Abraham Lempel
Lossless compression is core infrastructure for computing and communications. Lempel’s work, developed with Jacob Ziv, became a durable foundation for widely deployed digital formats and transmission systems.
Israeli computer scientist and information theorist who co-created the Lempel–Ziv family of lossless compression algorithms.
Historical contribution
Lossless compression is core infrastructure for computing and communications. Lempel’s work, developed with Jacob Ziv, became a durable foundation for widely deployed digital formats and transmission systems.
In memoriam
Abraham Lempel died in 2023. This archive remembers their contribution with care and credits the historical record on which this account relies.
Timeline
- 1936-02-10Born in Lwów, Poland.
- 1967Completes his doctorate at the Technion.
- 1977Publishes the first Lempel–Ziv compression paper with Jacob Ziv.
- 1994Establishes HP Labs Israel.
- 2023-02-04Dies.
Abraham Lempel
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 1960s-2023
- Born
- 1936
- Died
- 2023
- Known for
- Lempel–Ziv compression; Information theory; HP Labs Israel
- Tags
- information-theory, data-compression, algorithms, academic-research
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