Scientific originatorTheoretical researcher
Claude Shannon
Founded information theory, giving the mathematics of entropy and channel capacity that underlie how models compress and predict.
Works in the archive (3) · lead author on 2
- LeadA Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits · 1937
- LeadA Mathematical Theory of Communication (information theory) · 1948
- The Dartmouth Workshop (birth of Artificial Intelligence) · 1956
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