Lloyd R. Welch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lloyd R. Welch

information theorist

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1927

Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Profession: computer scientist, mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Lloyd Richard Welch (born September 28, 1927) is an American information theorist and applied mathematician, and co-inventor of the Baum–Welch algorithm and the Berlekamp–Welch algorithm, also known as the Welch–Berlekamp algorithm. Welch received his B.S.
in mathematics from the University of Illinois, 1951, and Ph.D.
in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology, 1958, under advisor Frederic Bohnenblust.
He worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1956–1959, Institute for Defense Analyses, 1959–1965, and University of Southern California, 1965–1999.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, and received the 2003 Claude E.
Shannon Award.