Thomas M. Cover

Thomas M. Cover
Born(1938-08-07)August 7, 1938
DiedMarch 26, 2012(2012-03-26) (aged 73)
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)
Stanford University (MS, PhD)
Known forInformation theory
Nearest neighbors algorithm Cover's theorem
AwardsIEEE Fellow (1974)
IMS Fellow (1981)
Claude E. Shannon Award (1990)
AAAS Fellow (1991)
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1995)
Richard W. Hamming Medal (1997)
Scientific career
FieldsInformation theory
Electrical engineering
Statistics
Pattern recognition
InstitutionsStanford University
ThesisGeometrical and Statistical Properties of Linear Threshold Devices (1964)
Doctoral advisorNorman Abramson
Doctoral studentsJoy A. Thomas
Mohammad Reza Aref
Martin Hellman
Peter E. Hart
Abbas El Gamal
Websitewww-isl.stanford.edu/people/cover

Thomas M. Cover [ˈkoʊvər] (August 7, 1938 – March 26, 2012) was an American information theorist and professor jointly in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Statistics at Stanford University. He devoted almost his entire career to developing the relationship between information theory and statistics.