Stephen Oswald Rice (November 29, 1907 – November 18, 1986) was a pioneer in the related fields of information theory , communications theory , and telecommunications .[ 1] [ 2]
Biography
Rice was born in Shedds, Oregon (later renamed Shedd).
He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University and did graduate work at Caltech and at Columbia University . He worked for nearly forty years at Bell Labs .[ 3] Rice distribution and Rice's formula . In 1957–58 he was a visiting professor at Harvard University .
His paper “Mathematical Analysis of Random Noise”, published in the Bell System Technical Journal divided over two issues,[ 4] [ 5] [ 1] [ 2]
He died in La Jolla, California .
Awards and honors
References
^ a b "Stephen Rice" . IEEE Global History Network . IEEE . Retrieved June 25, 2011 .^ a b Slepian, David (1991). "Stephen O. Rice" . Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering . Vol. 4. National Academies Press . pp. 299– 304. ISBN 978-0-309-04349-6 . Retrieved June 25, 2011 .^ Stephen Oswald Rice: Oregon Stater Engineering Hall of Fame: College of Engineering – Oregon State University Archived 2012-12-12 at archive.today ^ Rice, S.O. (1944). "Mathematical Analysis of Random Noise" . Bell System Technical Journal 23 (3). Bell Labs : 282– 332. Bibcode :1944BSTJ...23..282R . doi :10.1002/j.1538-7305.1944.tb00874.x . Retrieved June 26, 2011 . ^ Rice, S.O. (1945). "Mathematical Analysis of Random Noise" . Bell System Technical Journal 24 (1). Bell Labs : 46– 156. doi :10.1002/j.1538-7305.1945.tb00453.x . Retrieved June 26, 2011 . ^ "NAE Members Directory - Mr. Stephen O. Rice" . NAE . Retrieved June 25, 2011 .^ "IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal Recipients" (PDF) . IEEE . Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2010. Retrieved June 25, 2011 .^ "The Communications Society Stephen O. Rice Prize in the Field of Communications Theory" . IEEE Communications Society . Retrieved January 5, 2011 .
