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Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist and cryptographer known as the "father of information theory " and as the "father of the Information Age ".
4 days ago · Claude Shannon (born April 30, 1916, Petoskey, Michigan, U.S.—died February 24, 2001, Medford, Massachusetts) was an American mathematician and electrical engineer who laid the theoretical foundations for digital circuits and information theory, a mathematical communication model.
Oct 14, 2002 · Claude E. Shannon: Founder of Information Theory. With the fundamental new discipline of quantum information science now under construction, it's a good time to look back at an...
Apr 27, 2016 · Claude Shannon: Tinkerer, Prankster, and Father of Information Theory. Shannon, who died in 2001, is regarded as one of the greatest electrical engineering heroes of all time. This profile ...
Dec 22, 2020 · Shannon invented new mathematics to describe the laws of communication. He introduced new ideas, like the entropy rate of a probabilistic model, which have been applied in far-ranging branches of mathematics such as ergodic theory, the study of long-term behavior of dynamical systems.
Apr 28, 2016 · Claude Shannon, born 100 years ago, devised the mathematical representation of information that made the digital era possible.
The American mathematician and computer scientist who conceived and laid the foundations for information theory. His theories laid the groundwork for the electronic communications networks that now lace the earth. Claude Elwood Shannon was born on April 30, 1916 in Petoskey, Michigan.
