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Video Footages from The 1998 International Symposium on Information Theory, August 1998, Boston
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Shannon's Landmark Papers
Opening
Opening Remarks by Bob Gallager   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
An Old Film of Claude Shannon   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
History and Reminiscence
by Dave Huffman   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
by Dave Slepian   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
by Peter Elias   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
by Jim Massey   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
by a panel of experts   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
 

Reception
reception   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)

Awards Ceremonies
(under construction)
Major Lectures
Len Kleinrock: Plenary Speaker   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
Tom Kailath:  Plenary Speaker   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
Irwin Jacobs:   Plenary Speaker   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
Richard Karp:  Plenary Speaker   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
Neil Sloane:  Shannon Lecturer   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
Activities
boat trip   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
banquet   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)
closing highlights, including "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" and "The Tenured Tenors"   (higher-resolution mpeg-1 file)

This page was prepared by Victor K. Wei, Department of Information Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong.