Swarthmore College Department of Computer Science

Talk by Daniel Bilar, Colby College

Playing around with information (Quantitative Security Risk Analysis)
Friday, March 24 2006
4:30pm in Science Center 240

Abstract

Our age is suffused with 'information'. But what does this term mean? Do you convey more information with 'The iceman cometh' or 'asdflasjddjhaa'? The answer may surprise you! Come learn about basic information theory, encoding schemes and its ramifications on our modern world!