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Andrew Viterbi
Engineer

Andrew Viterbi

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Inventing the Viterbi algorithm and co-founding Qualcomm.

Viterbi algorithm · CDMA

Born
9 March 1935
Birthplace
Bergamo

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Andrew Viterbi

Andrew Viterbi is an American electrical engineer whose work on decoding and wireless communication helped shape digital telecommunications.

Early life

Education

Emigrated from Italy as a child, studied at MIT and completed a doctorate at the University of Southern California in 1963.

Career

  1. 1967

    Decoding algorithm

    Published the Viterbi algorithm.

  2. 1968

    Linkabit

    Co-founded the communications company with Irwin Jacobs.

  3. 1985

    Qualcomm

    Co-founded the wireless technology company.

Contributions

Viterbi algorithm

Finds the most likely sequence behind observed data.

CDMA

Helped develop code-division multiple-access technology.

Beyond research

Philanthropy

Supported engineering education at USC, whose engineering school was named for him in 2004.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

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