Shannon Day at Bell Labs

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of ``A Mathematical Theory of Communication'' the Mathematical Sciences Research Center at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies will present a one day symposium. The late Aaron Wyner had conceived of this celebration and there will be a session to honor his memory.

We are honored that Thomas Cover, David Forney, Robert Gallager, Robert Lucky, James Massey, David Slepian, Neil Sloane, Andrew Viterbi, Jack Wolf, and Jacob Ziv have agreed to present talks.

Date: Monday, May 18, 1998
Place: Arnold Auditorium, Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Further details will be posted at http://cm.bell-labs.com/shannonday where a copy of Shannon's original paper is also available. For more information e-mail shannonday@bell-labs.com or contact:

Dr. Emre Telatar
Rm.~2C--174 Bell Laboratories
600 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, NJ 07974
USA
phone: +1 908 682 2268
e-mail: telatar@bell-labs.com