Information theory
Scientific study of digital information
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| 2025 | Global data creation projected to grow to more than 180 zettabytes. |
| March 10 2025 |
Integrated information theory
Nature Neuroscience published a follow-up to the original criticism letter, featuring a rebuttal and a commentary proposing a 'weak IIT' modification to address existing critiques.
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| September 15 2023 |
Integrated information theory
A letter signed by 124 scholars was published on PsyArXiv, asserting that Integrated Information Theory should be labeled pseudoscience until it becomes empirically testable.
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| June 2023 |
Integrated information theory
Initial results of the Templeton Foundation-funded study were revealed, showing that none of GNWT's predictions passed the pre-agreed threshold, while two out of three of IIT's predictions passed.
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| 2021 | Retired from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech after almost 35 years of service |
| 2021 | Became an adjunct professor at the University of Helsinki |
| 2021 |
Integrated information theory
Angus Leung and colleagues published a direct application of Integrated Information Theory's mathematical formalism to neural data, focusing on neuronal population activity in flies and demonstrating how Φ^Max can be computed for smaller neural datasets.
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| September 2021 | Received Best Paper Award for 'Automatic Network Slicing for Resource Allocation in Underwater Acoustic Communication Systems' at the Fourth International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking (BalkanCom). |
| 2020 | Became an adjunct professor at the University of Iceland |
| 2020 | Total amount of global data created, captured, copied, and consumed reached 64.2 zettabytes. |
| December 1 2020 |
Norman Abramson
Norman Abramson passed away in his San Francisco home due to complications from metastasized skin cancer.
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| December 1 2020 |
Norman Abramson
Norman Abramson passed away, concluding a remarkable career in electrical engineering and computer science.
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| October 2 2020 | Filed US Patent Application No. 63/091712 with A. Kak for 'A Low-Overhead Online Routing Scheme for Ultra-Dense Software-Defined CubeSat Networks' |
| August 2020 | Became Founder and Editor in Chief of the ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies (ITU-J FET). |
| August 2020 |
Claude Shannon
The documentary film 'The Bit Player' was released on Amazon Prime.
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| August 15 2020 | Filed US Patent Application No. 63/091666 with A. Kak for 'Large-Scale Constellation Design Framework' |
| June 1 2020 | Joined the advisory board of the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| June 1 2020 | Filed WO Patent Application No. WO2020124076A1 with A. Kak and S. Nie for 'Network Employing Cube Satellites' |
| February 7 2020 | Filed patent with A. Pitsillides, Christos Liaskos, A. Tsioliaridou, and S. Ioannides on 'Wireless communication paradigm: realizing programmable wireless environments through software-controlled metasurfaces' |
| January 2020 | Acquired a patent for HyperSurface tile technology, a novel metamaterial enabling deterministic and programmable control over electromagnetic wave behavior in wireless communications environments. |
| 2019 | Concluded editorial roles for Computer Networks Journal, Ad Hoc Networks Journal, Physical Communication Journal, and Nano Communication Networks Journal, becoming Editor-in-Chief Emeritus for these publications. |
| 2019 |
Claude Shannon
The documentary film 'The Bit Player' about Shannon premiered at the World Science Festival.
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| 2019 |
Log-rank conjecture
An approximate version of the log-rank conjecture for randomised communication complexity was disproved.
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| 2019 |
Spectral efficiency
Launch of IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) standard, reaching a spectral efficiency of 7.5 bit/(s⋅Hz) with potential up to 60 bit/(s⋅Hz) in 8×8 MIMO configuration.
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| 2019 |
Integrated information theory
The Templeton Foundation announced funding exceeding $6,000,000 to test empirical predictions of Integrated Information Theory (IIT) against Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT), with both theory originators agreeing on experimental protocols and conditions for validating their theories.
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| 2019 |
Integrated information theory
Christof Koch published 'The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness is Widespread but Can't Be Computed', a book discussing integrated information theory.
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| 2019 |
Integrated information theory
New Scientist published an article investigating how consciousness works, presenting radical theoretical answers.
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| March 19 2019 | Filed patent with M. Luo and S.-C. Lin on 'Maximize network capacity policy with heavy-tailed traffic' |
| 2018 | Became Megagrant Research Leader and Advisor to the Director of the Institute for Information Transmission Problems at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia |
| 2018 | Wins the Shannon Award from the IEEE Information Theory Society. |
| 2018 |
MIMO
Emil Björnson, Jakob Hoydis, and Luca Sanguinetti published research demonstrating that pilot contamination in massive MIMO can be solved, showing capacity can be increased by adding more antennas.
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| December 11 2018 | Filed patent with M. Luo and S.-C. Lin on 'Software defined network traffic congestion control' |
| December 4 2018 | Awarded 'Pioneer Award in Underwater Communication' at the 13th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (WUWNet'18) in Shenzhen, China, recognizing his significant contributions to underwater communication networks. |
| October 30 2018 | Received U.S. Patent No. 10,117,042 with H.K. Schmidt, S.-C. Lin, and A.A. Al-Shehri for 'Environment-aware cross-layer communication protocol in underground oil reservoirs' |
| October 2 2018 | Filed patent with M. Luo and S.-C. Lin on 'Multi-controller control traffic balancing in software defined networks' |
| August 14 2018 | Filed patent with H.K. Schmidt, S.-C. Lin, and A.A. Al-Shehri on 'Magnetic induction based localization for wireless sensor networks in underground oil reservoirs' |
| 2017 | Became an adjunct professor at the University of Cyprus |
| 2017 |
Claude Shannon
A biography titled 'A Mind at Play' about Shannon was published by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman.
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| 2017 |
Integrated information theory
Nautilus magazine explored the philosophical question 'Is Matter Conscious?', further examining the implications of Integrated Information Theory.
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| November 21 2017 | Received patent B2 with J. M. Jornet on 'Ultra Massive MIMO Communication in the Terahertz Band' |
| October 2017 | Received IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks (TCCN) Recognition Award for pioneering contributions to spectrum sensing, spectrum sharing algorithms and communication protocols for cognitive radio networks. |
| May 9 2017 | Filed patent with J. M. Jornet on 'Graphene-based Plasmonic Nano-antenna for Terahertz Band Communication' |
| 2016 |
Spectral efficiency
DOCSIS 3.1 broadband cable modem technology launched, demonstrating high spectral efficiency in cable communication systems.
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| 2016 |
Integrated information theory
Aeon magazine published an article discussing the concept of 'consciousness creep'.
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| 2016 | Awarded the ACM Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing for work on parallel algorithms for maximal independent sets. |
| July 19 2016 | Filed patent with J.M. Jornet on 'Graphene-based Plasmonic Nano-Transceiver employing HEMT for Terahertz Band Communication' |
| April 30 2016 |
Claude Shannon
Google honored Shannon with a Google Doodle to celebrate his life on what would have been his 100th birthday.
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| 2015 | Elected as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). |
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