David Huffman

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/David_Huffman
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:award gptkb:IEEE_Information_Theory_Society_Golden_Jubilee_Award_for_Technological_Innovation
gptkb:IEEE_Richard_W._Hamming_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1925-08-09
gptkbp:birthPlace Ohio, United States
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Huffman_coding
Huffman algorithm
Huffman tree
gptkbp:deathDate 1999-10-07
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Santa_Cruz,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Robert_Fano
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Robert_G._Gallager
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz
gptkbp:field gptkb:information_theory
gptkb:mathematics
computer science
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:David_Albert_Huffman
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label David Huffman
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Huffman_coding
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:thesisTitle gptkb:The_Synthesis_of_Sequential_Switching_Circuits
gptkbp:thesisYear 1953
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eleanor_and_Franklin_(miniseries)
gptkb:San_Jose_Museum_of_Art
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6