What is good research?

Conversations with Bob Gallager and Dave Forney

Introduction

We interviewed two distinguished information theorists at MIT, Professor Robert Gallager and Professor David Forney, to learn about their opinions on best practices for research, especially for young information theorists. The video highlights of the interviews below forms our entry to the 2013 Information Theory Society Student Video Competition, and the full interview transcripts are also available:

Interview transcript with Robert Gallager Interview transcript with David Forney

Video highlights

Acknowledgements

We thank