Rüdiger Leo Urbanke (born 1966) is an Austrian computer scientist and professor at the
Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
Life
Urbanke studied at the
Technical University of Vienna
TU Wien (TUW; german: Technische Universität Wien; still known in English as the Vienna University of Technology from 1975–2014) is one of the major universities in Vienna, Austria. The university finds high international and domestic recogn ...
with the diploma as an electrical engineer in 1988 and at the
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...
with the master's degree in 1992 and his doctorate in 1995. He then worked at
Bell Laboratories
Nokia Bell Labs, originally named Bell Telephone Laboratories (1925–1984),
then AT&T Bell Laboratories (1984–1996)
and Bell Labs Innovations (1996–2007),
is an American industrial research and scientific development company owned by mult ...
.
Career
From 2000 to 2004 he was an Associate Editor of the
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
''IEEE Transactions on Information Theory'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the IEEE Information Theory Society. It covers information theory and the mathematics of communications. It was established in 1953 as ''IRE Tran ...
. From 2009 till 2012 he was the head of the I&C Doctoral School and in 2013 he served as a Dean of I&C.
Distinctions
Urbanke is a co-recipient of the 2002
and the 2013
IEEE Information Theory Society Best Paper Award, a recipient of the 2011
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
The IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award is a Technical Field Award of the IEEE established in 1986. This award has been presented annually since 1988 for outstanding contributions to the integration of computers and commun ...
, the 2014
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal and the 2023
Claude E. Shannon Award.
He was selected as an IEEE Distinguished lecturer by the Information theory society for 2013-2014
and received a STOC Best Paper Award in 2016.
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Austrian computer scientists
Washington University in St. Louis alumni
1966 births
Living people