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JAMES L. MASSEY
Pages 217-222

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... COSTELLO SUBMITTED BY THE NAE HOME SECRETARY JAMES LEE MASSEY, internationally acclaimed pioneer in digital communications (information theory, coding theory, and cryptography) , died of colon cancer on June 16, 2013, in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he had lived with his wife Lis Kofod Massey since his 1998 retirement from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
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From page 219...
... His work in coding theory included developing links between convolutional codes and linear systems, and codevelopment of the Berlekamp-Massey algorithm for decoding BCH codes. His work in cryptography includes the invention of the block ciphers IDEA and SAFER+, both of which have found widespread use and inspired other block cipher designs.
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From page 220...
... for "theoretical and practical contributions to cryptography and related coding problems." In addition, he received four awards from the University of Notre Dame related to distinguished teaching, service, and research. For his published work, he received the 1964 IEEE Information Theory Society Paper Award for the MIT Press monograph Threshold Decoding; the W.R.G.
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... Massey, Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh; sister Joan Massey Kramer of Sylvania, Ohio; sons Thomas Aquinas Massey, Robert Bellarmine Massey, Peter Canisius Massey, and John Damascene Massey; stepsons Flemming Kofod Bonde and Jesper Kofod Bonde; grandchildren Rachel, Brianna, Scott, Robert, Elizabeth, and Brittney; step-grandchildren Regitse, Christine, Mille, Matilde, Mikkel, Katinka, and Sebastian; and step-great-granddaughter Caya.
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