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]
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] At Bell Labs, Rice discovered the 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] is considered as a classic reference in its field. [1] [2]
He died in La Jolla, California.
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]
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] At Bell Labs, Rice discovered the 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] is considered as a classic reference in its field. [1] [2]
He died in La Jolla, California.