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Richard Blahut
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Academic Profile
Academic Background: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, 1972; M.S., Electrical Engineering, MIT, 1966; B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1964.
Research Interests: Information theory, coding theory, and signal processing, known for the Blahut-Arimoto algorithm in rate-distortion theory.
Appointments: Emeritus Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2005–present; Former Department Chair, 1995–2000.
Awards: IEEE Claude E. Shannon Award, 2005; IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000.
Publications: Author of Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission (Cambridge University Press, 2003).