Apr 30, 2026, 5:24 PMHappy Birthday to Claude Shannon, known by many as the “father of Information Theory.” Shannon was an American mathematician and electrical engineer. In 1948, he published A Mathematical Theory of Communication, which effectively created the field. #ComputingHistory #ACM #PioneerPOV
Apr 30, 2026, 9:44 PM@ACM I highly recommend the film about Shannon's life:
Shannon story is dramatic. He found Boolean algebra in Boole's treatise on proving the existence of God. Post-Bell-Labs, he was recruited by M.I.T., but his mental health worsened, and he quickly became professionally inactive.
@ACM Here’s Claude at his Alma Mater, University of Michigan, lovingly cared for on a cold winter day.
