Charles Shannon

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Claude_Shannon
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Harvey_Prize
gptkb:IEEE_Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Stuart_Ballantine_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1916-04-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Petoskey,_Michigan,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2001-02-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Medford,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Vannevar_Bush
gptkbp:education gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_Michigan
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Bell_Labs
gptkb:MIT
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:information_theory
gptkb:mathematics
cryptography
electrical engineering
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Claude_Elwood_Shannon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Shannon
gptkbp:influenced computer science
data compression
digital circuit design
telecommunications
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Boolean_circuits
gptkb:Shannon–Hartley_theorem
gptkb:Shannon_entropy
application of Boolean algebra to digital circuits
founder of information theory
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:mathematician
crypt
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:A_Mathematical_Theory_of_Communication
gptkb:Communication_Theory_of_Secrecy_Systems
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:signature Claude Shannon signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Betty_Shannon
gptkbp:thesisTitle gptkb:A_Symbolic_Analysis_of_Relay_and_Switching_Circuits
gptkbp:thesisYear 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Aesthetic_Movement
gptkb:Bill_Traylor
gptkb:William_Rothenstein
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6