(9 December, 2016) Andrew James Viterbi is an Italian, naturalised American engineer and entrepreneur, born in 1935. Viterbi is the co-founder of Qualcomm – one of the largest communications companies in the world – and the inventor of the algorithm that bears his name, which all mobile phone systems are based on. Andrew James Viterbi is a guest at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York on Wednesday, December 14 (from 18:00 to 20:00): he will present his book “Reflections of an Educator, Researcher and Entrepreneur” (CPL Editions, Biographies & Memoirs series, 2016) moderated by journalist Maria Teresa Cometto. (PO / red)
