Robert E. Blahut
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Robert E. Blahut is an American electrical engineer and information theorist known for his influential contributions to coding theory, including the Blahut–Arimoto algorithm, and for authoring foundational texts in the field.
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American academic
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information theorist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| affiliation | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Claude E. Shannon Award
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IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ IEEE Fellow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ |
| employer | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
coding theory
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electrical engineering ⓘ information theory ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission
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Digital Transmission of Information NERFINISHED ⓘ Fast Algorithms for Digital Signal Processing NERFINISHED ⓘ Principles and Practice of Information Theory NERFINISHED ⓘ Theory and Practice of Error Control Codes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
computational methods in information theory
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modern coding theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
authoring foundational texts in information theory
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contributions to coding theory ⓘ development of the Blahut–Arimoto algorithm ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableConcept | Blahut–Arimoto algorithm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Imre Csiszár NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission
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Blahut–Arimoto algorithm NERFINISHED ⓘ Digital Transmission of Information NERFINISHED ⓘ Fast Algorithms for Digital Signal Processing NERFINISHED ⓘ Principles and Practice of Information Theory NERFINISHED ⓘ Theory and Practice of Error Control Codes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
channel capacity computation
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digital communications ⓘ error-correcting codes ⓘ |
| workLocation | Urbana, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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