Joint Colloquium/Discrete Math Seminar
3:30 p.m., Tuesday (October 10, 2006)
WMAX 110 (PIMS Facility)
Joachim Rosenthal
University of Zurich
Three challenges of Claude Shannon
In 1948/1949 Claude Shannon wrote two papers [Sha48,Sha49] which
became the foundation of modern information theory. The papers
showed that information can be compressed up to the 'entropy',
that data can be transmitted error free at a rate below the
capacity and that there exist provable secure cryptographic
systems. These were all fundamental theoretical result. The
challenge remained to build practical systems which came close to
the theoretical optimal systems predicted by Shannon.
In this overview talk we will explain how the first two
challenges concerning coding theory have resulted in practical
solutions which are very close to optimal. Then we explain why
the gap between the practical implementation of cryptographic
protocols with the theoretical result of Shannon is
largest.
The talk will be tutorial in nature and should be accessible to
advanced undergraduate students.
References
[Sha48] C.E. Shannon, A mathematical theory of communication,
Bell Syst. Tech. J. 27 (1948), 379--423 and 623--656.
[Sha49] C.E. Shannon, Communication theory of secrecy systems,
Bell System Tech. J. 28 (1949), 656--715.
Refreshments will be served at 3:15 p.m. in the 1st floor PIMS Lounge.
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