Robert G. Gallager Receives 2020 Japan Prize
Robert G. Gallager will be awarded the 2020 Japan Prize for his contributions to information theory, including the development of error-correcting codes that are used in 5G systems.
The award recognizes Gallager's pioneering contribution to information and coding theory and the citation mentions the wide impact that low-density parity-check codes have had on digital communications and digital storage systems. The award ceremony will be held in Tokyo on April 15. Each winner will receive a prize of ¥50 million.
Gallager received the Shannon Award from the Information Theory Society in 1983, and was the Society president in 1971. He is professor emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .
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