Richard Wesley Hamming

GPTKB entity
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign
gptkb:University_of_Nebraska
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Emanuel_R._Piore_Award
gptkb:IEEE_Richard_W._Hamming_Medal
gptkb:Harold_Pender_Award
Turing Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1915-02-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1998-01-07
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Monterey,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:David_Widder
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Bell_Labs
gptkb:Naval_Ordnance_Laboratory
gptkbp:familyName gptkb:Hamming
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:information_theory
coding theory
computer science
numerical analysis
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Richard_Wesley_Hamming
gptkbp:givenName gptkb:Richard
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Wesley Hamming
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:information_theory
computer science
error-correcting codes
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Hamming_bound
gptkb:Hamming_code
gptkb:Hamming_distance
gptkb:Hamming_number
gptkb:Hamming_window
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:IEEE
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Engineering
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Claude_Shannon
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Coding_and_Information_Theory
gptkb:Digital_Filters
gptkb:Numerical_Methods_for_Scientists_and_Engineers
gptkb:The_Art_of_Probability_for_Scientists_and_Engineers
gptkb:You_and_Your_Research
gptkb:The_Unreasonable_Effectiveness_of_Mathematics
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Wanda_Little_Hamming
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Richard_Hamming
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4