BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//http://www2.movingimage.us//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.23// X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260409T121436CEST-9735t2JVDU@http://www2.movingimage.us DTSTAMP:20260409T101436Z DESCRIPTION:\n With Mark Levinson and Robert Gallager in person \n\n\n Pres ented in collaboration with the World Science Festival \; \n \n \n\n \n The Bit Player. Dir. Mark Levinson. 2019\, 90 minutes. World Premiere. With John Hutton and Kaliswa Brewster. In a blockbuster paper in 1948\, Cl aude Shannon introduced the notion of a “bit” and laid the foundation for the information age. His ideas ripple through such diverse fields as commu nication\, linguistics\, genetics\, computing\, cryptography\, neuroscienc e\, artificial intelligence and cosmology. In later years\, he constructed a mathematical theory of juggling\, rode unicycles\, wrote the first pape r on computer chess and built a flaming trumpet. The Bit Player tells the story of an overlooked genius who revolutionized the world. The world prem iere of this film will be followed by a conversation discussing Shannon’s legacy and the impact of his work. View trailer.\n\n\n This program is sup ported by the IEEE Information Theory Society \n\nTickets: $20 ( $10 senio rs\, students\, and youth (3-17) ). Order tickets online. (Members may con tact members@movingimage.us with questions regarding online reservations.) \n\n\nTicket purchase includes same-day admission to the Museum (see gall ery hours). View the Museum’s ticketing policy here. For more information on membership and to join online\, visit our membership page. \; \n\n \n \n About the speakers: \n \n Robert Gallager has been a professor at MIT since his ScD thesis in 1960 where he invented LDPC codes\, which hav e evolved to be a major error-correction technique in the oncoming 5th gen eration wireless telecommunication standard. He worked with Claude Shannon and in 1968 wrote an Information Theory textbook that remained the standa rd in the field for 25 years. He wrote four other textbooks\, all still in print\, in related fields. He was active in the founding of Codex Corpora tion\, and his fundamental work on quadrature amplitude modulation helped lead to its commercial success. He has won many awards\, including the 199 0 Medal of Honor from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers \, the 1999 Harvey Prize from Technion\, and the 2003 Marconi Fellowship. He is most proud\, however\, of his many graduate students who have become leaders in the communication and related fields. \; \n \n \n \n Mar k Levinson is a filmmaker best known for his award-winning documentary Par ticle Fever. Before embarking on his film career\, Levinson earned a docto ral degree in particle physics from the University of California at Berkel ey. In the film world\, he became a specialist in the post-production writ ing and recording of dialogue known as ADR (Automated Dialog Replacement). He has worked closely with such directors as Anthony Minghella\, Francis Coppola\, Tom Tykwer\, Milos Forman\, and David Fincher. He is the writer\ , producer\, and director of the narrative feature film Prisoner of Time\, which examined the lives of former Russian dissident artists after the co llapse of the Soviet Union and had an acclaimed premiere at the Moscow Int ernational Film Festival. Particle Fever screened at the Museum of the Mov ing Image as part of the World Science Festival in 2014. \n \n \n \n \n \n DTSTART:20190529T190000 DTEND:20190529T211500 LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater SUMMARY:The Bit Player: World Premiere END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR