Jim K. Omura

James K. Omura is an electrical engineer and information theorist, currently the technology strategist for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Omura received his B.S. and M.S. from MIT, and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He was a professor of electrical engineering at UCLA for 15 years. His notable work includes the design of a number of spread spectrum communications systems, and the Massey-Omura cryptosystem (with James Massey). With Andrew Viterbi he co-authored "Principles of Digital Communication and Coding" (ISBN 0070675163), a standard textbook in digital communications. He also co-authored the "Spread Spectrum Communications Handbook" (ISBN 0071382151).

Omura founded the data security company Cylink, which was acquired by SafeNet in 2003.

In 2005 Jim Omura received the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal.

External links

* [http://www.moore.org/staff.aspx?name=jimomura Jim Omura's bio at the Moore Foundation]
* [http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/bios/2005bell.html Jim Omura's bio at IEEE History Center]

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NAME = Omura, James K.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Electrical engineer
DATE OF BIRTH = September 8 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH = San Jose, California
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