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David Slepian
American mathematician (1923-2007) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 84
David S. Slepian was an American mathematician. He is best known for his work with algebraic coding theory, probability theory, and distributed source coding. He was colleagues with Claude Shannon and Richard Hamming at Bell Labs.
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2007Died29 November 20071983IEEE Centennial MedalAward1981IEEE Alexander Graham Bell MedalAward1974Claude E. Shannon AwardAward1968Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical StatisticsAward1923Born30 June 1923
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Lived 1923 to 2007 · aged 84
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