Solomon Wolf Golomb
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(b.) -1932(d.)2016 May 01
Bio/Description
Inventor of Golomb coding and pioneer in combinatorial analysis and coding theory, Golomb transformed modern communications. He pioneered the identification of the characteristics and merits of maximum length shift register sequences, also known as pseudorandom or pseudonoise sequences, which had extensive military, industrial, and consumer applications. Millions of cordless and cellular phones employed pseudorandom direct-sequence spread spectrum implemented with shift register sequences.
His efforts made USC a center for communications research.
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Date of Birth:
1932 -
Date of Death:
2016 May 01 -
Gender:
Male -
Noted For:
Inventor of Golomb coding, a form of entropy encoding and known for his work in combinational analysis and coding theory -
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