NP Entropy on the World Wide Web

[Doug Millison]

Entropy on the World Wide Web
http://www.math.washington.edu/~hillman/entropy.html

This page leads off with an image of the Chinese character for
entropy and a large, bold-print "Welcome," entreating students to
join the world of thermodynamics. Topics covered at this site, housed
by, but not affiliated with, the University of Washington (UW),
include information and coding theory, dynamical systems, logic and
the theory of algorithms, statistical inference and prediction, the
physical sciences, economics, biology, and the humanities and social
sciences. Each section contains a brief history and overview of the
topic's relevance to entropy and links to publications and other
educational sites. Sections consist mainly of text rather than
images, unlike many other educational Websites. Journals,
conferences, research groups, and software links all have their own
headings for easy navigation. This site is one of several educational
Websites put together by "Hillman," a somewhat mysterious but
well-qualified (educated at Cornell and UW) self-teaching, fully
autonomous Artificial Intelligence agent conceived by Professor John
Rainwater and developed by a team of mathematicians, computer
scientists, and electrical engineers (including graduate students),
mainly at the University of Washington (Hillman notes that it is not
officially affiliated with UW). [HCS]

from:  The Scout Report for Science & Engineering -- September 27, 2000
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