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Workshop Information Theory
Show All Collapse Feb 28, 2002
Thursday09:00 AM - 10:00 AMCovers, codes, flows, and team strategies for guessing hat colors
Elwyn Berlekamp (University of California, Berkeley)
Personal Profile of Dr. Elwyn Berlekamp
Elwyn Berlekamp has been Professor of Mathematics and of Electrical Engineering/Computer Science at UC Berkeley since 1971, half-time since 1983, and emeritus since 2002. He has also been active in several small companies in the sectors of computers-communications and finance. He was chairman of the Board of Trustees of MSRI from 1994–1998, and of the International Computer Science Institute from 2001–2003. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Other past service includes terms as president of the IEEE Information Theory Society, chairman of the Science Advisory Board for the Institute of Defense Analysis, the governing board of the American Mathematical Society, the Science Advisory Board for Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories, MIT Corporation Visiting Committees, and a trustee of two independent high schools. Berlekamp has 12 patented inventions (now all public domain), mostly dealing with algorithms and devices for error-correction and synchronization. Some of his algorithms for decoding Reed-Solomon codes are widely used on compact discs; others are NASA standards for deep space communications. He has more than 100 publications, including two books on algebraic coding theory and six books on the mathematical theory of combinatorial games. He co-chaired the organizing committees of MSRI workshops in 1994 and 2000 whose published proceedings are entitled Games of No Chance and More Games of No Chance. Since 1999, he has co-written the "Puzzles Column" in the Emissary newsletter. Also see http://math.berkeley.edu/~berlek/ |
| Name | Office | Start Date | End Date |
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| Board of Trustees | Mar 01, 2012 | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| Corporate Partners Committee | Mar 01, 2012 | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| Development Committee | Mar 01, 2012 | Feb 29, 2016 |
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| Board of Trustees | Chair (4/1/94 - 10/30/97) | Apr 01, 1994 | Apr 01, 1998 |
| Board of Trustees | Mar 06, 2004 | Mar 01, 2008 | |
| Board of Trustees | Mar 02, 2008 | Mar 01, 2012 | |
| Capital Campaign Committee | Jun 05, 2001 | Jul 31, 2005 | |
| Committee on Trustees | May 16, 2006 | Mar 01, 2007 | |
| Committee on Trustees | Aug 05, 2010 | Mar 01, 2011 | |
| Committee on Trustees | Aug 21, 2012 | Feb 28, 2013 | |
| Corporate Partners Committee | Feb 28, 2008 | Mar 01, 2012 | |
| Development Committee | Mar 06, 2004 | Mar 01, 2012 | |
| Finance Committee | Apr 01, 1994 | Oct 30, 1997 | |
| Steering Committee | Apr 01, 1994 | Oct 30, 1997 |