Name Jorma Rissanen Education Aalto University | Fields Information theory | |
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Known for Inventing the arithmetic coding technique of lossless data compression, and the minimum description length principle Books Stochastic Complexity in Statistical Inquiry Similar People Claude Shannon, Ginni Rometty, Alvar Aalto | ||
Jorma rissanen introduction to mdl
Jorma J. Rissanen (born 20 October 1932) is an information theorist, known for inventing the minimum description length principle and practical approaches to arithmetic coding for lossless data compression. His work inspired the development of the theory of stochastic chains with memory of variable length.
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- Jorma rissanen introduction to mdl
- Jorma rissanen complexity and information in contingency tables
- Awards and recognitions
- References
An IBM researcher since 1960, Rissanen received his Ph.D. from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1965. Retired from IBM, he is now professor emeritus of Tampere University of Technology and a fellow of Helsinki Institute for Information Technology.
Jorma rissanen complexity and information in contingency tables
Awards and recognitions
He was awarded the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal in 1993, an IEEE Golden Jubilee Award for Technological Innovation from the IEEE Information Theory Society in 1998, the Kolmogorov Medal of the University of London in 2006, and the IEEE Claude E. Shannon Award in 2009. A Festschrift collection was published by the Tampere University of Technology in honor of his 75th birthday.