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Shannon @ MIT • Taught < 10 classes in 22 years � 6.575 seems to have a huge impact on people • Only 2 doctorates and 5 S.M. theses • Shy, withdraws as health fades • Best guess as to his role: � Limited personal impact � But perhaps a draw for prospective students
Academic Genealogy
Page 1 and 2: Explaining MIT’s Impact on Shanno
Page 3 and 4: How We Got Here Joel West (PhD, UC
Page 5 and 6: Which Leads Us To Andrew (& Erna) V
Page 7 and 8: Qualcomm • Founded 1985 by Jacobs
Page 9 and 10: Plan for the Book Working title: Di
Page 11 and 12: Discontinuity: Shannon Theory • C
Page 13 and 14: Coding in Space • NASA needs to s
Page 15 and 16: MIT’s Golden Age of Information T
Page 17 and 18: MIT’s Impact During Golden Age
Page 19 and 20: Course 6.311 6.571 6.572 6.573 Cour
Page 21 and 22: Why at MIT? Possible explanations:
Page 23 and 24: Institutional Context • Applied r
Page 25 and 26: Course VI “Research” • How mu
Page 27 and 28: RLE Research Laboratory of Electron
Page 29: People • Shannon • Early Facult
Page 33 and 34: Info Theory Grad Students • Those
Page 35 and 36: Unresolved Questions
Page 37 and 38: MIT Algebraic Coding • MIT invent
Page 39 and 40: Impact on Industry • PhDs into in
Page 41 and 42: Explaining MIT’s Dominance • On
Page 43 and 44: Institutional Factors • 1940-1960
Page 45: Graceful De-institutionalization?

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