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I am a mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer and inventor. My research turned switching circuits into logic and communication into a mathematical science of information.
Built Theseus, a maze-learning mechanical mouse
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Constructed a relay-based mechanical mouse that learned and navigated mazes as part of early AI experiments.
Published the seminal paper formalizing information, entropy, and limits of communication.
Applied statistical signal and noise models to improve tracking and fire control for aircraft and missiles.
Implemented Boolean algebra as practical electromechanical switching networks, enabling digital design.
In classified Bell Labs research, published in 1949, I proved the one-time pad unbreakable and showed every unbreakable cipher must share its properties. It put cryptography on a mathematical, scientific footing.