Robert McEliece

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Robert_McEliece
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:IEEE_Richard_W._Hamming_Medal
gptkb:IEEE_Information_Theory_Society_Claude_E._Shannon_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1942-05-21
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:deathDate 2019-05-08
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Pasadena,_California
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Peter_Elias
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Rüdiger_Urbanke
gptkbp:employer gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:field gptkb:information_theory
gptkb:mathematics
coding theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert McEliece
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:McEliece_cryptosystem
coding theory
error-correcting codes
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:IEEE
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Engineering
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:professor
information theorist
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Solomon_W._Golomb
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7