Robert Calderbank

Robert Calderbank

Professor, Duke University

Dr. Calderbank directs the Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke University, where he is a Distinguished Professor. He is known for contributions to voiceband modem technology, to quantum information theory, and for co-invention of space-time codes for wireless communication. His research papers have been cited more than 50,000 times, and his inventions are found in billions of consumer devices. Dr. Calderbank was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005, to the National Academy of Inventors in 2015, and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022. He has received a number of awards, including the 2013 IEEE Hamming Medal for contributions to information transmission, and the 2015 Claude E. Shannon Award.

Program Visits

Error-Correcting Codes: Theory and Practice, Spring 2024, Visiting Scientist
Fields
Wireless Communication, Quantum Computing, Data Storage, Information Theory and Coding