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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Andrea Giacomo Viterbi was born in Bergamo, Italy, to an Italian-Jewish family. In 1939, after the Racial Laws, the family fled to the United States. | Andrea Giacomo Viterbi was born in [[Bergamo, Italy]], to an Italian-Jewish family. In 1939, after the Racial Laws, the family fled to the United States. | ||
Viterbi became an American electrical engineer and businessman who co-founded Qualcomm Inc. and invented the Viterbi algorithm. | Viterbi became an American electrical engineer and businessman who co-founded Qualcomm Inc. and invented the Viterbi algorithm. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:56, 7 February 2021
Andrew Viterbi / Andrea Viterbi (M / Italy, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- <Refugees> <United States>
Biography
Andrea Giacomo Viterbi was born in Bergamo, Italy, to an Italian-Jewish family. In 1939, after the Racial Laws, the family fled to the United States.
Viterbi became an American electrical engineer and businessman who co-founded Qualcomm Inc. and invented the Viterbi algorithm.