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American data scientist and inventor

For the physicist and environmental engineer, see Valerie M. Thomas.

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For the French politician, see Valérie Thomas. For the American Africanist, see Valorie Thomas.

Valerie L. Thomas (born February 8, 1943) is an American data scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980.^[2] She was responsible for developing the digital media formats that image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program.^[3]

Early life and education

Thomas was born in Baltimore, Maryland.^[4] She graduated from high school in 1961, during the era of integration.^[5] She attended Morgan State University, where she was one of two women majoring in physics.^[6] Thomas excelled in her mathematics and science courses at Morgan State University, graduating with a degree in physics with highest honors in 1964.^[5]

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