Abraham Lempel
Israeli computer scientist (1936–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abraham Lempel (Hebrew: אברהם למפל; 10 February 1936 – 4 February 2023)[1] was an Israeli computer scientist and one of the fathers of the LZ family of lossless data compression algorithms.
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Abraham Lempel | |
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Born | (1936-02-10)10 February 1936 |
Died | 4 February 2023(2023-02-04) (aged 86) |
Known for | LZ77 and LZ78 compression algorithms |
Awards | Paris Kanellakis Award (1997) IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal (2007) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Information theory |
Institutions | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology |
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