Jacob Ziv (Israeli engineer)

Jacob Ziv was an Israeli engineer and computer scientist renowned for his groundbreaking work in data compression. Along with Abraham Lempel, he developed the LZ family of algorithms (notably LZ77 and LZ78), which revolutionized how information is stored and transmitted efficiently. These algorithms identify patterns in data to reduce its size without losing information, making digital communication faster and more efficient. Ziv’s contributions are fundamental to modern technologies like ZIP files, GIF images, and web data transmission, significantly impacting telecommunications, internet storage, and multimedia.