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Robert Fano

Italian-American computer scientist (1917-2016) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 98 · Born 109 years ago today

Roberto Mario "Robert" Fano was an Italian-American computer scientist and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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2016Died13 July 20161978Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United StatesAward1977IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education MedalAward1976Claude E. Shannon AwardAward1973Member of the National Academy of EngineeringAward1958Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward1917Born11 November 1917

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Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States1978
IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal1977
Claude E. Shannon Award1976
Member of the National Academy of Engineering1973
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences1958
IEEE Fellow

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He became a student and working lab partner to Claude Shannon, whom he admired zealously and assisted in the early years of information theory.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1917 to 2016 · aged 98

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