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Viterbi Lecturers

Andrew J. Viterbi Distinguished Lecture in Communication

The Viterbi Lecture was created as the USC School of Engineering's premier academic distinction in information technology and digital communications, an area of research in which the School is a national leader. Each year, an awardee who has made fundamental contributions of profound impact in communication will present the Viterbi Lecture.

Viterbi Lecturers

2006: Toby Berger, "Information Exchange Among Neurons in Sensory Cortex"

Abstract and speaker bio

2005: Jacob Ziv, "What is Hidden in an Individual Sequence? Universal Data-Compression Revisited"

Abstract and speaker bio

Slides (pdf)

2004: G. David Forney, Jr., "Not your father's coding theory"

Abstract and speaker bio (pdf)

Slides (pdf)

2003: Andrew J. Viterbi, (inaugural lecture)

Brief Biography of Andrew J. Viterbi

Andrew J. Viterbi is a co-founder and retired vice chairman and chief technical officer of QUALCOMM Incorporated. He spent equal portions of his career both in industry, having previously co-founded Linkabit Corporation, and in academia as professor in the Schools of Engineering and Applied Science, first at UCLA and then at UCSD, where he is now professor emeritus. He is currently president of the Viterbi Group, a technical advisory and investment company. His principal research contribution, the Viterbi Algorithm, is used in most digital cellular phones and digital satellite receivers, as well as in such diverse fields as magnetic recording, voice recognition and DNA sequence analysis. More recently, he concentrated his efforts on establishing CDMA as the multiple access technology of choice for cellular telephony and wireless data communication. Viterbi has received numerous honors both in the U.S. and internationally. Among these are four honorary doctorates from the Universities of Waterloo, Rome, Technion and Notre Dame, as well as memberships in the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received the Marconi International Fellowship Award, the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell and Claude Shannon Awards, the NEC C&C Award, the Eduard Rhein Foundation Award and the Christopher Columbus Medal.

Viterbi Lecturers
		Andrew J. Viterbi Distinguished Lecture in Communication The Viterbi Lecture was created as the USC School of Engineering's premier academic distinction in information technology and digital communications, an area of research in which the School is a national leader. Each year, an awardee who has made fundamental contributions of profound impact in communication will present the Viterbi Lecture. Viterbi Lecturers 2006: Toby Berger, "Information Exchange Among Neurons in Sensory Cortex" Abstract and speaker bio 2005: Jacob Ziv, "What is Hidden in an Individual Sequence? Universal Data-Compression Revisited" Abstract and speaker bio Slides (pdf) 2004: G. David Forney, Jr., "Not your father's coding theory" Abstract and speaker bio (pdf) Slides (pdf) 2003: Andrew J. Viterbi, (inaugural lecture) Brief Biography of Andrew J. Viterbi Andrew J. Viterbi is a co-founder and retired vice chairman and chief technical officer of QUALCOMM Incorporated. He spent equal portions of his career both in industry, having previously co-founded Linkabit Corporation, and in academia as professor in the Schools of Engineering and Applied Science, first at UCLA and then at UCSD, where he is now professor emeritus. He is currently president of the Viterbi Group, a technical advisory and investment company. His principal research contribution, the Viterbi Algorithm, is used in most digital cellular phones and digital satellite receivers, as well as in such diverse fields as magnetic recording, voice recognition and DNA sequence analysis. More recently, he concentrated his efforts on establishing CDMA as the multiple access technology of choice for cellular telephony and wireless data communication. Viterbi has received numerous honors both in the U.S. and internationally. Among these are four honorary doctorates from the Universities of Waterloo, Rome, Technion and Notre Dame, as well as memberships in the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received the Marconi International Fellowship Award, the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell and Claude Shannon Awards, the NEC C&C Award, the Eduard Rhein Foundation Award and the Christopher Columbus Medal.