University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition

Claude Shannon is the scientist+engineer+researcher who laid out the fundamental principles of information transmission. In today's wireless digital networking age, more than half a century after its foundation, Shannon's elegant theory describing the limits of information transfer is more relevant than ever. This book presents the collection of papers that contain Shannon's fundamental contributions to electrical engineering and information science and technology. The first paper in this book was my inspiration to go into communication and information theory research. I hope that this book will continue to inspire generations of (future) researchers at Penn State.