Thomas M. Cover

Thomas M. Cover
Born	(1938-08-07)August 7, 1938 San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Died	March 26, 2012(2012-03-26) (aged 73) Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) Stanford University (MS, PhD)
Known for	Information theory Nearest neighbors algorithm Cover's theorem
Awards	IEEE Fellow (1974) IMS Fellow (1981) Claude E. Shannon Award (1990) AAAS Fellow (1991) Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1995) Richard W. Hamming Medal (1997)
Scientific career
Fields	Information theory Electrical engineering Statistics Pattern recognition
Institutions	Stanford University
Thesis	Geometrical and Statistical Properties of Linear Threshold Devices (1964)
Doctoral advisor	Norman Abramson
Doctoral students	Joy A. Thomas Mohammad Reza Aref Martin Hellman Peter E. Hart Abbas El Gamal
Website	www-isl.stanford.edu/people/cover

Thomas M. Cover [ˈkoʊvər] (August 7, 1938 – March 26, 2012) was an American information theorist and professor jointly in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Statistics at Stanford University. He devoted almost his entire career to developing the relationship between information theory and statistics.