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| − | '''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"/> The Reed-Solomon codes are ubiquitous, and find applications and protect data in a wide variety of applications including the Voyager and Galileo spacecrafts, the [[CD-ROM|compact disk]], digital audio tapes, and [[HDTV]].<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"/> The Reed-Solomon codes are ubiquitous, and find applications and protect data in a wide variety of applications including the Voyager and Galileo spacecrafts, the [[CD-ROM|compact disk]], digital audio tapes, and [[High definition television|HDTV]].<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/> |
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Solomon died in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 1996.<ref name="Pace 1996"/> | Solomon died in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 1996.<ref name="Pace 1996"/> | ||
Revision as of 04:21, January 4, 2008
Gustave Solomon a.k.a. Gus Solomon (born October 27, 1930, died January 31 1996) was a world renowned coding theorist.[1][2] He is notable for developing the Reed-Solomon error correction code with Irving Reed in 1960.[1] The Reed-Solomon codes are ubiquitous, and find applications and protect data in a wide variety of applications including the Voyager and Galileo spacecrafts, the compact disk, digital audio tapes, and HDTV.[1]
Biography
Solomon died in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 1996.[2]
Music as a second career
Gus Solomon came from a family of singers, and was an accopmplished singer himself. He sang small operatic parts in Boston and Los Angeles as well as chorus tenor in many of the classical oratorios and requiems.[1] Gus also studied piano and composed songs while in his teens, and left behind a collection of over 40 folk and popular songs.
In collaboration with Michel Evje, Gus produced innovative recordings of Handel's Messiah, which facilitated the study of the choral parts. One stereo channel was a recording of a single voice and the ther channel contained the ensemble. By adjusting the stereo balance a student singers could practice their parts.[1]
Solomon began teaching voice in 1961, and in 1995 he served as voice coach to the cast of a professional Los Angeles production of Shakespeare's Henry IV, and was the voice and movement teacher to hundreds of students including many professional actors.[1]
Education
- B.A. in Mathematics from Yeshiva University in 1951
- Ph.D. in Mathematics from MIT in 1956
References
sources
- McEliece, Bob (1996), "Obituary Gus Solomon, 1930-1996", Information Theory Society Newsletter 46(2), ISSN 1059-2362
- Pace, Eric (1996-02-18), Gustave Solomon, Mathematician, Is Dead at 65, The New York Times Retrieved on 2008-01-03