Towards A General Theory of Information Transfer
Professor Rudolf Ahlswede
University of Bielefeld
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Thursday, July 13
Biography
Rudolf
Ahlswede was born in Dielmissen, Germany, on September 15, 1938. He
studied mathematics, physics, and philosophy, and received the
Dr.rer.nat. degree in mathematics from the University of Gottingen,
Germany, in 1966.
In 1967, he joined the faculty of the
Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University, Columbus, where he
was promoted to Associate Professor in 1969 and to Professor in 1972.
He has spent research semesters at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; the
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; the Instituto Nazionale
di Alta Mathematica, Rome, Italy; Stanford University, Stanford, CA;
and Nankai University, Tianjin, China. During 1970-1971 and 1974-1975,
he was on leave at the University of Illinois, Urbana, and the
University of Gottingen. Presently, he holds a Professorship at the
University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany. He is coauthor of the book
Suchprobleme (Stuttgart, Germany: Teubner, 1979) and the translation
Search Problems (New York: Wiley, 1987). His research interests include
information theory, combinatorics, probability theory, statistics, and
number theory.
University of Bielefeld
Slides
PDFDate
Thursday, July 13
Biography
Rudolf
Ahlswede was born in Dielmissen, Germany, on September 15, 1938. He
studied mathematics, physics, and philosophy, and received the
Dr.rer.nat. degree in mathematics from the University of Gottingen,
Germany, in 1966.
In 1967, he joined the faculty of the
Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University, Columbus, where he
was promoted to Associate Professor in 1969 and to Professor in 1972.
He has spent research semesters at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; the
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; the Instituto Nazionale
di Alta Mathematica, Rome, Italy; Stanford University, Stanford, CA;
and Nankai University, Tianjin, China. During 1970-1971 and 1974-1975,
he was on leave at the University of Illinois, Urbana, and the
University of Gottingen. Presently, he holds a Professorship at the
University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany. He is coauthor of the book
Suchprobleme (Stuttgart, Germany: Teubner, 1979) and the translation
Search Problems (New York: Wiley, 1987). His research interests include
information theory, combinatorics, probability theory, statistics, and
number theory.