Elwyn Berlekamp
Professor of mathematics
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Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp was a professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. Berlekamp was widely known for his work in computer science, coding theory and combinatorial game theory. Wikipedia
Born: September 6, 1940, Dover, OH
Died: April 9, 2019 (age 78 years), Piedmont, CA
Awards: IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal (1991) and Claude E. Shannon Award (1993)
Doctoral advisor: Robert G. Gallager
