Andrew Viterbi

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electrical engineer entrepreneur inventor person university professor

Andrew Viterbi is an Italian-American engineer and co-founder of Qualcomm best known for inventing the Viterbi algorithm, a fundamental method used in digital communication and error correction.

Aliases (3)

Andrea Viterbi ×1
Andrew J. Viterbi ×1
Viterbi ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electrical engineer → entrepreneur → inventor → person → university professor →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering → Master of Science in Electrical Engineering → PhD in Electrical Engineering →
alsoKnownAs	Andrew Viterbi →
areaOfInfluence	cellular communications → error-correcting codes → satellite communications →
awardReceived	IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal → IEEE Medal of Honor → Marconi Prize → National Medal of Science →
coFounded	Qualcomm →
countryOfCitizenship	Italy → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1935-03-09 →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology → University of Southern California →
employer	Jet Propulsion Laboratory → Qualcomm → UCLA → University of California, San Diego →
ethnicGroup	Italian American →
familyName	Viterbi →
fieldOfWork	coding theory → digital communications → electrical engineering → information theory → wireless communications →
fullName	Andrea Viterbi →
givenName	Andrea →
hasAlgorithmNamedAfter	Viterbi algorithm →
knownFor	co-founding Qualcomm → inventing the Viterbi algorithm →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences →
notableWork	Viterbi algorithm →
occupation	academic → businessperson → engineer →
placeOfBirth	Bergamo, Italy →
positionHeld	president of Qualcomm → professor of electrical engineering → vice chairman of Qualcomm →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Harold Pender Award → Marconi Prize →	notableRecipient
Andrew Viterbi →	alsoKnownAs
Andrew Viterbi ("Viterbi") →	familyName
Qualcomm →	foundedBy
Andrew Viterbi ("Andrea Viterbi") →	fullName
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal ("Andrew J. Viterbi") →	hasRecipient
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering →	notableLaureate