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Date of Birth
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09-March-1935
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Place of Birth
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Bergamo
(Italy, Lombardy, Province of Bergamo)
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Nationality
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Italy, United States of America
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Profession
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Businessperson, Engineer, Computer Scientist
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Andrew James Viterbi is an American electrical engineer and businessman who co-founded Qualcomm Inc. and invented the Viterbi algorithm. He is currently Presidential Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering, which was named in his honor in 2004 in recognition of his $52 million gift.
Viterbi was born in Bergamo, Italy to Jewish parents and emigrated with them in 1939 to the United States as a refugee. His original name was Andrea, but when he was naturalized in the US, his parents anglicized it to Andrew.
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