1 Information Theory
This episode introduces information theory and considers how it applies (and how it doesn’t apply) to the visualization pipeline.
Slides (pdf): Information Theory
Films (streaming):
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Supplementary material:
Jim Stone’s book site is here: Information Theory : A Tutorial Introduction
Claude Shannon’s paper is here: A Mathematical Theory of Communication
Chen et als paper is here: Pathways for Theoretical Advances in Visualization