Claude Shannon

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electrical engineer human information theorist mathematician

Claude Shannon was an American mathematician and electrical engineer known as the "father of information theory" for founding the mathematical framework underlying digital communication and data compression.

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Label	Occurrences
Claude Shannon canonical	32
Claude E. Shannon	14
Claude Elwood Shannon	1
Shannon limit	1

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instanceOf	electrical engineer ⓘ human ⓘ information theorist ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering ⓘ Bachelor of Science in Mathematics ⓘ Master of Science in Electrical Engineering ⓘ PhD in Mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived	Harold Pender Award ⓘ IEEE Medal of Honor ⓘ Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences ⓘ surface form: Kyoto Prize National Medal of Science ⓘ
birthDate	1916-04-30 ⓘ
birthPlace	Petoskey, Michigan, United States ⓘ
coAuthorWith	Warren Weaver ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2001-02-24 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Vannevar Bush ⓘ
doctoralThesisTitle	A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits ⓘ
doctoralThesisYear	1940 ⓘ
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ University of Michigan ⓘ
employer	Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ surface form: Princeton Institute for Advanced Study
familyName	Shannon ⓘ
fieldOfWork	cryptography ⓘ digital circuit design ⓘ electrical engineering ⓘ information theory ⓘ mathematics ⓘ
fullName	Claude Shannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Claude Elwood Shannon
givenName	Claude ⓘ
grewUpIn	Gaylord, Michigan, United States ⓘ
hasNickname	father of information theory ⓘ
influenced	coding theory ⓘ data compression ⓘ digital communication theory ⓘ telecommunications engineering ⓘ
knownFor	Boolean logic applied to relay circuits ⓘ Shannon entropy ⓘ Claude Shannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shannon limit digital circuit design theory ⓘ founding information theory ⓘ mathematical theory of communication ⓘ work on cryptography during World War II ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableWork	A Mathematical Theory of Communication ⓘ Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems ⓘ A Mathematical Theory of Communication ⓘ surface form: The Mathematical Theory of Communication
occupation	researcher ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
spouse	Betty Shannon ⓘ

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National Medal of Science → hasRecipient → Claude Shannon ⓘ

IRE Medal of Honor → notableRecipient → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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Edison Medal → hasRecipient → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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A Mathematical Theory of Communication → author → Claude Shannon ⓘ

IEEE Medal of Honor → notableRecipient → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits → author → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems → author → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems → author → Claude Shannon ⓘ

Bell System Technical Journal → author → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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Shannon–Khinchin axioms → namedAfter → Claude Shannon ⓘ

Harold Pender Award → notableRecipient → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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Franklin Medal → notableRecipient → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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IEEE Founders Medal → notableRecipient → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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Warren Weaver → collaboratedWith → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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Leonard Kleinrock → doctoralAdvisor → Claude Shannon ⓘ

MIT Building 20 → associatedWithPerson → Claude Shannon ⓘ

Ivan Sutherland → doctoralAdvisor → Claude Shannon ⓘ

John Fritz Medal → notableRecipient → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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"A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence" → author → Claude Shannon ⓘ

subject surface form: A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence

"A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence" → coProposedBy → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award → hasNotableRecipient → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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information theory → developedBy → Claude Shannon ⓘ

Claude E. Shannon Award → namedAfter → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System → academicAdvisor → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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Mathematical Foundations of Information Theory → influencedBy → Claude Shannon ⓘ

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Moore School Lectures on computing → hasNotableLecturer → Claude Shannon ⓘ