Edward W. Veitch

Edward W. Veitch
Born	November 4, 1924 Englewood, NJ
Citizenship	American
Fields	Computer Science
Alma mater	Harvard University
Known for	optimization of digital circuits

Edward W. Veitch is an American computer scientist. He graduated from Harvard University in 1946 with a degree in Physics, followed by graduate degrees from Harvard in Physics and Applied Physics in 1948 and 1949 respectively. In his 1952 paper "A Chart Method for Simplifying Truth Functions", Veitch described a graphical procedure for the optimization of logic circuits, a year later (1953) refined in a paper by Maurice Karnaugh into what is now known as the Karnaugh map method.

References

Edward W. Veitch, 1952, "A Chart Method for Simplifying Truth Functions", Transactions of the 1952 ACM Annual Meeting, ACM Annual Conference/Annual Meeting "Pittsburgh", ACM, NY, pp. 127–133.

Maurice Karnaugh, November 1953, The Map Method for Synthesis of Combinational Logic Circuits, AIEE Committee on Technical Operations for presentation at the AIEE summer General Meeting, Atlantic City, N. J., June 15–19, 1953, pp. 593–599.

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Name	Veitch, Edward
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Date of birth	November 4, 1924
Place of birth	Englewood, NJ
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