information theory
noun
: a theory that deals statistically with information, with the measurement of its content in terms of its distinguishing essential characteristics or by the number of alternatives from which it makes a choice possible, and with the efficiency of processes of communication between humans and machines
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Renato Renner, head of the research group for quantum information theory at ETH Zurich and someone who has also worked on the Wigner’s-friend paradox, is enthusiastic about this use of a quantum-mechanical AI.
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Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Another Bush doctoral student, Claude Shannon, joined Bell Labs and founded information theory.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2024
Seth has also studied integrated information theory, which associates consciousness not with the brain’s function but with its complex networked structure.
—George Musser, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
The professor of statistics and electrical engineering advised Goldsmith to apply her mathematical knowledge to either communications or information theory.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2024
Today’s Bell Labs, however, is very different than the Bell Labs where information theory was invented.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2016
Doyle teamed up with a group of scientists researching whale communications and brought information theory to the mix in order to get a better idea of the complexity of whale songs, searching for rules and patterns.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
This approach is computationally quite difficult, but the team incorporated recent information theory advances to find a near-optimal choice quickly.
—Dina Genkina, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2023
Initially a way to think about heat and the dissipation of energy that makes perpetual motion machines impossible, entropy has evolved to take a central place in information theory.
—WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Another Bush doctoral student, Claude Shannon, joined Bell Labs and founded information theory.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2024
Seth has also studied integrated information theory, which associates consciousness not with the brain’s function but with its complex networked structure.
—George Musser, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
The professor of statistics and electrical engineering advised Goldsmith to apply her mathematical knowledge to either communications or information theory.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2024
Today’s Bell Labs, however, is very different than the Bell Labs where information theory was invented.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2016
Doyle teamed up with a group of scientists researching whale communications and brought information theory to the mix in order to get a better idea of the complexity of whale songs, searching for rules and patterns.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
This approach is computationally quite difficult, but the team incorporated recent information theory advances to find a near-optimal choice quickly.
—Dina Genkina, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2023
Initially a way to think about heat and the dissipation of energy that makes perpetual motion machines impossible, entropy has evolved to take a central place in information theory.
—WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
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