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Computer Science

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal “For fundamental contributions to coding theory, iterative information processing, and applications.”
  • 2011 - IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award “For developing the theory and practice of transmitting data reliably at rates approaching channel capacity.”
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to error control coding theory and their application to multiple access wireless systems.
  • 2007 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to coding theory and practice

Overview

Tom Richardson is affiliated with Qualcomm in the United States. Their research activities span multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Chemistry. Within these broad fields, their work focuses specifically on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist has concentrated research efforts on several main topics, notably Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods. These themes are reflected in the recent scholarly output and coauthorship network.

One of the latest publications by Tom Richardson is titled A next-generation HDAC6 inhibitor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia, published in 2025 in the journal Brain.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richardson include:

  • Rebecca E. James
  • Michael E. Bekier
  • P. Lee
  • Frederick A. Schroeder
  • Lauren Jayne Evans

Publications predominantly appear in the venue:

  • Brain

Tom Richardson's contributions extend beyond research papers to recognition by professional organizations. Awards received include:

  • IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal (2014) for fundamental contributions to coding theory, iterative information processing, and applications
  • IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award (2011) for developing the theory and practice of transmitting data reliably at rates approaching channel capacity
  • Membership in the National Academy of Engineering (2011) for contributions to error control coding theory and their application to multiple access wireless systems
  • IEEE Fellow (2007) recognized for contributions to coding theory and practice

The profile of Tom Richardson reveals a multidisciplinary researcher with involvement in both molecular and clinical aspects of medicine, alongside significant contributions in chemistry and information theory as recognized by prestigious awards. Their collaborative network encompasses a range of scientists contributing to related topics in neurology, biochemistry, and synthetic organic chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Design of capacity-approaching irregular low-density parity-check codes

    T.J. Richardson;M.A. Shokrollahi;R.L. Urbanke

  • The capacity of low-density parity-check codes under message-passing decoding

    T.J. Richardson;R.L. Urbanke

  • Modern Coding Theory

    Tom Richardson;Ruediger Urbanke

  • On the design of low-density parity-check codes within 0.0045 dB of the Shannon limit

    Sae-Young Chung;G.D. Forney;T.J. Richardson;R. Urbanke

  • Efficient encoding of low-density parity-check codes

    T.J. Richardson;R.L. Urbanke

  • Analysis of sum-product decoding of low-density parity-check codes using a Gaussian approximation

    Sae-Young Chung;T.J. Richardson;R.L. Urbanke

  • Visible light communication: opportunities, challenges and the path to market

    Aleksandar Jovicic;Junyi Li;Tom Richardson

  • Finite-length analysis of low-density parity-check codes on the binary erasure channel

    Changyan Di;D. Proietti;I.E. Telatar;T.J. Richardson

  • Error Floors of LDPC Codes

    Tom Richardson

  • Systematic design of unitary space-time constellations

    B.M. Hochwald;T.L. Marzetta;T.J. Richardson;W. Sweldens

  • Threshold Saturation via Spatial Coupling: Why Convolutional LDPC Ensembles Perform So Well over the BEC

    S Kudekar;T J Richardson;Rüdiger L Urbanke

  • FlashLinQ: a synchronous distributed scheduler for peer-to-peer ad hoc networks

    Xinzhou Wu;Saurabha Tavildar;Sanjay Shakkottai;Tom Richardson

  • Spatially Coupled Ensembles Universally Achieve Capacity Under Belief Propagation

    Shrinivas Kudekar;Tom Richardson;Rudiger L. Urbanke

  • Methods and apparatus for decoding ldpc codes

    Tom Richardson;Vladimir Novichkov

  • Design of Low-Density Parity Check Codes for 5G New Radio

    Tom Richardson;Shrinivas Kudekar

  • Toward proximity-aware internetworking

    M Scott Corson;R Laroia;Junyi Li;Vincent Park

  • Multi-Edge Type LDPC Codes

    T. Richardson;R. Urbanke

  • The renaissance of Gallager's low-density parity-check codes

    T. Richardson;R. Urbanke

  • Multiple-antenna signal constellations for fading channels

    D. Agrawal;T.J. Richardson;R.L. Urbanke

  • The geometry of turbo-decoding dynamics

    T. Richardson

Frequent Co-Authors

Junyi Li
Junyi Li Qualcomm (United States)
Xinzhou Wu
Xinzhou Wu Qualcomm (United States)
Rudiger Urbanke
Rudiger Urbanke École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Sanjay Shakkottai
Sanjay Shakkottai The University of Texas at Austin
Vincent D. Park
Vincent D. Park Qualcomm (United States)
Aamod Khandekar
Aamod Khandekar Qualcomm (United States)
Michael Luby
Michael Luby BitRipple
Ravi Palanki
Ravi Palanki Google (United States)

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