ANNOUNCEMENT

COURSE ON THE USES OF INFORMATION THEORY IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

The Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, will again this summer sponsor a two-week intensive course on the Uses of Information Theory in Science and Engineering. The overwhelmingly favorable response received from last year 's offering of this same course dictates its being offered again this year. The course is scheduled for the period 1-12 July 1963 and will meet daily, except Sunday, from 9:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. each day for a total of 50 hours.

The objective of the course is to acquaint engineers, scientists, and administrators with the new approach to probability and statisti- cal inference originally developed and applied in physics by Dr. E. T. Jaynes, Professor of Physics at Washington University and applied in engineering by Dean Myron Tribus of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. Both of these educators will collaborate on the teaching of the forthcoming course. The im- plications of the new approach to practicing engineers and scientists, as well as to pedogogy, are very great because Professor Jaynes' new procedures permit many fields to be treated with a common methodology. Diverse applications in kinetic theory, thermostatics, thermodynamics, reliability engineering, communications theory, decision theory, and game theory will be included. For the in- formation of prospective course candidates, prior preparation in statistics would be helpful but not necessary and any student with a bachelor of science degree in engineering, mathematics, chemistry, or physics should be able to take the course with profit. Candidates from the educational institutions as well as industry are encouraged to investigate this opportunity.

The registration fee for this course is $600 payable on or before 15 April 1963. The fee includes the cost of room, meals, books and instructional expense. Persons interested in applying for the course or in receiving further information concerning this offering are requested to contact D. E. Canavan, Director of Thayer School Summer Courses, Room 201 Cummings Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. The course will be limited to 50 applicants.

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