We proudly present an IEEE foundation video documentary entitled: “The Bit Player“. One of Michigan’s famous sons, however not many Michiganians know about him – Indeed few know that Claude E. Shannon is also credited as the father of "Information Theory". You will learn more about him and at the same time get a refresher on the mankind changing impact Claude Elmwood Shannon made on the world today. This documentary was made in 2018 and brought to you by the (https://www.ieeefoundation.org/) who partially funded this along with the (https://www.itsoc.org/) The trailer for this 90-minute video is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3OldEtfBrE&authuser=0
AFTER the movie – we can have a brief discussion session. NOTE: You must supply your own soda pop and popcorn! Trivia may also follow, so bring your Jeopardy hats too. We are celebrating this on the occasion of Shannon's birthday (April 30th, 1916).
Agenda:
6:00 PM – Welcome, Chapter business update; (on your own) Pizza, Popcorn and Soda Pop
6:05 PM – Documentary Start
7:05 PM – End of Documentary; Start of Q & A; Group Discussion
7:30 PM – Wrap Up
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/478996