Jessica Fridrich
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| Born | 1963/1964 (age 56–57)[1] |
| Nationality | Czech[1] |
| Occupation | Electrical engineering professor |
| Known for | Popularizing the CFOP method for speed-solving the Rubik's Cube |
Jessica Fridrich is a professor at Binghamton University, who specializes in data hiding applications in digital imagery. She is also known for documenting and popularizing the CFOP method (sometimes referred to as the "Fridrich method"), one of the most commonly used methods for speedsolving the Rubik's Cube, also known as speedcubing.[1] She is considered one of the pioneers of speedcubing, along with Lars Petrus. Nearly all of the fastest speedcubers have based their methods on Fridrich's, usually referred to as CFOP (Cross, First 2 Layers, Orient Last Layer, Permute Last Layer).
The method describes solving the cube in a layer-by-layer fashion. First a "cross" is made on the first layer, consisting of the center piece and four edges. The first layer corners and edges of the second layer are put into their correct positions simultaneously (four pairs). The last layer is solved by first orienting and then permuting the last layer of the cube using a few sets of algorithms.
Professional life[]
Jessica Fridrich works as a professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Binghamton University and specializes in digital watermarking and forensics.[2][3][4] She received her MS degree in applied mathematics from the Czech Technical University in Prague in 1987, and her PhD in systems science from Binghamton University in 1995.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Specializing in Problems That Only Seem Impossible to Solve, By Bina Venkataraman, Published: December 15, 2008, The New York Times
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Jessica Fridrich". Hindawi Publishing Corporation. February 14, 2002. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ Jessica Fridrich, Talk on Youtube
- ^ Bio:Jessica Fridrich Archived 2010-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Binghamton University
External links[]
- Jessica Fridrich's webpage
- Rubik's Cube World Championship in Budapest in 1982
- Rubik's Cube competition rankings
- Jessica Fridich : page en français
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- Living people
- Czech speedcubers
- Czech emigrants to the United States
- Binghamton University faculty
- State University of New York faculty
- American electrical engineers
- Czech women computer scientists