Discussion

The IBM scientist who rewrote the rules of information just won computing’s highest prize

AtlasBarfed: So the guy that came up with the idea and approach is the secondary on the award?

smokel: No, there is one award each year, and this year it is shared equally between two people: Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard. This happens more often, and it has even been shared between three people (in 2002, 2007 and 2018).

ashwinnair99: Information theory gets credited to Shannon but the people who made it actually work in practice rarely get this kind of recognition. Long overdue.