Peter Elias

Infobox Scientist
name = Peter Elias


image_width = 125px
birth_date = birth date|1923|11|23
death_date = death date |2001|12|7
residence = USA
alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
field = Information theory, Coding theory
known_for = convolutional code

Professor Peter Elias (November 23 1923– December 7 2001) was a pioneer in the field of information theory. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he was a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty from 1953 to 1991.

In 1955, Elias introduced convolutional codes as an alternative to block codes. He also established the binary erasure channel.

He died at 78 of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

External links

* [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2001/elias.html "MIT Professor Peter Elias dies at 78"]