Jorma Rissanen
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Jorma Rissanen was a Finnish information theorist best known for pioneering the Minimum Description Length (MDL) principle and making foundational contributions to data compression and statistical modeling.
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| Jorma Rissanen canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
information theorist
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person ⓘ statistician ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
data compression
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information theory ⓘ machine learning ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Claude E. Shannon Award
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EURASIP Technical Achievement Award NERFINISHED ⓘ IEEE Information Theory Society Paper Award NERFINISHED ⓘ IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Kolmogorov Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contribution |
development of stochastic complexity as a model selection criterion
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formulation of the Minimum Description Length principle ⓘ foundational work on universal coding for data compression ⓘ linking information theory and statistical inference via MDL ⓘ |
| employer |
IBM Almaden Research Center
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IBM Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Rissanen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
data compression
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information theory ⓘ mathematical statistics ⓘ statistical modeling ⓘ |
| givenName | Jorma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
data compression research
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machine learning ⓘ model selection theory ⓘ statistical inference ⓘ |
| knownFor |
MDL principle
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Minimum Description Length principle NERFINISHED ⓘ lossless data compression ⓘ model selection ⓘ stochastic complexity ⓘ universal coding ⓘ universal modeling ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Finnish ⓘ |
| name | Jorma Rissanen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Finnish ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Minimum Description Length
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stochastic complexity ⓘ universal coding ⓘ universal modeling ⓘ |
| workLocation | San Jose, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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