Jorma Rissanen
(1932-2020)
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Jorma J. Rissanen (October 20, 1932 – May 9, 2020) was an information theorist, known for inventing the minimum description length principle and practical approaches to arithmetic coding for lossless data compression. His work inspired the development of the theory of stochastic chains with memory of variable length.
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20 October 1932 Pielisjärvi, Finland
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| Died |
9 May 2020 (aged 87) Los Gatos, California, United States
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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