David A. Forney
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David A. Forney is an American electrical engineer and information theorist known for his pioneering contributions to coding theory and telecommunications.
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| David A. Forney canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
American engineer
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information theorist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
coding theory
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information theory ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influencedField |
digital communications
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error-control coding ⓘ modern communication systems ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pioneering contributions to coding theory
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pioneering contributions to telecommunications ⓘ work on convolutional codes ⓘ work on error-correcting codes ⓘ work on information-theoretic foundations of coding ⓘ work on iterative decoding ⓘ work on trellis-coded modulation ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| notableWork |
research in coding theory
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research in telecommunications ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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information theorist ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
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