Newton Faller

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Newton Faller

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Newton Faller's Degrees

• PhD Computer Science Stanford University
• Masters Computer Science Stanford University
• Bachelors Computer Science Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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Why Is Newton Faller Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Newton Faller the son of Kurt Faller and Ada Faller from Rio Grande do Sul, was a Brazilian computer scientist and electrical engineer. He is credited with the discovery of adaptive Huffman codes while an employee of IBM do Brasil in Rio. He was later the head of the Brazilian UNIX development project at the Electronic Computing Center of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Newton Faller?

Newton Faller is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
• Stanford University