Claude Shannon(1916–2001)
Claude Elwood Shannon was an American polymath who was a mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer and inventor known as the "father of information theory" and the man who laid the foundations of the Information Age.
United States
4
Major Awards
81
Publications
133,679
Citations
38
h-index
47
i10-index
1650.4
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Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
Gaylord High School
Doctoral Advisors
Ivan SutherlandWilliam Daniel HillisHeinrich Arnold ErnstWilliam Robert SutherlandVannevar BushFrank Lauren Hitchcock
Career Timeline
Institute for Advanced Study1940–1941
Bell Labs1941–1958
Massachusetts Institute of Technology1957–2020
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and SciencesPontifical Academy of Sciences
Related Laureates
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Whitfield Diffie
IEEE Medal of Honor (2022)
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Martin Hellman
IEEE Medal of Honor (2022)
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Andrew Viterbi
IEEE Medal of Honor (2010)
AS
Adi Shamir
Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2024)
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Bryan Grenfell
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (2024)
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Shing-Tung Yau
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2023)
LC
Luis Caffarelli
Abel Prize (2023)
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Ingrid Daubechies
Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2023)
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