Session 8a :: Shannon & Information Theory

What is a representation ? portrait of Ada King, countess of Lovelace (cca 1840)

What is information ?

17th January Question of the day: Can machines think ? Topic: Hommage to A.M.T. Hero of the day: Alan Matthison Turing

24th January Question of the day: Can machines understand ? Topic: Programming languages and operating systems Heroes: von Neumann, Ritchie & Thomson, Tanenbaum, Gates, To...

31th January Question of the day: Can machines evolve ? Topic: Internet and the emergence of planetary A.I. Heroes: Snowden, Nakamoto, hacker community

7th February Question of the day: Can machines see ? Topic of the day: Embedded systems and digital artefacts Hero of the day: Limor Fried

14th February The Futurological Congress AE1000000

What is information ? What is NOT information ?

Etymology of the word "to inform" early 14c., "to train or instruct in some specific subject," from Old French informer, enformer "instruct, teach" (13c.) and directly from La...

mathematician, electrical engineer, cryptographer, juggler & unicycler "father of information theory" (1937) A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits ...

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