Dr. Zierler's achievements include fundamental contributions to the theory of codes and sequences used for secure and reliable communications.
SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT, October 21, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Neal Zierler has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Dr. Zierler is a retired mathematician who spent his career in scientific and educational roles for prominent institutions and laboratories across the United States. Early in his career he served as a mathematician and physicist for Ballistic Research Laboratories in Aberdeen, Md., then as a member of the technical staff of the Instrumentation Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Roles that followed include supervisor of the information processing group for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, senior scientist for Arcon Corporation, head of the process analysis sub-department of MITRE Corporation in Bedford, Mass., and member of the technical staff of the Center for Communications Research of the Institute for Defense Analysis in Princeton, NJ. Dr. Zierler held the latter position from 1965 until his retirement in 1996. He took time off from his regular employment to conduct seminars at Florida Atlantic and Yale Universities and to teach courses in the Department of Mathematics and Electrical Engineering at Princeton University.
Following service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Dr. Zierler earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics at the Johns Hopkins University in 1946 and a Master of Arts in 1949 and Ph.D. in 1959 in mathematics at Harvard University. Dr. Zierler's achievements include fundamental contributions to the theory of codes and sequences used for secure and reliable communications, co-writing one of the first computer compiler/interpreters, and helping develop and apply important mathematical tools for cryptanalysis. Dr. Zierler has contributed articles to professional journals and patented error-detecting-and-correcting devices. He is a member of the Mathematical Association of America, the American Mathematics Society, the American Physical Society and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. In recognition of excellence, Dr. Zierler was honored by Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in the East, and Who's Who in the World.
Looking to the future, Dr. Zierler intends to pursue some scientific interests while also enjoying his hobbies, which include cooking, tennis, skiing and photography.
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