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Indian-born American information theorist (1963–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joy Aloysius Thomas (1 January 1963 – 28 September 2020) was an Indian-born American information theorist, author and a senior data scientist at Google. He was known for his contributions to information theory and was the co-author of Elements of Information Theory, a popular text book which he co-authored with Thomas M. Cover. He also held a number of patents and was the founder of startups such as 'Insights One'.
Joy A. Thomas | |
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Born | Kerala, India | 1 January 1963
Died | 28 September 2020 57) | (aged
Occupation(s) | Information theorist, data scientist, author |
Spouse | Priya |
Children | Two children |
Joy Thomas, born on January 1, 1963, in the south Indian state of Kerala, did his schooling at St Joseph's Boys' High School, Bangalore.[1] He stood first in the IIT Joint Entrance Examination.[2] After graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, he migrated to the US where he continued his studies to secure a PhD from Stanford University in 1984.[3] It was here that he met Thomas M. Cover, the renowned information theorist,[4] and together they wrote a book in 1991, Elements of Information Theory, which is considered by many as a benchmark text book on the subject.[5][6] In 1990, he joined the IBM Research at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center as a research staff member where he worked until he became involved in the founding of Stratify, a startup founded in 1991, which was later rebranded as Iron Mountain Digital. Later, he founded InsightsOne, another startup which was subsequently acquired by Apigee in 2014.[7]
Joy Thomas was an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Stanford University and held a number of patents.[8] He died on September 28, 2020, at Mountain View, California, at the age of 57, survived by his wife, Priya, and children, Joshua and Leah.[1]
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