Sergio verdu, who joined the faculty in 1984, was dismissed by the board of trustees on sept. Lecture notes on information theory preface \there is a whole book of readymade, long and convincing, lavishly composed telegrams for all occasions. Tenured faculty position at princeton university ieee. He has served as associate editor for the ieee transactions on information theory, and has served as president of the ieee information theory society. Sergio verdu is the eugene higgins professor of electrical engineering at princeton university where he teaches and conducts research on information theory in the information sciences and systems group. Fellow, ieee, and shlomo shamai shitz, fellow, ieee abstract the cdma channel with randomly and indepen. National academy of sciences in 2007 and 2014, respectively. The institute of electrical and electronics engineers has honored sergio verdu with the 2008 ieee richard w. The prime movers information theory channel coding theory signal processing data compression 1. They were created by yury polyanskiy and yihong wu, who used them to teach at mit 2012, 20 and 2016 and uiuc 20, 2014. Performancebased security for encoding of information signals fa95501510180 20152018. A brief chronicle is given of the historical development of the central problems in the theory of fundamental. In august 2015, im enrolled in princeton universitys electrical engineering graduate program. A native of barcelona, spain, sergio verdu received the telecommunications engineering degree from.
Grad student says princeton prof who sexually harassed her. Claude elwood shannon april 30, 1916 february 24, 2001 was an american mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as the father of information theory. The magna carta of the information age sergio verdu, fifty years of shannon theory, ieee transactions on information theory, v44, n6, 1998. Sergio verdu, whose wonderful class at princeton university ver07 shaped up our own perception of the subject. A lively city, known for its style, architecture, culture, gastronomy and nightlife, barcelona is one of the top tourist destinations in europe. Sergio verdu has served as associate editor of the ieee trans. Fellow, ieee, and shlomo shamai shitz, fellow, ieee abstract the cdma channel with randomly and independently chosen spreading sequences accurately models the sit.
Abstractin shannon theory, lossless source coding deals with the optimal compression of. These notes are a graduatelevel introduction to the mathematics of information theory. In fact, the principle of impulse radio is firmly grounded in information theory. Concentration of measure inequalities in information. About the editors sergio verdu is professor of electrical engineering at princeton university.
Random matrix theory and wireless communications is the first tutorial on random matrices which provides an overview of the theory and brings together in one source the most significant results recently obtained. In this veritable labor of love by jimmy soni and rob goodman, one has on offer an enthralling and beautifully rendered portrait of claude shannon, the mathematician, the engineer, the inventor, the tinkerer, and, above all, the enigmatic man who became the intellectual father of the vital lifeblood of our age. Sergio verdu born barcelona, spain, august 15, 1958 was the eugene higgins professor of electrical engineering at princeton university, where he taught and conducted research on information theory in the information sciences and systems group. Elected to the board of governors in 1989, he served as president of the ieee information theory society in 1997. Vincent poor for the 2018 conference on information sciences and systems held at the university. Multiuser detection deals with demodulation of the mutually interfering digital streams of information that occur in areas such as wireless communications, highspeed data transmission, satellite communication, digital television, and magnetic recording. A member of the information sciences and systems group and the program in applied and computational mathematics, his research interests are in information theory. All is in html format except for pdf files for the papers contained in the book. Sergio verdu has an excellent writing style, recently demonstrated in his awardwinning information theory paper, and this book really shines. The core structure and ow of material is largely due to prof. Ieee transactions on information theory 52 7, 30333051, 2006. A mathematical theory of communication, by claude e. He was also affiliated with the program in applied and computational mathematics. On recent events in the information theory society the time is always right to do the right thing.
Information is modulated by the position of a string of subnanosecond pulses. Furthermore, the application of random matrix theory to the fundamental limits of wireless communication channels is described in depth. Sergio verdu princeton university i recommend the book to all students, researchers, and practitioners. Sergio verdu is the eugene higgins professor of electrical engineering at princeton university where he teaches and conducts research on information theory.
Tara javidi on recent events in the information theory. Proceedings 1997 ieee international symposium on information theory, isit 1997. Concentration of measure inequalities in information theory. Directed information, causal estimation, and communication in continuous time tsachy weissman, younghan kim, haim h. Electrical engineering professor sergio verdu, a faculty member for 34 years, was dismissed from the faculty as of sept.
Sergio verdus 240 research works with 18,906 citations and 3,247 reads, including. Pdf this is an introduction to shannons information theory. Shannon award, the highest honor in information theory. On the faculty of princeton university since 1984, verdu is. Pdf a brief introduction on shannons information theory. In 19901993, sergio verdu served as associate editor for shannon theory of the ieee transactions on information theory, and is currently editorinchief of foundations and trends in communications and information theory. With over 3,000 references, this book is an ideal resource for industry researchers, practicing engineers, and graduate students in communications, signal processing, and computing. Sending such a telegram costs only twenty ve cents.
Sergio verdu is the eugene higgins professor of electrical engineering at princeton university. He is currently editorinchief of foundations and trends in communications and information theory. Ieee transactions on information theory 52 7, 3033. Verdus style in relying on singleshot results, feinsteins. Improved bounds on lossless source coding and guessing. Information theory increasingly relevant drives system design. Multiuser detection foundations and trends in communication. Smoothing brascamplieb inequalities and strong converses of coding theorems.
Sergio verdu massachusetts institute of technology. Hypothesis testing and error probability in information theory. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Professor sergio verdu is professor of electrical engineering at princeton university where he teaches and conducts research on information theory. Sergio verdu information theory today founded by claude shannon in 1948, information theory has taken on renewed. Shannon lecture sergio verdu information theory society. A native of barcelona, sergio verdu received the telecommunications engineering degree. Multiuser detection provides the first comprehensive treatment of the subject of multiuser digital communications.
Lecture notes on information theory preface \there is a whole book of readymade, long and convincing, lav. Professor verdu was born in barcelona, catalonia, spain. Posted on march 1, 2014 by sergio verdu reply the 2014 ieee north american summer school of information theory will take place june 1821, 2014 at the fields institute in toronto, canada. Verdu honored for contributions to information theory. Sergio verdu, whose wonderful class at princeton university ver07 shaped up our. Teaches and conducts research on information theory. The class that verdu was scheduled to teach in the spring semester, ele 528. He was dismissed from the faculty as of september 22, 2018. He served as president of the ieee information theory society in 1997. Spectral efficiency in the wideband regime information. Sergio verdus research works princeton university, new. She had recently finished her masters in south korea and was excited to learn from verdu, a tenured professor who had won dozens of awards for his work in the electrical engineering and information theory fields. He received the telecommunications engineering degree from.
His awardwinning 1998 book multiuser detection, for instance, is still frequently used by researchers and systems designers in wireless. Now information theory celebrates the discovery of this dynamic field with a major collection of 25 tutorial articles spanning the last 50 years. Fellow, ieee abstract a brief chronicle is given of the historical development of the central problems in the theory of fundamental limits of data compression and reliable communication. Martin luther king i am inspired by my colleague and friend, professor tsachy weissman, to take a public stance on the title ix case involving my mentor, collaborator, and once. Research interests are in information theory, data compression, and transmission. Palomar, member, ieee, and sergio verdu, fellow, ieee abstracta relationship between information theory and estimation theory was recently shown for the gaussian channel. A documentary on claude shannon and on the impact of information theory, the bit player, is being produced by sergio verdu and mark levinson. C17yihong wu and sergio verdu, \optimal phase transitions in compressed sensing with noisy measurements, in proceedings of 2012 ieee international symposium on information theory, boston, ma, usa, jul. Lanqing yu collaborators vince poor princeton sergio verdu princeton haim permuter ben gurion ziv goldfeld ben gurion encoding signals 0010110010010111 adversary signal sensor signal control. Performancebased security for encoding of information signals. Interpretations of directed information in portfolio theory, data compression, and hypothesis testing haim permuter, younghan kim, tsachy weissman. Author chris aldrich categories education, information theory, read, social stream tags princeton, reading. The 2016 ieee international symposium on information theory will take place in barcelona, spain, from july 10 to 15, 2016. In addition, verdu was initially slated to be a program director along with professor h.
Lecture notes on information theory and statistical physics. With over 3,000 references, this book is an ideal resource for industry researchers, practicing engineers, and graduate. Yihong wu, student member, ieee, and sergio verdu, fellow, ieee. Entropy these videos are from the information theory tutorial on complexity explorer. You see, what gets transmitted over the telegraph is not the text of the telegram, but simply the number under which it is listed in the book. He is also affiliated with the program in applied and computational mathematics. Fifty years of shannon theory information theory, ieee. Sergio verdu, whose wonderful class at princeton university ver07. Performancebased security for encoding of information signals fa95501510180 20152018 paul cuff princeton university. Information theory,estimation theory arbitrary inputs. Verdu s style in relying on singleshot results, feinsteins. The development of information theory springerlink. Hamming medal for fundamental contributions to information theory and the development of multiuser detection.
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