A course of James G. O'Hara at the Special Language Center (Fachsprachenzentrum) of the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
My scholarly affiliation in Hannover
The address is: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek - Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek, Waterloostraβe 8, 30169 Hannover … Leibniz (1), (2), (3), (4) …
Faculty of EE & CS / ET & INF
The original version of the web page for this course with the ET logo — Check out the full list of dictionaries & reference works: oharas.com/et
Claude E. Shannon: Founder of Information Theory
Shannon's M.I.T. master's thesis in electrical engineering has been called the most important of the 20th century: in it he showed how the logical
algebra of 19th-century mathematician George Boole (pdf) could be implemented using electronic circuits of relays and switches —
a most fundamental feature of digital computers' design — See:
The Boole/Shannon Celebration (2015/16).
In 1948 Shannon's celebrated paper 'A Mathematical Theory of Communication' was published in two parts in Bell Labs's research journal (pdf) — See Scientific American, October 14, 2002.
David A. Huffman: Encoding the 'Neatness' of Ones and Zeroes
In computer science, Huffman coding is an encoding algorithm used for data compression that finds the optimal system of encoding strings based on the relative frequency of each character. It was developed by David A. Huffman as a graduate student at MIT in 1952, and published in 'A Method for the Construction of Minimum-Redundancy Codes' (pdf).
Profile David A. Huffman, from the September 1991 issue of Scientific American.
Homework assignments
| Title | Date of lesson |
|---|---|
| WiSe 2015/16 begins mid October | 23-10-2015 |
| Technofiles: Robots Rising | 30-10-2015 |
| Advances: Bots on a Budget | 06-11-2015 |
| Article on Robotic Taxis (1st Course) | 13-11-2015 |
| Article: When Cars Fly (2nd Course) | 13-11-2015 |
| The dangers of trusting robots (Ist Course) | 20-11-2015 |
| Article on killer robots (2nd Course) | 20-11-2015 |
| Translation texts for both courses | 04-12-2015 |
| Translation texts for both courses | 11-12-2015 |
| Claude E. Shannon: Founder of Information Theory (first course) | 17-12-2015 |
| Profile: David A. Huffman (first course) | 08-01-2016 |
| My Boss the Robot! (2nd Course) | 08-01-2016 |
| Eye-Controlled Machines (first course) | 15-01-2016 |
| Machines That Teach Themselves (first course) | 22-01-2016 |
| COTSbot - a poison-carrying robot (first course) | 29-01-2016 |
| Translation text: Hohlleiter-Oberflächenbearbeitung und Dämpfung (second course) | 15,22&29-01-2016 |
Videos used in classwork
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