Dr.
Andrew J. Viterbi
Viterbi Group, LLC
Computer scientist; Electrical engineer; Educator; Company founder and executive
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Computer Sciences
Elected
2001
Best known for the Viterbi Algorithm to enhance communication performance of noisy wireless channels in both satellite and terrestrial applications, as well as for voice recognition, magnetic recording and DNA sequence analysis. Equal length academic research and industrial careers, most recently as co-founder and chief technologist of Qualcomm, developer of wireless technology.
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