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Presentation 2011-09-30 14:05
The Information Theory that John von Neumann had in Mind -- The Mechanism of Evolution by Thermodynamics, Logics and Digital Information --
Kimiaki Tokumaru (System Engineer) IT2011-33
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Most people think of the name of Claude Shannon, when they hear about Information Theory. However, it was John von Neumann (1903-1957) who realized the importance of Information Theory, which enables the self-reproduction of living organism and evolution toward the direction of complexity as automata. He evaluated the basic concepts such as “combinatorics”, “thermal dynamics”, “formal logics”, “digital”, and defined the functions of the Turing Machine, digital neural networks, and long-term memory system.
The information is composed with the distinctive and finite number of logical signals in one-dimensional sequential presentation. It modulates carrier, transfers over the channel and composes complex meaning at the destination after digital demodulation. As digital signals are superior to those of analog in terms of the Signal-to-Noise (S/N) ratio, they can compose infinite number of code by combinatorics, and the message arrives at the destination without any errors in a single transmission. Quasi-infinite number of code words and quasi-error-free communication yield synergetic effect: short code words become able to indicate the rules of conjunction of meaning units and modulation of meanings: they are the grammars in language, the non-coding RNAs in protein synthesis and the protocol switches in computer networks. It is remarkable that the information can not only send information to be processed at the destination but also specify how to construct information processing circuits. By repeating these procedures, one can increase the complexity level to be transferred by information. It is plausible that thus the self-reproduction of living organism and the evolution should have taken place autopoietically.
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(in English) Thermo-mechanical Entropy / Digital Linguistics / Digital Coding / Digital Information Processing Circuits / Self-Reproducing Automata / autogenesis / axiomatic thinking / Self Organization  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 111, no. 220, IT2011-33, pp. 55-60, Sept. 2011.
Paper # IT2011-33 
Date of Issue 2011-09-22 (IT) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee IT  
Conference Date 2011-09-29 - 2011-09-30 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Tokyo Institute of Technology 
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Conference Code 2011-09-IT 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
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Title (in English) The Information Theory that John von Neumann had in Mind 
Sub Title (in English) The Mechanism of Evolution by Thermodynamics, Logics and Digital Information 
Keyword(1) Thermo-mechanical Entropy  
Keyword(2) Digital Linguistics  
Keyword(3) Digital Coding  
Keyword(4) Digital Information Processing Circuits  
Keyword(5) Self-Reproducing Automata  
Keyword(6) autogenesis  
Keyword(7) axiomatic thinking  
Keyword(8) Self Organization  
1st Author's Name Kimiaki Tokumaru  
1st Author's Affiliation Satellite System Engineer (System Engineer)
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Date Time 2011-09-30 14:05:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
Registration for IT 
Paper # IT2011-33 
Volume (vol) vol.111 
Number (no) no.220 
Page pp.55-60 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2011-09-22 (IT) 

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