[Ground-station] Fwd: Invitation to Online Premier of Shannon Film

[Michelle Thompson]

We couldn't do any of what we do without Information Theory!

Check out this upcoming event from the Information Theory Society of IEEE.

-Michelle W5NYV




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From: IEEE Information Theory Society <oe at itsoc.org>
Date: Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 10:51 PM
Subject: Invitation to Online Premier of Shannon Film
To: <w5nyv at yahoo.com>


As part of ISIT2020, the Shannon documentary The Bit Player will be
streamed online for the first time.
Free Online Screening of The Shannon Movie — Friday, June 26

The Information Theory Society proudly invites you to the online premiere
of *The Bit Player*, the first feature documentary about the father of the
information age, Claude Shannon.

Mixing contemporary interviews, archival film, animation, and dialogue
drawn from interviews conducted with Shannon himself, *The Bit Player
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tells the story of an overlooked genius who revolutionized the world, but
never lost his childlike curiosity, and the ubiquitous impact of his
discoveries on today’s science and technology.

The film will be streamed for free through Zoom as part of ISIT2020 on
Friday, June 26 at 11:15 am Pacific Time and will be followed by a panel
discussion with Shannon’s MIT colleague Robert Gallager, film director Mark
Levinson (*Particle Fever*), renowned information theorist David Tse and
moderator Urbashi Mitra.
Go to the ISIT 2020 Web Site
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The screenings will celebrate the end of the 2020 International Symposium
on Information Theory. This year, participation in the symposium is free
for Society members, and you are welcome to join us and watch some of the
talks
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.

After the panel ends at around 1 pm, and throughout the weekend, till
midnight Sunday, the film will be available for free streaming
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*Password: Shannon-ISIT *
Watch the Film Starting June 26
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Don’t miss this one-time opportunity to watch a unique tribute to Claude
Shannon, and please invite your friends to watch as well.
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Watch the trailer for The Bit Player on Vimeo
IT Society Sponsorship

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