Solomon Receives 2007 William Bowie Medal

( Fall 2007 ) Lecture 12 : Reed - Solomon Codes

We begin with the definition of Reed-Solomon codes. Definition 1.1 (Reed-Solomon code). Let Fq be a finite field and Fq[x] denote the Fq-space of univariate polynomials where all the coefficients of x are from Fq. Pick {α1, α2, ...αn} distinct elements (also called evaluation points) of Fq and choose n and k such that k ≤ n ≤ q. We define an encoding function for Reed-Solomon code as RS : Fq → ...

The 2007 George W. Beadle Medal. Robert K. Herman.

Durward William John Cruickshank (1924-2007).

Obituary for William Lucas Root , 1919 - 2007 Fred Beutler and

To fully appreciate the impact of Bill Root’s early work on statistical communication theory, we need to understand the state of the discipline in the early 1950s. There was no organized curriculum in the area, and the then limited research was carried out by electrical engineers, physicists and mathematicians who were self-taught. Consequently, the theoretical literature consisted of assertion...

Rodbell Receives Honor

-The successful development of the concept of linking cell-killing agents to tumour-specific antibodies will be largely determined by the extent to which the antibodies are preferentially localized in the malignant tissue. A xenograft of human choriocarcinoma (CC3) has been established in nude mice, and the relative distribution of affinity-purified specific antibodies to human chorionic gonado...