Lecture series begins tonight

A professor of mathematics and electrical engineering from the Notre Dame Center for Applied Math and Electrical Engineering will speak about cryptology and coding theory at 7 p.m. today in Bentley Hall 236.

“Cryptology is used to send messages and store them,” Ohio University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Surender Jain said.

The talk, being given by Joachim Rosenthal, is titled “The three challenges of Claude Shannon.” In 1948 and 1949, Shannon wrote two papers that are the foundation of modern information theory.

The talk, sponsored by the OU Center of Ring Theory and its Applications, is the first in a five-part series. It will be a tutorial, according to a news release from the center.