer and MIT professor emeritus renowned for his contributions to statistical signal processing and control theory.
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B.
Ben Selvin
Ben Selvin was an American bandleader and prolific recording artist of the early 20th century, often called the "Dean of Recorded Music" for his vast output during the jazz and dance band eras.
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C.
Leo Beranek
Leo Beranek was an American acoustics expert, engineer, and entrepreneur known for his pioneering work in architectural acoustics and co-founding the influential technology company Bolt Beranek and Newman.
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D.
Richard Lipton
Richard Lipton is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and cryptography, including contributions to complexity theory and algorithm design.
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E.
Ray Hyman
Ray Hyman is an American psychologist, skeptic, and prominent critic of parapsychology known for his work in scientifically investigating and debunking paranormal claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Slepian Target entity description: David Slepian was an American mathematician and electrical engineer known for his influential work in information theory and communications, including the development of the Slepian–Wolf coding theorem.
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A.
Alan S. Willsky
Alan S. Willsky is an American electrical engineer and MIT professor emeritus renowned for his contributions to statistical signal processing and control theory.
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B.
Ben Selvin
Ben Selvin was an American bandleader and prolific recording artist of the early 20th century, often called the "Dean of Recorded Music" for his vast output during the jazz and dance band eras.
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C.
Leo Beranek
Leo Beranek was an American acoustics expert, engineer, and entrepreneur known for his pioneering work in architectural acoustics and co-founding the influential technology company Bolt Beranek and Newman.
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D.
Richard Lipton
Richard Lipton is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and cryptography, including contributions to complexity theory and algorithm design.
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E.
Ray Hyman
Ray Hyman is an American psychologist, skeptic, and prominent critic of parapsychology known for his work in scientifically investigating and debunking paranormal claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electrical engineer
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human ⓘ information theorist ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
data compression
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digital communications ⓘ signal processing ⓘ statistical communication theory ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Claude E. Shannon Award
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surface form:
IEEE Claude E. Shannon Award
IEEE Fellow ⓘ election to the National Academy of Engineering ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
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Harvard University ⓘ Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
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| employer | Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
applied mathematics
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communications engineering ⓘ information theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
electrical engineering
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mathematics ⓘ |
| influenced |
coding theory for correlated sources
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development of modern information theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Claude Shannon
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surface form:
Claude E. Shannon
Norbert Wiener ⓘ |
| knownFor |
work on data compression limits
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work on distributed source coding ⓘ work on time–frequency concentration problems ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ National Academy of Engineering ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Slepian–Wolf coding theorem
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surface form:
Slepian–Wolf bound
discrete-time prolate spheroidal sequences ⓘ time–bandwidth concentration ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Thomas M. Cover ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Toeplitz matrices
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surface form:
Slepian sequences
Slepian–Wolf coding theorem ⓘ prolate spheroidal wave functions in communication theory ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| workLocation | Murray Hill, New Jersey ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: David Slepian Description of subject: David Slepian was an American mathematician and electrical engineer known for his influential work in information theory and communications, including the development of the Slepian–Wolf coding theorem.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.