BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH FOR
DR. ANDREW J. VITERBI
Dr. Andrew Viterbi is a co-founder of QUALCOMM Incorporated. He has spent equal
portions of his career in industry, having also co-founded a previous company, and in
academia as Professor in the Schools of Engineering first at UCLA and then at UCSD, at
which he is now Professor Emeritus.
His principal research contribution, the Viterbi Algorithm, is used in most digital cellular
phones and digital satellite receivers, as well as in such diverse fields as magnetic
recording, speech recognition and DNA sequence analysis. In recent years he has
concentrated his efforts on establishing CDMA as the multiple access technology of
choice for cellular telephony and wireless data communication.
Dr. Viterbi has received numerous honors both in the U.S. and internationally. Among
these are three honorary doctorates and memberships in both the National Academy of
Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences. He currently serves on the
President's Information Technology Advisory Committee.