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Mark Adler

Mark Adler
Mark Adler at the JPL
Personal information
Birth dateApril 3, 1959(age 57)
Birth placeMiami, Florida
ResidenceLa Cañada, California
CitizenshipAmerican
NationalityUnited States of America
FieldsData compression, Space exploration
InstitutionsJet Propulsion Laboratory
Alma materBA in Mathematics - 1981 - University of Florida
MS in Electrical Engineering - 1985 - University of Florida
Ph.D. in Physics - 1990 - California Institute of Technology

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Dr. Mark Adler (born April 3, 1959) may be best known for his work in the field of data compression. Adler is the author of the Adler-32 hash function, a co-author of the zlib compression library and gzip, has contributed to Info-ZIP, and has participated in developing the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image format. Adler was also the Spirit Mission Manager for the Mars Exploration Rover mission.


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