Alain Glavieux
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Alain Glavieux was a French engineer and information theorist best known as a co-inventor of turbo codes, a breakthrough in error-correcting coding that revolutionized digital communications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alain Glavieux canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1091582 — 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: Alain Glavieux Context triple: [IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, hasRecipient, Alain Glavieux]
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A.
Gérard Huet
Gérard Huet is a French computer scientist known for his influential work in formal methods, type theory, and the development of the Coq proof assistant.
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B.
Alain Mimoun
Alain Mimoun was a French long-distance runner best known for winning the marathon gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics after years of rivalry with Emil Zátopek.
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C.
Victor Laloux
Victor Laloux was a prominent French architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his grand Beaux-Arts railway stations and public buildings in Paris.
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D.
Michel Macary
Michel Macary is a French architect best known for co-designing major public venues, including the iconic Stade de France in Paris.
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E.
Robert Fraisse
Robert Fraisse is a French cinematographer known for his visually striking work on international films, including major war dramas and action features.
- 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: Alain Glavieux Target entity description: Alain Glavieux was a French engineer and information theorist best known as a co-inventor of turbo codes, a breakthrough in error-correcting coding that revolutionized digital communications.
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A.
Gérard Huet
Gérard Huet is a French computer scientist known for his influential work in formal methods, type theory, and the development of the Coq proof assistant.
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B.
Alain Mimoun
Alain Mimoun was a French long-distance runner best known for winning the marathon gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics after years of rivalry with Emil Zátopek.
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C.
Victor Laloux
Victor Laloux was a prominent French architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his grand Beaux-Arts railway stations and public buildings in Paris.
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D.
Michel Macary
Michel Macary is a French architect best known for co-designing major public venues, including the iconic Stade de France in Paris.
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E.
Robert Fraisse
Robert Fraisse is a French cinematographer known for his visually striking work on international films, including major war dramas and action features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French engineer
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engineer ⓘ information theorist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
deep-space communications
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mobile communications ⓘ satellite communications ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
L.M. Ericsson International Prize in Telecommunications
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surface form:
France Télécom Prize
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal ⓘ Marconi Prize ⓘ |
| citizenship | French ⓘ |
| coAuthored | seminal paper on turbo codes ⓘ |
| coInvented | turbo codes ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
practical capacity-approaching codes
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revolution in digital communications ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
École Nationale Supérieure de Télécommunications de Paris
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surface form:
École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications
École Polytechnique ⓘ
surface form:
École Polytechnique (France)
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| employer |
Télécom Bretagne
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École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne ⓘ |
| familyName | Glavieux ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
digital communications
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error-correcting codes ⓘ information theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | scientific research ⓘ |
| givenName | Alain ⓘ |
| hasRole | co-inventor of turbo codes ⓘ |
| impact | enabled near-Shannon-limit performance in practical systems ⓘ |
| influenced |
design of error-correcting codes in telecommunications
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modern digital communication systems ⓘ |
| knownFor |
error-correcting coding
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turbo codes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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surface form:
IEEE
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| notableCollaborator |
Claude Berrou
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Punya Thitimajshima ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrCollaborator | Claude Berrou ⓘ |
| notableWork | invention of turbo codes ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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university professor ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Brest
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surface form:
Brest, France
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alain Glavieux Description of subject: Alain Glavieux was a French engineer and information theorist best known as a co-inventor of turbo codes, a breakthrough in error-correcting coding that revolutionized digital communications.
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