Thomas M. Cover (born August 7, 1938 in San Bernardino, California) is Professor jointly in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Statistics at Stanford University. He is past President of the IEEE Information Theory Society and is a Fellow of the Institute for Mathematical Statistics and of the IEEE.

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  • Thomas M. Cover (born August 7, 1938 in San Bernardino, California) is Professor jointly in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Statistics at Stanford University. He is past President of the IEEE Information Theory Society and is a Fellow of the Institute for Mathematical Statistics and of the IEEE. In 1972 he received the Outstanding Paper Award in Information Theory for his paper Broadcast Channels; he was selected in 1990 as the Shannon Lecturer, regarded as the highest honor in information theory; in 1997 he received the Richard W. Hamming Medal; and in 2003 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Author of 120 technical papers, he is coauthor of the book Elements of Information Theory and coeditor of the book Open Problems in Communication and Computation. Professor Cover has devoted the last 35 years to developing the relationship between information theory and statistics. He received his PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1964. (en)
  • Thomas M. Cover (* 7. August 1938 in San Bernardino, Kalifornien) hält eine gemeinsame Professur der Fachbereiche Elektrotechnik und Statistik der Stanford University. Er ist ehemaliger Präsident der Gesellschaft für Informationstheorie bei der IEEE, sowie Fellow des Instituts für Mathematische Statistik und des IEEE. 1972 gewann seine Arbeit "Broadcast Channels" den Outstanding Paper Award für Informationstheorie. 1990 gewann er den Claude E. Shannon Award, der in den USA als höhchste informationswissenschaftliche Auszeichnung gilt. 1997 erhielt er die Richard-W.-Hamming-Medaille; und 2003 wurde er in die American Academy of Arts and Sciences gewählt. Cover ist Autor von 120 technischen Arbeiten, Koautor des Buchs Elements of Information Theory und Koeditor des Buchs Open Problems in Communication and Computation. Professor Cover beschäftigt sich seit 35 Jahren mit der Beziehung von Informationstheorie und Statistik. Seinen Ph. D. in Elektrotechnik erlangte er 1964 an der Stanford University. (de)
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  • Thomas Merrill Cover (en)
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  • US-amerikanischer Statistiker (de)
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  • Thomas M. Cover (born August 7, 1938 in San Bernardino, California) is Professor jointly in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Statistics at Stanford University. He is past President of the IEEE Information Theory Society and is a Fellow of the Institute for Mathematical Statistics and of the IEEE. (en)
  • Thomas M. Cover (* 7. August 1938 in San Bernardino, Kalifornien) hält eine gemeinsame Professur der Fachbereiche Elektrotechnik und Statistik der Stanford University. Er ist ehemaliger Präsident der Gesellschaft für Informationstheorie bei der IEEE, sowie Fellow des Instituts für Mathematische Statistik und des IEEE. 1972 gewann seine Arbeit "Broadcast Channels" den Outstanding Paper Award für Informationstheorie. 1990 gewann er den Claude E. (de)
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