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Carlos RIVERA

FEMTO-ST, Besançon, France

PhD researcher and electrical engineer with a master’s degree in embedded systems, specializing in atomic clocks, frequency references, FPGA development, instrumentation, and metrology.

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Content tagged with "information theory"

The Physics of Information
MIT
#Information Theory#Physics#Education

A course exploring the fundamental connections between physics, information theory, and computation.

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The Bandwagon of Information Theory
1956-10-01 IRE National Convention, New York
#Information Theory#Philosophy#History

A cautionary talk about the spread and misuse of information theory outside its proper domain. Famous for warning against overapplication.

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Implementing Information Theory in Python
1956-06-01 Claude Shannon
#Information Theory#Python#Programming#Compression

A practical guide to implementing entropy calculation and data compression using Python.

Information Theory and Machine Learning
1956-03-01 Claude Shannon
#Information Theory#Machine Learning#AI#Theory

Exploring the connections between information theory and the emerging field of machine learning. Published in the IRE Transactions.

Information Theory and Biology
1953-04-01 Claude Shannon
#Information Theory#Biology#Genetics#Bioinformatics

Exploring the application of information theory to biological systems and genetics, pioneering the field of bioinformatics.

Communication in the Presence of Noise
1949-01-01 C.E. Shannon Proceedings of the IRE, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 10-21
#Information Theory#Noise#Coding Theory

Extension of information theory to noisy channels, introducing the concept of error-correcting codes and proving it's possible to achieve reliable communication.

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A Mathematical Theory of Communication
1948-07-01 C.E. Shannon Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 379-423
#Information Theory#Mathematics#Communications

The foundational paper introducing information theory, entropy, and channel capacity. This paper fundamentally changed how we think about information.

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A Mathematical Theory of Communication
1948-07-01 Claude Shannon
#Information Theory#Mathematics#Communications

The seminal paper that established information theory as a new field of study. Introduced the concept of entropy and channel capacity.

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