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Bob McEliece, a colleague and friend of Gus Solomon, described Reed-Solomon codes
'''Gustave Solomon''' a.k.a. '''Gus Solomon''' (born October 27, 1930, died January 31 1996) was a world renowned coding theorist.<ref name="IEEE ITSN">{{hnb|McEliece|1996}}</ref><ref name="Pace 1996">{{hnb|Pace|1996}}</ref> He is notable for developing the [[Reed-Solomon error correction code]] with [[Irving Reed]] in 1960.<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/> Reed-Solomon codes are ubiquitous--finding applications and protecting data in a wide variety of applications including the Voyager and Galileo spacecrafts, [[CD-ROM|compact disks]], digital audio tapes, and [[High definition television|HDTVs]].<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/>
'''Gustave Solomon''' a.k.a. '''Gus Solomon''' (born October 27, 1930, died January 31 1996) was a world renowned coding theorist.<ref name="IEEE ITSN">{{hnb|McEliece|1996}}</ref><ref name="Pace 1996">{{hnb|Pace|1996}}</ref> He is notable for developing the [[Reed-Solomon error correction code]] with [[Irving Reed]] in 1960.<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/> Reed-Solomon codes are ubiquitous--finding applications and protecting data in a wide variety of applications including the Voyager and Galileo spacecrafts, [[CD-ROM|compact disks]], digital audio tapes, and [[High definition television|HDTVs]].<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/>
== Reed-Solomon codes ==
Bob McEliece, a colleague and friend of Gus Solomon, described Reed-Solomon codes:
{{cquote|The Reed-Solomon codes are used in correcting errors that crop up in either the transmission of or the storage of information in digital systems -- that is, systems that record information by using widely varied sequences of zeros and ones. Over the years, the codes have come into increasingly widespread use as a way of combatting the inevitable errors that occur in the transmission and storage of information.<ref name="Pace 1996"/>}}
== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Solomon died in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 1996.<ref name="Pace 1996"/> He was survived by a daughter, Grace Solomon Cheifetz and two brothers, Alex Solomon and Julius Solomon.
Solomon died in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 1996.<ref name="Pace 1996"/> He was survived by a daughter, Grace Solomon Cheifetz and two brothers, Alex Solomon and Julius Solomon.