Jorma Rissanen

Updated: 12/30/2019 by Computer Hope
Jorma Rissanen

Name: Jorma J. Rissanen

Born: October 20, 1932, in Pielisjärvi (now Lieksa), Finland

Computer-related contributions

  • IBM researcher since 1960 and an information theorist, known for inventing the arithmetic coding technique of lossless data compression, and the minimum description length principle.

Significant publications

  • Optimal Estimation of Parameters (2012).

Honors and awards

  • IEEE Claude E. Shannon Award (2009).
  • Kolmogorov Medal (2006).
  • Golden Jubilee Award for Technological Innovation from the IEEE Information Theory Society (1998).
  • IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal (1993).

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