Gustave Solomon
Error correction is a fundamental part of trustworthy digital storage and communication. Solomon’s work made an enduring contribution to the reliability layer on which computing systems depend.
American mathematician and electrical engineer who co-invented Reed–Solomon error-correcting codes with Irving S. Reed.
Historical contribution
Error correction is a fundamental part of trustworthy digital storage and communication. Solomon’s work made an enduring contribution to the reliability layer on which computing systems depend.
In memoriam
Gustave Solomon died in 1996. This archive remembers their contribution with care and credits the historical record on which this account relies.
Timeline
- 1930-10-27Born in Brooklyn, New York.
- 1960Co-authors the foundational Reed–Solomon coding paper.
- 1995Shares the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Award with Irving Reed.
- 1996-01-31Dies in California.
Gustave Solomon
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 1950s-1996
- Born
- 1930
- Died
- 1996
- Known for
- Reed–Solomon codes; Error detection and correction; Jet Propulsion Laboratory research
- Tags
- coding-theory, information-theory, error-correction, academic-research
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