Robert M. Gray | |
|---|---|
 Robert M. Gray (2008) | |
| Born | (1943-11-01)November 1, 1943 (age 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
| Known for | Vector quantization |
| Awards | IEEE Centennial Medal(1984) Member of theNational Academy of Engineering(2007) Claude E. Shannon Award(2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert A. Scholtz Irwin M. Jacobs |
| Doctoral students | |
Robert M. Gray (born November 1, 1943[1]) is an Americaninformation theorist, and the Alcatel-Lucent Professor of Electrical Engineering atStanford University inPalo Alto, California. He is best known for his contributions to quantization and compression, particularly the development ofvector quantization.
In 1980, Gray was elevated to the grade ofIEEE fellow for contribution to information and communication theory.[2] Gray received the 2008Claude E. Shannon Award from theIEEE Information Theory Society, for his fundamental contributions to information theory, particularly in the area of quantization theory.[3] He was also the recipient of the 2008IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal,[4][5] the 1998 Golden Jubilee Award for Technological Innovation from theIEEE Information Theory Society,[6] the 1993 IEEE Signal Processing Society Award,[7] and the 1984IEEE Centennial Medal.[1] Gray received the 2002 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from theNational Science Foundation.[8] In 2020 he received both,The Okawa Prize for his seminal research in information coding theory and data compression, and enormous contributions to the promotion of diversity in engineering education, andIEEE Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding leadership in, and providing long standing, exceptional service, to the Information Theory community.
Gray was elected as a member into theNational Academy of Engineering in 2007 for contributions to information theory and data compression.
He received the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000.
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Born in 1943 in San Diego, Gray grew up inCoronado, California. He was the third child in a family of five children.
Gray followed his two older brothers to theMassachusetts Institute of Technology. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from MIT, obtaining his M.S. in 1966. Gray earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering fromUniversity of Southern California in 1969; his Ph.D. adviser wasRobert A. Scholtz.
He began his career at the USNaval Ordnance Laboratory.
Gray has written or co-authored a number of technical texts, including:
Gray is also an amateur historian and has collected together some historical letters from diplomats into books:
Gray is the Founding Editor ofFoundations and Trends in Signal Processing. He has also been Editor-in-Chief of both that publication and theIEEE Trans. on Information Theory (1981–1983), and served on the IEEE Information Theory Society Board of Governors (1974–1980, 1984–1987) and IEEE Signal Processing Society Board of Governors (1999–2001).
