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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 ".
Jul 2, 2024 · 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 · Claude Shannon wrote a master’s thesis that jump-started digital circuit design, and a decade later he wrote his seminal paper on information theory, “A Mathematical Theory of Communication.” Courtesy of MIT Museum. Next, Shannon set his sights on an even bigger target: communication. Communication is one of the most basic human needs.
Claude Shannon, born 100 years ago, devised the mathematical representation of information that made the digital era possible.
Feb 27, 2001 · CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT Professor Emeritus Claude E. Shannon, known as the father of modern digital communications and information theory, died Saturday, February 24 at the Courtyard Nursing Care Center in Medford, Mass., after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 84 years old.
