Hamming, Learning to Learn: Information Theory, 25 April 1995 [video]
Authors
Hamming, Richard W.
Subjects
Advisors
Date of Issue
1995-04-25
Date
1995-04
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en
Abstract
Information Theory was created by C. E. Shannon in the late 40's. The management of Bell Telephone Labs wanted him to call it "Communication Theory" as that is a far more accurate name, but for obvious publicity reasons "Information Theory" has a much greater impact - this Shannon chose and so it is known to this day. The title suggests that the theory deals with information - and therefore it must be important since we are entering more and more deeply into the information age. Hence I shall go through a few main results, not with rigorous proofs of complete generality, but rather intuitive proofs of special cases so that you will understand what information theory is and what it can and cannot do for you.
Type
Video
Description
"The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn" was the capstone course by Dr. Richard W. Hamming (1915-1998) for graduate students at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey California. This course is intended to instill a "style of thinking" that will enhance one's ability to function as a problem solver of complex technical issues. With respect, students sometimes called the course "Hamming on Hamming" because he relates many research collaborations, discoveries, inventions and achievements of his own. This collection of stories and carefully distilled insights relates how those discoveries came about. Most importantly, these presentations provide objective analysis about the thought processes and reasoning that took place as Dr. Hamming, his associates and other major thinkers, in computer science and electronics, progressed through the grand challenges of science and engineering in the twentieth century.
Series/Report No
Department
Organization
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
Duration: 43:31 Filesize: 866.1MB
Citation
Distribution Statement
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.