David Albert Huffman (August 9, 1925 - October 7, 1999) was a pioneer in the computer science field. Throughout his life, Huffman made significant contributions to the study of finite state machines, switching circuits, synthesis procedures, and signal designs. However, David Huffman is best known for his legendary Huffman code, a compression scheme for lossless variable length encoding. Wikipedia
All these digital wonders rely on the results of a 40-year-old term paper by a modest Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate studenta data compression scheme known as Huffman encoding. www.huffmancoding.com/david/scientific.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for David A. Huffman. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Huffman
Geometric Paper Folding: Dr. David Huffman A look at some of the nice folded paper structures created by Dr. Huffman at the University of California at Santa Cruz. www.sgi.com/grafica/huffman/
A memorial service for David A. Huffman, the founding faculty member of UCSC's Computer Science Department and a pioneer in the field, will take place on campus on Saturday, October 23. www.ucsc.edu/currents/99-00/10-18/inmemoriam.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for David A. Huffman. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A%2e_Huffman
