| − | '''Claude Shannon''' (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American electrical [[engineer]] often considered the father of modern [[communications theory (engineering)|communications theory]].<ref>{{hnb|MIT News Office|2001}}</ref> He is credited as one of the founders of [[information theory]], especially due to his writing of "A Mathematical Theory of Communication"<ref>[http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf]</ref> in 1948, widely considered one of the most important founding documents of information theory. | + | '''Claude Shannon''' (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American electrical [[engineer]] often considered the father of modern [[communications theory (engineering)|communications theory]].<ref>{{hnb|MIT News Office|2001}}</ref> He is credited as one of the founders of [[information theory]], especially due to his writing of "A Mathematical Theory of Communication"<ref>[http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf A Mathematical Theory of Communication, Bell System Technical Journal, July/October, 1948]</ref> in 1948, widely considered one of the most important founding documents of information theory. |