The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Andrew J. Viterbi
Title:
Presidential Chair Professor
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Viterbi School of Engineering
3650 McClintock Ave.
Los Angeles,California 90089 USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Mathematics and Computer Science
Award Year:
2007
Citation:
"For his development of the maximum-likelihood algorithm for convolutional coding, known as the Viterbi algorithm, and for his contributions to Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless technology that transformed the theory and practice of digital communications."
Presented by President George W. Bush in the East Room of the White House on September 29, 2008.