Norbert Wiener

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Norbert Wiener
Born	November 26, 1894 Columbia, Missouri, U.S.
Died	March 18, 1964 (aged 69) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	American
Fields	Mathematics Cybernetics
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alma mater	Tufts College BA 1909 Harvard University PhD 1912
Doctoral advisor	Karl Schmidt Josiah Royce
Doctoral students	Amar Bose Colin Cherry Shikao Ikehara Norman Levinson

Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894, Columbia, Missouri – March 18, 1964, Stockholm, Sweden) was an Americanmathematician.

A famous child prodigy, Wiener later became an early researcher in stochastic and noise processes, contributing work relevant to electronic engineering, electronic communication, and control systems.

Wiener is regarded as the originator of cybernetics, a formalization of the notion of feedback, with many implications forengineering, systems control, computer science, biology, philosophy, and the organization of society.