- The father of information theory
- 信息之父
—— Claude. E. Shannon, “A mathematical
theory of communication”,Bell System
Technical Journal, 1948.(通信的数学理论)
——Two fundamental questions in
communication theory:(通信理论的两个基本问题)
1、 Ultimate limit on data compression(临界数据压缩/数据压缩极限)
— Entropy(熵)
2、 Ultimate transmission rate of
communication(临界通信传输速率/通信传输速率极限)
— Channel Capacity(信道容量)
—— Almost all important topics in information
theory were initiated by Shannon(几乎所有重要的信息论课题均源于香农)