Claude Shannon

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Electrical Engineer
Mathematician
Cryptographer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Kyoto_Prize
IEEE Medal of Honor
gptkbp:birthDate April 30, 1916
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Petoskey,_Michigan
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contributedTo Artificial Intelligence
Cryptography
Telecommunications
Data_Compression
gptkbp:deathDate February 24, 2001
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Mathematical_Theory_of_Communication
gptkb:Shannon's_Game_Theory_Contributions
Boolean Algebra
Binary Digit Representation
Shannon's_Sampling_Theorem
gptkbp:field Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Claude Shannon
gptkbp:influenced Computer Science
Engineering
Information Technology
Statistics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Norbert_Wiener
gptkb:Alan_Turing
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:Hermann_Weyl
gptkb:Ada_Lovelace
gptkb:David_Hilbert
gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkb:Richard_Hamming
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Shannon's_Entropy
Game Theory
Information Theory
Shannon-Fano Coding
Shannon's_Theorem
Digital_Circuit_Design
gptkbp:legacy Father of Information Theory
Contributions to AI and Robotics
Impact on Digital Computing
Influence_on_Modern_Communication_Systems
Pioneering_Work_in_Cryptography
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Robert_Fano
gptkb:John_McCarthy
gptkb:Marvin_Minsky
gptkb:Peter_Elias
Donald Knuth
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_A._Shannon
gptkbp:worksAt gptkb:Bell_Labs
gptkb:MIT