Joachim Hagenauer
Joachim Hagenauer (born in 1941) is an information theorist, professor emeritus at Technical University of Munich. His notable work includes pioneering the use of soft bits (see Soft output Viterbi algorithm), a coding theory technique that contributes to the high performance of the turbo codes.
Hagenauer received his doctorate in 1974 from Darmstadt University of Technology.
In 2003 he received the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal.
External links
- Hagenauer's bio at IEEE History Center, written 2003
- Hagenauer's bio at TUM
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