Matt Mahoney

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Welcome. I received my Ph.D in computer science at Florida Tech in 2003 and taught some classes there through 2009. I then worked at Ocarina Networks (bought by Dell in 2010) as a chief scientist specializing in data compression research and it's application to AI , retiring in 2015.

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Data Compression Explained (2012)

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Copyright (C) 2010-2012, Dell, Inc . You are permitted to copy and distribute material from this book provided (1) any material you distribute includes this license, (2) the material is not modified, and (3) you do not charge a fee or require any other considerations for copies or for any works that incorporate…