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Shlomo Shamai (Shitz) | |
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שלמה שמאי (שיץ) | |
| Alma mater | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Shannon Theory, Communication Channels |
| Awards | Shannon Award (2011), van der Pol Gold Medal (1999), IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award (2000), Rothschild Prize (2014), IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal (2017) |
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| Fields | Information Theory, Electrical Engineering |
| Institutions | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
Professor Shlomo Shamai (Shitz) (Hebrew: שלמה שמאי (שיץ) ) is a distinguished professor at the Department of Electrical engineering at the Technion − Israel Institute of Technology. Professor Shamai is an information theorist and winner of the 2011 Shannon Award.[citation needed]
Shlomo Shamai (Shitz) received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Technion, in 1975, 1981 and 1986 respectively.
During 1975-1985 he was with the Israeli Communications Research Labs. Since 1986 he is with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, where he is now the William Fondiller Professor of Telecommunications.
His research areas cover a wide spectrum of topics in information theory and statistical communications.
Prof. Shamai is an IEEE Fellow for contribution to Shannon theory as applied to the evaluation of the reliability of communication channels[1] and a member of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI).