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- Activity: Who is Claude Shannon?
- Instructions: In this activity, you are tasked to
- Read two articles on Claude Shannon.
- Write a short (1-page) report.
- Should you have any questions, clarifications, or issues, please contact your instructor as soon as possible.
Articles
- John Horgan, Claude Shannon: Tinkerer, Prankster, and Father of Information Theory, IEEE Spectrum, 2016 (link)
- Graham P. Collins, Claude E. Shannon: Founder of Information Theory, Scientific American, October 14, 2002 (link)
Report Guide
Based on the the papers (not limited to the two papers above) you have read, and any other resource that is available to you, write a short (1-page) report on the possible applications of information theory in the field of computer engineering.
Submission
Submit your report via email before proceeding to Module 2.
