Name: Claude Shannon (1916-2001)
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University: MIT
Key Contributions: Shannon is known as the father of information theory. He combined mathematical theories with engineering principles to set the stage for the development of the digital computer and the modern digital communication revolution. His seminal 1948 paper opened up a whole new world and fundamentally changed the way in which the communication of information is viewed. (
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