Jacob Ziv
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Jacob Ziv was an Israeli electrical engineer and information theorist best known for co-developing the LZ77 and LZ78 data compression algorithms that underpin many modern compression standards.
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| Jacob Ziv canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
Israeli person
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human ⓘ information theorist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Claude E. Shannon Award
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EMET Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ IEEE Medal of Honor NERFINISHED ⓘ IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Marconi Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coDeveloperOf |
LZ77 compression algorithm
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LZ78 compression algorithm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coInventedWith | Abraham Lempel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Technion – Israel Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
data compression
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electrical engineering ⓘ information theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | scientific writing ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
communication theory
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signal processing ⓘ |
| influenced |
GIF image format
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PNG image format ⓘ ZIP file format NERFINISHED ⓘ lossless file compression formats ⓘ modern data compression standards ⓘ various modem compression schemes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
LZ77 compression algorithm
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LZ78 compression algorithm NERFINISHED ⓘ lossless data compression ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| memberOf |
IEEE
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Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities NERFINISHED ⓘ US National Academy of Engineering NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Lempel–Ziv complexity
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asymptotically optimal compression ⓘ universal lossless compression ⓘ |
| notablePublicationTopic |
rate–distortion theory
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source coding ⓘ universal coding ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrCollaborator | Abraham Lempel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Lempel–Ziv coding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| workLocation | Haifa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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