Richard Blahut, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Richard Blahut

American engineer

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1937

Place of Birth: Orange, New Jersey, United States

Profession: engineer, computer scientist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Richard Blahut, (born June 9, 1937) former chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, is best known for his work in information theory (e.g.
the Blahut–Arimoto algorithm used in rate–distortion theory).
He received his PhD Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1972.