Tel-Aviv University - Computer Science Colloquium
Sunday, May 9, 14:15-15:15
at 14:00 In this lecture we are going to discuss different implications, interpretations and applications of the the notion of entropy, as well as novel definitions of the notion of entropy which are derived from different physical models describing some real-world communication, classification and prediction problems.
Bio:
JACOB ZIV was born in Tiberias, Israel, on November 27, 1931. He received the B.Sc., Dip. Eng., and M.Sc. degrees, all in Electrical Engineering, from the Technion---Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, in 1954, and 1957, respectively, and the D.Sc. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, U.S.A., in 1962.
From 1955 to 1959, he was a Senior Research Engineer in the Scientific Department Israel Ministry of Defense, and was assigned to the research and development of communication systems. From 1961 to 1962, while studying for his doctorate at M.I.T., he joined the Applied Science Division of Melpar, Inc., Watertown, MA, where he was a Senior Research Engineer doing research in communication theory. In 1962 he returned to the Scientific Department, Israel Ministry of Defense, as Head of the Communications Division and was also an Adjunct of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technion---Israel Institute of Technology. From 1968 to 1970 he was a Member of the Technical Staff of Bell Laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ. He joined the Technion in 1970 and is Herman Gross Professor of Electrical Engineering.
He was Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering from 1974 to 1976 and Vice President for Academic Affairs from 1978 to 1982. In 1982 he was elected Member of the Israeli Academy of Science, and was appointed as a Technion Distinguished Professor. He is a Fellow of the IEEE. In 1988 he was elected as a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Engineering. In 1998 he was elected as a Foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Science In 1993 he was awarded the Israel Prize in Exact Sciences (Engineering and Technology). He has twice been the recipient of the IEEE---Information Theory Society Best Paper Award (for 1976 and 1979). He is the recipient of the 1995 International Marconi Award, the 1995 IEEE Richard W.~Hamming Medal, and the 1997 Shannon Award of the Information Theory Society of the IEEE. He is the recipient of the ACM 1998 Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice award and the Eduard Rhein 1998 for Basic Research.
From 1977 to 1978, 1983 to 1984, and 1991 to 1992 he was on Sabbatical leave at Bell Laboratories. He has been the Chairman of the Israeli Universities Planning and Grants Committee from 1985 to 1991. He is currently serving as the President of the Israel National Academy of Sciences and the Humanities.
His research interests include general topics in data-compression, information theory and statistical communication.
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