Berlekamp's algorithm Berlekamp switching game Berlekamp–Welch algorithm Berlekamp–Massey algorithm Berlekamp–Rabin algorithm Berlekamp–Zassenhaus algorithm Berlekamp–Van Lint–Seidel graph Blockbusting Combinatorial game theory Cooling and heating Coupon Go Error-correcting codes with feedback Partisan game Phutball
Awards
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal (1991) Claude E. Shannon Award (1993)
Scientific career
Fields
Information theory, Coding theory, Combinatorial game theory
Institutions
University of California, Berkeley
Thesis
Block coding with noiseless feedback(1964)
Doctoral advisor
Robert G. Gallager
Doctoral students
Julia Kempe
Other notable students
Ken Thompson
Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp (September 6, 1940 – April 9, 2019) was a professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.[1][2] Berlekamp was widely known for his work in computer science, coding theory and combinatorial game theory.
Berlekamp invented an algorithm to factor polynomials and the Berlekamp switching game, and was one of the inventors of the Berlekamp–Welch algorithm and the Berlekamp–Massey algorithms, which are used to implement Reed–Solomon error correction. He also co-invented the Berlekamp–Rabin algorithm, Berlekamp–Zassenhaus algorithm, and the Berlekamp–Van Lint–Seidel graph.
Berlekamp had also been active in investing, and ran Axcom, which became the Renaissance Technologies' Medallion Fund.
^"Contributors". IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 42 (3): 1048. May 1996. doi:10.1109/TIT.1996.490574. ISSN 0018-9448.
^Elwyn Berlekamp, listing at the Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley.
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