Claude Elwood Shannon - Ann Arbor, MI
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N 42° 17.554 W 083° 42.894
17T E 276183 N 4685829
Bust of Claude Shannon located at entrance to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science building at the University of Michigan north campus.
Waymark Code: WM169CF
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 06/06/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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Claude Shannon was the co-creator of the Shannon-Hartley theorem which states the maximum rate at which information can be transmitted over a communications channel of a specified bandwidth in the presence of noise.

Shannon graduated in 1936 from the University of Michigan with two bachelor's degrees: one in electrical engineering and the other in mathematics.

The dedication plaque under the bust reads:

Claude Elwood Shannon
1916-2001
FATHER OF INFORMATION THEORY
B.S.E. ELELCTRICAL ENGINEERING '36
B.S.E. MATHEMATICS '36
HIS CREATION OF THE MATHEMATICAL
THEORY OF COMMUNICATION IN THE
MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY INSPIRED THE
REVOLUTIONARY ADVANCES IN DIGITAL
COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION STORAGE
THAT HAVE SHAPED THE MODERN WORLD
DEDICATED NOVEMBER 9, 2001
EUGENE DAUB, SCULPTOR
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