Lectures
Monday, October 22, 2018
Mathematical Theories of Communication: Old and New
Lecture | October 22 | 4-5 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium
Madhu Sudan, Harvard University
Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
Reliable and efficient digital communication is possible today largely due to some wonderful successes in mathematical modelling and analysis. A legendary figure in this space is Claude Shannon (1916-2001) who laid out the mathematical foundations of communication in his seminal 1948 treatise, where among other contributions he gave a mathematical definition of "entropy" and coined the now... More >
Sandow Birk: American Qur'an in Conversation with Professor Asad Ahmed, Department of Near Eastern Studies
Lecture | October 22 | 6-7:30 p.m. | 340 Stephens Hall
Sandow Brik, Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco; Koplin del Rio Gallery in Los Angeles; P.P.O.W. Gallery in New York City
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Institute for South Asia Studies
A project to hand-transcribe the entire Qur'an according to historic Islamic traditions and to illuminate the text with relevant scenes from contemporary American life. Nine years in the making, the project was inspired by a decade of extended travel in Islamic regions of the world.
Los Angeles artist Sandow Birk is a well traveled graduate of the Otis/Parson's Art Institute. Frequently... More >
