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.

Aliases (3)

Claude E. Shannon ×10
Claude Elwood Shannon ×1
Shannon limit ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
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 → 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 → Princeton Institute for Advanced Study →
familyName	Shannon →
fieldOfWork	cryptography → digital circuit design → electrical engineering → information theory → mathematics →
fullName	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 → 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 → The Mathematical Theory of Communication →
occupation	researcher → university teacher →
spouse	Betty Shannon →

Referenced by (37)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Mathematical Theory of Communication → A Mathematical Theory of Communication ("Claude E. Shannon") → A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence → A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits → A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits ("Claude E. Shannon") → Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems ("Claude E. Shannon") → Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems → Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems →	author
Franklin Medal → Harold Pender Award ("Claude E. Shannon") → IEEE Founders Medal ("Claude E. Shannon") → IEEE Medal of Honor ("Claude E. Shannon") → IRE Medal of Honor ("Claude E. Shannon") → John Fritz Medal ("Claude E. Shannon") →	notableRecipient
CTSS → MIT Building 20 →	associatedWithPerson
Ivan Sutherland → Leonard Kleinrock →	doctoralAdvisor
Edison Medal ("Claude E. Shannon") → National Medal of Science →	hasRecipient
George Boole → Harry Nyquist →	influenced
Shannon entropy → Shannon–Khinchin axioms →	namedAfter
Warren Weaver →	collaboratedWith
Bell Telephone Laboratories →	employed
Claude Shannon ("Claude Elwood Shannon") →	fullName
An Investigation of the Laws of Thought →	hasInfluencedPerson
Bell System Technical Journal ("Claude E. Shannon") →	hasNotableAuthor
Shannon →	hasNotableBearer
Gaylord, Michigan →	hasNotableResident
Hendrik Wade Bode →	influencedBy
Shannon entropy →	introducedBy
Claude →	isMostFamouslyBorneBy
Claude Shannon ("Shannon limit") →	knownFor
Betty Shannon →	partnerInResearchWith
Betty Shannon →	spouse