Thomas M. Cover

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information theorist person university professor

Thomas M. Cover was an influential American information theorist and Stanford professor known for his foundational contributions to information theory, statistics, and machine learning.

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instanceOf information theorist ⓘ
person ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
authorOf Elements of Information Theory ⓘ
awardReceived Claude E. Shannon Award ⓘ
IEEE Information Theory Society Paper Award ⓘ
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coAuthor Joy A. Thomas ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Solomon W. Golomb ⓘ
doctoralStudent Imre Csiszár ⓘ
Joy A. Thomas ⓘ
Sergio Verdú ⓘ
Tsachy Weissman ⓘ
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ
employer Stanford University ⓘ
familyName Cover ⓘ
fieldOfWork information theory ⓘ
machine learning ⓘ
statistics ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
influenced information theory ⓘ
statistical learning theory ⓘ
knownFor Cover’s theorem on the separability of patterns ⓘ
contributions to learning theory ⓘ
contributions to pattern recognition ⓘ
contributions to portfolio theory ⓘ
contributions to universal coding ⓘ
foundational contributions to information theory ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name Thomas M. Cover self-link ⓘ
notableWork Elements of Information Theory ⓘ
occupation electrical engineer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
professor ⓘ
taughtAt Stanford University ⓘ
theoremNamedAfter Cover’s theorem ⓘ
workplace Stanford University ⓘ

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Elwyn R. Berlekamp → notableStudent → Thomas M. Cover ⓘ
Claude E. Shannon Award → notableRecipient → Thomas M. Cover ⓘ
IEEE Information Theory Society Distinguished Service Award → notableRecipient → Thomas M. Cover ⓘ
Thomas M. Cover → name → Thomas M. Cover self-link ⓘ
David Slepian → notableStudent → Thomas M. Cover ⓘ