Friday 29 April 2016

Claude Shannon The Father of Information Theory

Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an famous American mathematician, also an electrical engineer, and a cryptographer. He was also known as "the father of information theory".
Shannon is mostly famous for having founded information theory. He founded information therory with a landmark paper that he published in 1948.
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Claude Shannon The Father of Information Theory

Read more about Claude Shannon on Wikipedia.

Here's a salute from us to this great man who is also celebrated by Google doogle on his 100th birthday:-
 
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Claude Shannon The Father of Information Theory

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