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akhayam on May 14, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Viterbi Algorithm at 50 (2017)

What is often overlooked is the philanthropic and entrepreneurial impact that Andrew Viterbi had in this world.

In 2004, he donated $52 million to University of Southern California (USC) School of Engineering:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USC_Viterbi_School_of_Engineer...

He was also the co-founder of Qualcomm with a market cap of ~$115B today:

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/QCOM:NASDAQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm

litoE on May 14, 2023 [–]

Plus, he's a really nice, down to earth guy. I met him once a few years ago at a soccer game our grandchildren were playing in, and spent 20 minutes just chatting with him.

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