| Thomas M. Cover | |
| Image:ThomasMCover.jpg Thomas Merrill Cover
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| Born | August 7, 1938 San Bernardino, California, U.S. |
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| Residence | U.S. |
| Nationality | U.S. |
| Fields | Electrical Engineering and Statistics |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Norman Abramson |
| Doctoral students | Mohammad Reza Aref Martin Hellman |
| Known for | Information theory |
| Notable awards | Claude E. Shannon Award (1990), Richard W. Hamming Medal (1997), |
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