Sergio Verdu - Information Theory Today
Channel: Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS)
Date: 2018-10-06

Founded by Claude Shannon in 1948, information theory has taken on renewed vibrancy with technological advances that pave the way for attaining the fundamental limits of communication channels and information sources. 
Increasingly playing a role as a design driver, information theory is becoming more closely integrated with associated fields such as coding, signal processing, machine learning and networks.
In  this  talk,  I  will  review  its  history,  current  research  trends  in  the  field,  as  well  as  some  of  its  longstanding  open 
problems.