Nearly Every JPEG on Earth Runs on Math a Reviewer Called Too Simple to Fund in 1972
by Alex Cooke
Nearly Every JPEG on Earth Runs on Math a Reviewer Called Too Simple to Fund in 1972
by Alex Cooke
How a rejected 1972 NSF proposal led to the discrete cosine transform, the mathematical foundation powering nearly every JPEG ever created. Ahmed's summer of 1973 changed digital imaging forever.
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@gutenberg_org It is a good thing he received his well-earned recognition, even though it was 54 years after it's rejection for being "too simple".