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Dave Forney was born on 6 March, 1940 in New York City, New York, is an American electrical engineer. Discover Dave Forney's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

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Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 6 March, 1940
Birthday 6 March
Birthplace New York City, New York
Nationality United States

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1940

George David Forney Jr. (born March 6, 1940) is an American electrical engineer who made contributions in telecommunication system theory, specifically in coding theory and information theory.

1961

Forney received the B.S.E. degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University in 1961, summa cum laude, and the M.S. and Sc.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1963 and 1965, respectively.

His Sc.D thesis introduced the idea of concatenated codes.

1965

In 1965 he joined the Codex Corporation.

His design resulted in the first mass-produced 9600 bit/s modem introduced in 1971.

1971

He spent the academic year of 1971–1972 at Stanford University, and then returned to Codex.

1977

He became vice president of research and development at Codex, through its acquisition by Motorola in 1977, serving in both management and technical positions.

1989

He is a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering (1989) and National Academy of Sciences (2003).

He is a long-time faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Among other things, he is generally credited with being the first to recognize the optimality and practical importance of the Viterbi algorithm, and his tutorial paper on the subject is widely cited.

His work in the Viterbi algorithm and in advancing the understanding of coding theory in general influenced the design of modern digital modems.

1992

He received the IEEE Edison Medal in 1992 "for original contributions to coding, modulation, data communication modems, and for industrial and research leadership in communications technology".

1995

In 1995 he received the Claude E. Shannon Award from the IEEE Information Theory Society and he received twice, in 1990 and in 2009, the IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award.

1998

In 1998 Forney received a Golden Jubilee Award for Technological Innovation from the IEEE Information Theory Society.

2016

He has also received the 2016 IEEE Medal of Honor for "pioneering contributions to the theory of error-correcting codes and the development of reliable high-speed data communications".