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Jacob Ziv

1931-11-27 – 2023-03-25

Jacob Ziv, lors d'une conférenceCredit: he:User:חישוביות

Life & Legacy

Jacob Ziv (Hebrew: יעקב זיו; 27 November 1931 – 25 March 2023) was an Israeli electrical engineer and information theorist who developed the LZ family of lossless data compression algorithms alongside Abraham Lempel. He is also a namesake of the Ziv–Zakai bound in estimation theory, with Moshe Zakai.

Occupation & Career

engineer, computer scientist, pedagogue, university teacher, electrical engineer

Education

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Israel Prize; Paris Kanellakis Award; Marconi Prize; IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal; BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award; The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture; Israel Defense Prize; Claude E. Shannon Award; Rothschild Prize; IEEE Medal of Honor

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award · Claude E. Shannon Award · IEEE Medal of Honor · IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal · Israel Defense Prize · Israel Prize · Marconi Prize · Paris Kanellakis Award · Rothschild Prize · The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture

Employer

Bell Labs · Melpar · Ministry of Defense · Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Organizations & Memberships

American Academy of Arts and Sciences · American Philosophical Society · European Academy of Sciences and Arts · Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities · National Academy of Engineering · National Academy of Sciences