Claude Shannon, every mention
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Renaissance Technologies (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 54:20 David Rosenthal And Berlekamp had studied with folks like John Nash and Claude Shannon at MIT.
- ▶ 54:28 Ben Gilbert I love that Claude Shannon is coming in again.
- ▶ 54:45 Ben Gilbert But the fact that Burlicamp is crossing paths at MIT with Claude Shannon.
Qualcomm · Acquired
- ▶ 17:17 David Rosenthal We're talking about Claude Shannon, uh, literally the father of information theory, uh, one of the fathers of computer science and the inventor of the concept of
- ▶ 17:30 David Rosenthal Like, yeah, digital did not exist before Claude.
- ▶ 18:10 David Rosenthal So, we've described, like, the Hollywood part, we've described here in Act Two, Claude Shannon, you know, birth of computing, all that.
- ▶ 24:24 David Rosenthal MIT, which he would do in three years, finishing his PhD in 1959, studying under none other than Claude Shannon himself, who after the war returned to MIT as a professor.
- ▶ 24:55 Ben Gilbert Yeah, it's, it's the most incredible right place, right time in history too, because without studying under Claude Shannon, the father of information theory, it's extremely unlikely that Erwin Jacobs becomes the Erwin Jacobs he went on to…
- ▶ 25:17 David Rosenthal So, Erwin is so, young Erwin is so talented that, um, after he finishes his PhD in three years, you know, mere, like, five years removed from being a hotel management major at Cordell at Shannon and MIT, ask him to stay on as a professor…
- ▶ 25:39 David Rosenthal During which he teaches the first course, like, for students, uh, on digital communications in the world, I believe, you know, like, applying Shannon's theories to, like, disseminate amongst, like, practical engineers being trained at MIT.
- ▶ 26:09 David Rosenthal Uh, and written by, by Erwin, distilled, you know, from the father himself of Claude Shannon.
- ▶ 52:41 Ben Gilbert Over to Qualcomm, so they're, they're thinking about doing this, this satellite communication thing, and remember, Erwin studied with Claude Shannon, so he's always thinking about what is the most efficient way to use all the way up to the…
Complexity Investing & Semiconductors with NZS Capital (Extended Cut) · Acquired
- ▶ 1:11:24 Brinton Johns Not only the semis, but information theory, um, from Claude Shannon, which came around the same time.