Mr.
David Forney
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Electrical engineer; Company research executive
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Computer Sciences
Elected
1998
Research centers on information theory, coding and data communications. His most significant work has been on concatenated codes, convolutional codes, modems, intersymbol interference, coded modulation, and connections between coding and system theory. His current work centers on graphical models for capacity-approaching codes. He also has interests in quantum communication, statistical physics, and mathematical finance.
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