Peter Elias

Peter Elias
Peter Elias
Born	November 23, 1923; New Brunswick, New Jersey
Died	December 7, 2001 (aged 78); Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Harvard University
Known for	Binary erasure channel; Convolutional code; List decoding; Arithmetic coding; Error exponent; Universal code (data compression); Differential pulse-code modulation
	Scientific career
Fields	Information theory, Coding theory

Peter Elias (November 23, 1923 – December 7, 2001^[1]) was a pioneer in the field of information theory. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he was a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty from 1953 to 1991. In 1955, Elias introduced convolutional codes as an alternative to block codes. He also established the binary erasure channel and proposed list decoding of error-correcting codes as an alternative to unique decoding.

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Peter Elias
Born	(1923-11-23)November 23, 1923 New Brunswick, New Jersey
Died	December 7, 2001(2001-12-07) (aged 78)^[1] Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University
Known for	Binary erasure channel Convolutional code List decoding Arithmetic coding Error exponent Universal code (data compression) Differential pulse-code modulation
Scientific career
Fields	Information theory, Coding theory