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Claude Shannon

MIT, Cambridge MA

Mathematician and electrical engineer known as the 'Father of Information Theory'. Pioneer in digital computing and cryptography.

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Electromagnetic Synchronizer
#Engineering #Hardware #Communications

An early project from my undergraduate days at MIT. A device to synchronize electromagnetic signals for communication systems.

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A Mathematical Theory of Communication
1948-07-01 C.E. Shannon Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 379-423
#Information Theory #Mathematics #Communications

The foundational paper introducing information theory, entropy, and channel capacity. This paper fundamentally changed how we think about information.

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A Mathematical Theory of Communication
1948-07-01 Claude Shannon
#Information Theory #Mathematics #Communications

The seminal paper that established information theory as a new field of study. Introduced the concept of entropy and channel capacity.

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