Richard Blahut
Richard Blahut, former chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, is best known for his work in information theory. He received his PhD Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1972.Academic life
Blahut taught at Cornell from 1973 to 1994. He has taught at Princeton University, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, the NATO Advanced Study Institute, and has also been a Consulting Professor at the South China University of Technology. He is also the Henryk Magnuski Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and is affiliated with the Coordinated Science Laboratory.Awards and recognition
- IEEE Claude E. Shannon Award, 2005
- IEEE Third Millennium Medal
- TBP Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award 2000
- IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal 1998, for "contributions to error-control coding, particularly by combining algebraic coding theory and digital transform techniques."
- National Academy of Engineering 1990
- Japanese Society for the Propagation of Science Fellowship 1982
- Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1981
- Fellow of IBM Corporation, 1980
- IBM Corporate Recognition Award 1979
- IBM Outstanding Innovation Award 1978
- IBM Outstanding Contribution Award 1976
- IBM Resident Study Program 1969–1971
- IBM Outstanding Contribution Award 1968
Books
- Lightwave Communications, with George C. Papen
- Cryptography and Secure Communication,
- Modem Theory: An Introduction to Telecommunications,
- Fast Algorithms for Signal Processing,
- Algebraic Codes on Lines, Planes, and Curves: An Engineering Approach,
- Theory of Remote Image Formation,
- Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission,
- Algebraic Methods for Signal Processing and Communications Coding,
- Digital Transmission of Information,
- Fast Algorithms for Digital Signal Processing,
- Theory and Practice of Error Control Codes,
