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Source: The Straits Times 26/9/03
PRIZE: National Science Award
WINNERS: Professor Harald Niederreiter, Associate Professor Ling San and Associate Professor Xing Chaoping, of National University of Singapore's mathematics department.
THE team created mathematical tools that not only broke ground in basic research, but also has uses in the telecommunications and IT industries.
Methods they developed in areas such as algebra and number theory in coding can help to reduce the background noise of say, radio transmissions or satellite communications, said Professor Niederreiter.
The spacecraft Galileo, for example, had enormous problems transmitting data in a clear, unpolluted form back to Earth, he added.
'We've developed the mathematical procedures to overcome them.'
Their work also holds the potential of creating better ways of protecting sensitive data from hackers.
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Harald Niederreiter wins National Science Award
