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Claude Berrou
French mathematician · France · On the map · Academics · Born 1951 · age 75
Claude Berrou is a French professor in electrical engineering at École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne, now IMT Atlantique.
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2006Knight of the Legion of HonourAward2005Marconi PrizeAward2003IEEE Richard W. Hamming MedalAward1951Born23 September 1951
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He is the sole inventor of a groundbreaking quasi-optimal error-correcting coding scheme called turbo codes as evidenced by the sole inventorship credit given on the fundamental patent for turbo codes. The original patent filing for turbo codes issued in the US as US Patent 5,446,747.
Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1951 · age 75
