Recent Publications
Recent publications are listed in reverse chronological order, in all areas of interest.
This list includes books, published papers, unpublished papers,
unpublished memoranda and other items, invited talks, and other presentations.
For earlier publications, see these lists:
through 1959
1960 – 1969
1970 – 1979
1980 – 1989
1990 – 1999
2000 – 2009
2010 – 2019
2013
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Quantum Information,” Chapter 13,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; April 29, 2013.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Temperature,” Chapter 12,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; April 29, 2013.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Energy,” Chapter 11,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; April 22, 2013.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Physical Systems,” Chapter 10,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; April 22, 2013.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Principle of Maximum Entropy,” Chapter 9,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; April 1, 2013.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Inference,” Chapter 8,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; March 26, 2013.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Processes,” Chapter 7,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; March 11, 2013.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Communications,” Chapter 6,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; March 6, 2013.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Probability,” Chapter 5,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; February 28, 2013.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Errors,” Chapter 4,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; February 11, 2013.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Compression,” Chapter 3,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; February 8, 2013.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Codes,” Chapter 2,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; February 4, 2013.
PDF.
- Tracy Carlson and
Paul Penfield, Jr.,
"Web Site Committee," News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston,
Weston, MA; February 3, 2013.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., “Bits,” Chapter 1,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; January 29, 2013.
PDF.
2012
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Preface,"
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.7; December 4, 2012.
PDF.
- Tracy Carlson and
Paul Penfield, Jr.,
"Web Site Committee," News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston,
Weston, MA; February 5, 2012.
2011
- Paul L. Penfield,
Jr., ScD ’60, Professsor, "First Person Recollections," MIT 150
Infinite-History Project, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; July 26, 2011.
Video with synchronized
interactive text.
- Tracy Carlson and
Paul Penfield, Jr.,
"Web Site Committee," News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston,
Weston, MA; February 6, 2011.
2010
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Quantum Information," Chapter 13,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; May 5, 2010.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Temperature," Chapter 12,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; May 3, 2010.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Energy," Chapter 11,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; April 26, 2010.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Physical Systems," Chapter 10,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; April 12, 2010.
PDF.
- Moshe Kam, Michael R. Lightner,
Paul Penfield, Jr.,
John Heywood, and Elizabeth Burd, "The Current State of Engineering
Education," Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary
Skills for Complex Global Environments, Dublin, Ireland; April 6-9, 2010.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Principle of Maximum Entropy," Chapter 9,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; March 30, 2010.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Inference," Chapter 8,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; March 28, 2010.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Processes," Chapter 7,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; March 11, 2010.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Communications," Chapter 6,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; March 4, 2010.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Probability," Chapter 5,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; February 25, 2010.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Errors," Chapter 4,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; February 23, 2010.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Compression," Chapter 3,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; February 8, 2010.
PDF.
- Tracy Carlson and
Paul Penfield, Jr.,
"Web Site Committee," News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston,
Weston, MA; February 7, 2010.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Codes," Chapter 2,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; February 2, 2010.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Bits," Chapter 1,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; February 1, 2010.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Preface,"
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.6; January 11, 2010.
PDF.
2009
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "BS + MS and BS/MA Programs," ECEDHA 2009 Annual Meeting,
New Orleans, LA; March 20-24, 2009.
Spoken version.
Presentation.
- Tracy Carlson, Lelia Elliston, and
Paul Penfield, Jr.,
"Web Site Committee," News and Views, p. 22-23, First Parish Church in Weston,
Weston, MA; February 1, 2009.
- Paul Penfield,
"Lunch Roundtable -- Freshman-Year Engineering/EE/CS Experiences," ECEDHA
Northeast Regional Meeting, Cambridge, MA; January 10, 2009.
2008
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Quantum Information," Chapter 13,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.5; May 12, 2008.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Temperature," Chapter 12,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.5; May 1, 2008.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Energy," Chapter 11,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.5; April 28, 2008.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Evolving Models for Engineering Education," EECS Distinguished
Seminar, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of
Central Florida, Orlando, FL; April 21, 2008.
Publicity.
Abstract.
Spoken version.
Presentation.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Physical Systems," Chapter 10,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.5; April 10, 2008.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Principle of Maximum Entropy," Chapter 9,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.5; April 7, 2008.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Inference," Chapter 8,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.5; March 31, 2008.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
"Information and Entropy," in Plenary Panel IV, Curricula to Encourage
Innovation, ECEDHA 2008 Annual Meeting, Coronado, CA; March 14-18, 2008.
Prepared spoken
version.
Presentation.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Processes," Chapter 7,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information and Entropy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of Mechanical
Engineering, version 1.5; March 11, 2008.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Communications," Chapter 6,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information and Entropy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of Mechanical
Engineering, version 1.5; March 10, 2008.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Probability," Chapter 5,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information and Entropy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of Mechanical
Engineering, version 1.5; March 3, 2008.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Errors," Chapter 4,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information and Entropy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of Mechanical
Engineering, version 1.5; February 15, 2008.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Compression," Chapter 3,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.5; February 12, 2008.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Models for Engineering Education," Keynote Address, ECEDHA Workshop,
Globalization Effects on ECE Education for the Engineering Profession, Santa
Clara, CA; February 4-5, 2008.
Spoken version.
Presentation.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., Academic Panel, ECEDHA Workshop, Globalization Effects on ECE
Education for the Engineering Profession, Santa Clara, CA; February 4-5, 2008.
- Tracy Carlson, Lelia Elliston, and
Paul Penfield, Jr.,
"Web Site Committee," News and Views, p. 22, First Parish Church in Weston,
Weston, MA; February 3, 2008.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Codes," Chapter 2,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.5; January 28, 2008.
PDF.
- Paul Penfield,
Jr., "Bits," Chapter 1,
Notes
for 6.050J / 2.110J,
Information, Entropy, and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of
Mechanical Engineering, version 1.5; January 28, 2008.
PDF.
Earlier publications:
2010 – 2019
2000 – 2009
1990 – 1999
1980 – 1989
1970 – 1979
1960 – 1969
through 1959
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