Laureates of the Japan Prize
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Dr. W. Wesley Peterson
- Nationality:
USA
- Date of Birth:
22 April 1924
Outline of Achievements
The 1999 Japan Prize
Major Awards
| 1966 |
Excellence in Research Award, University of Hawaii |
| 1981 |
Shannon Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Information Theory Society |
| 1984 |
IEEE Centennial Medal |
Membership in Academic Institutions and Societies
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Member, Association for Computing Machinery |
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Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Academic Degrees
| 1948 |
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan (Mathematics) |
| 1949 |
Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan (Engineering Mathematics) |
| 1950 |
Master of Science, University of Michigan (Electrical Engineering) |
| 1954 |
Ph.D., University of Michigan (Electrical Engineering) |
Professional Career
| 1950‐54 |
Research Associate, University of Michigan |
| 1954‐56 |
Associate Engineer, IBM, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
| 1959‐60 |
Visiting Associate Professor, MIT |
| 1956‐63 |
Professor, University of Florida |
| 1964‐Present |
Professor, University of Hawaii |
Title
- Professor of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Major Publications and Scientific Papers
- W.W. Peterson, Error Correcting Codes,MIT Press 1961. (Translated into German and Russian and also reprinted in Japan and Taiwan.)
- W.W. Peterson and D.T.Brown, "Cyclic codes for error detection," Proceedings of the IRE Volume 49, pages 228-235, January, 1961.
- W.W. Peterson,"Encoding and error-correcting procedures for Bose-Chaudhuri codes," IRE Transactions, Volume IT-6,1960,pp459-470
- W.W. Peterson,"On checking an adder," IBM Journal , Volume 2,1958, pp.166-168.
- W.W. Peterson, T.G.Birdsall,and W.C.Fox,"The theory of signal detectability," IRE Transactions,Volume PGIT-4,September,1954, pp. 171-212. Reprinted in Readings in Mathematical Psychology, Luce,Bush, and Gelanter, ed., Wiley, New York,1963.
- W.W. Peterson and E. J. Weldon, Jr. Error Correcting Codes Second Edition, MIT Press 1972.
