Paul Penfield

Paul Penfield, Jr.

Professor of Electrical Engineering Emeritus, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT. Affiliated with the Microsystems Technology Laboratories.

Publications, 2010 – 2019

Publications from these ten years are listed in 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 This list includes books, published papers, unpublished papers, unpublished memoranda and other items, invited talks, and other presentations.

Recent publications

Earlier publications:
through 1959
1960 – 1969
1970 – 1979
1980 – 1989
1990 – 1999
2000 – 2009

2010

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Tracy Carlson and Paul Penfield, Jr., “Web Site Committee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, MA; February 7, 2010.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.

2011

  1. Tracy Carlson and Paul Penfield, Jr., “Web Site Committee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, MA; February 6, 2011.
  2. 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.

2012

  1. Tracy Carlson and Paul Penfield, Jr., “Web Site Committee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, MA; February 5, 2012.
  2. 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.

2013

  1. 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.
  2. Tracy Carlson and Paul Penfield, Jr., “Web Site Committee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, Massachusetts; February 3, 2013.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 1.7; February 8, 2013. PDF.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Paul Penfield Jr., “WESTON 300: The story behind ‘Land of Contention’,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 139, No. 23, Weston, Massachusetts, p. B8; June 6, 2013. HTML.
  16. 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 1.8; November 21, 2013. PDF.
  17. Paul Penfield Jr., “Louis D. Smullin, 1916–2009,” National Academy of Engineering of the United States of America, Memorial Tributes, Volume 17, pp. 308–313; 2013. text, photograph.

2014

  1. 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 1.8; February 1, 2014. PDF.
  2. Tracy Carlson, John Hennessey, and Paul Penfield, Jr., “Web Site Committee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, MA; February 2, 2014.
  3. 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 1.8; February 3, 2014. PDF.
  4. 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 1.8; February 5, 2014. PDF.
  5. 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 1.8; February 10, 2014. PDF.
  6. 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 1.8; February 24, 2014. PDF.
  7. 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 1.8; March 3, 2014. PDF.
  8. 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 1.8; March 17, 2014. PDF.
  9. 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 1.8; March 24, 2014. PDF.
  10. 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 1.8; March 31, 2014. PDF.
  11. 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 1.8; April 7, 2014. PDF.
  12. 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 1.8; April 14, 2014. PDF.
  13. 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 1.8; April 28, 2014. PDF.
  14. 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 1.8; May 5, 2014. PDF.
  15. Paul Penfield, Jr., “The VLSI Revolution at MIT,” MIT EECS Connector, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, pp. 11-13; Spring, 2014. Online. PDF.
    Companion article, “MIT Reminiscences: Student years to VLSI revolution”, by Lynn Conway.
  16. Paul Penfield, “Opening Remarks,” MTL>30, Celebrating 30 Years of Microsystems Technology at MIT, Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; October 29-30, 2014. Prepared spoken version.

2015

  1. Tracy Carlson, John Hennessey, and Paul Penfield, Jr., “Web Site Committee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, Massachusetts; February 1, 2015.

2016

  1. Tracy Carlson, John Hennessey, and Paul Penfield, Jr., “Website Committee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, Massachusetts; February 7, 2016.

2017

  1. Jim Beams, John Hennessey, Paul Penfield, Jr., and Ray LaFrance, “Communications Committee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, MA; February 5, 2017.
  2. John McCahan, Gail Nozik, Wes Marple, Paul Penfield, Jr., Elise Rockart, Ellen Touart-Grob, and Emily Hutcheson, “How Can Friends and Families Help Caregivers?” Forum, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, Massachusetts; March 19, 2017.
  3. Paul Penfield Jr., “FIRST PERSON: Good caregiving tips,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 143, No. 16, Weston, Massachusetts; p. A2; April 20, 2017.
  4. Paul Penfield Jr., “FIRST PARISH CHURCH: Making records available to all,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 143, No. 28, Weston, Massachusetts; pp. A1, A10; July 13, 2017.
  5. Paul Penfield Jr., “RECREATION: Input wanted on new rail trail,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 143, No. 34, Weston, Massachusetts; pp. A1, A3; August 24, 2017. HTML.
  6. Paul Penfield Jr., “Wayside rail trail is coming,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 143, No. 36, Weston, Massachusetts; pp. A1, A10; September 7, 2017. HTML.
  7. Paul Penfield Jr., “Meeting on new rail trail and park,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 143, No. 47, Weston, Massachusetts; pp. A1, B7; September 14, 2017.
  8. Paul Penfield Jr., “Saving history along the rail trail,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 143, No. 43, Weston, Massachusetts; p. A5; October 26, 2017.
  9. Paul Penfield Jr., “Saving history along the rail trail,” The Wayland Town Crier, Vol. 143, No. 43, Wayland, Massachusetts; p. A5; October 26, 2017.
  10. Paul Penfield Jr., “A different kind of Halloween last year,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 143, No. 44, Weston, Massachusetts; pp. A1, B5; November 2, 2017.
  11. Paul Penfield Jr., “Mass Central Rail Trail: Status of Weston Section,” in session Mass Central Rail Trail Update, Massachusetts Trails Conference, Leominster, Massachusetts; November 4, 2017. Presentation.
  12. Paul Penfield, “The Tale of Tell Tales,” Waltham Land Trust Journal, Waltham Land Trust, Waltham, Massachusetts; p. 5; Fall, 2017. HTML.

2018

  1. Jim Beams, Paul Penfield, Jr., and Ray LaFrance, “Communications Committee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, Massachusetts; February 4, 2018.
  2. Dirk Coburn, Mary Menino, Paul Penfield, Jr., Camille Schmidek, and Larry Coburn, “Partner Church Committee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, Massachusetts; February 4, 2018.
  3. Pamela W. Fox and Paul Penfield Jr., “Rail Trail Back on Track,” Weston Historical Society Bulletin, Weston Historical Society, Weston, Massachusetts, Vol. XLIX, No. 1, pp. 27–28; Spring, 2018.
  4. Paul Penfield Jr., “What’s next?,” Weston Historical Society Bulletin, Weston Historical Society, Weston, Massachusetts, Vol. XLIX, No. 1, pp. 28–29; Spring, 2018.
  5. Paul Penfield Jr., Phyllis Halpern, and R. Richard Conard, “Field Guide to the Treasures of the Trail,” Weston Historical Society Bulletin, Weston Historical Society, Weston, Massachusetts, Vol. XLIX, No. 1, pp. 32–59; Spring, 2018.
  6. Paul Penfield Jr., Phyllis Halpern, and R. Richard Conard, “Checklist, Treasures of the Trail,” Weston Historical Society Bulletin, Weston Historical Society, Weston, Massachusetts, Vol. XLIX, No. 1, pp. 30–31; Spring, 2018. Fresh copy.
  7. Vee Brooks, Marcy Dorna, Alan Day, Terry Eastman, Adrienne Giske, Leslie Glynn (candidate for Planning Board), Pam Gossman, Pam Fox, Karen and Brendan Harley, John Hennessey, Peter Lou, Becky Mixter, Elly Pendergast, Paul Penfield, Jim Polando, Kathy Scadden, Susan Smick, Pam and Chick Swain, Deborah Topper, Nancy Vescuso, Fred Woodside, and Greg Zacharis, “Vote ‘no’ on Article 20,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 144, No. 18, Weston, Massachusetts; p. A11; May 3, 2018.

2019

  1. Paul Penfield Jr., “Funding for Central Rail Trail,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 145, No. 4, Weston, Massachusetts; pp. A1, A8; January 24, 2019.
  2. Paul Penfield Jr., “Weston lands $57K grant for rail trail,” Taunton Daily Gazette, Taunton, Massachusetts; Online; posted January 27, 2019 at 12:01 AM.
  3. Paul Penfield Jr., “Weston lands $57K grant for rail trail,” Marblehead Reporter, Marblehead, Massachusetts; Online; posted January 27, 2019 at 12:01 AM.
  4. Paul Penfield Jr., “Weston lands $57K grant for rail trail,” The Herald News, Fall River, Massachusetts; Online; posted January 27, 2019 at 12:01 AM.
  5. Paul Penfield Jr., “Weston lands $57K grant for rail trail,” The Milford Daily News, Milford, Massachusetts; Online; posted January 27, 2019 at 12:01 AM.
  6. Dirk Coburn, Mary Menino, Paul Penfield, Camille Schmidek, and Larry Coburn, “Partner Church Subcommittee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, Massachusetts; February 3, 2019.
  7. Paul Penfield, Jr., and Ray LaFrance, “Communications Committee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, Massachusetts; February 3, 2019.
  8. Paul Penfield, Jr., “History Committee,” News and Views, First Parish Church in Weston, Weston, Massachusetts; February 3, 2019.
  9. Paul Penfield Jr., “More work on rail trail,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 145, No. 15, Weston, Massachusetts; pp. A1, B1; April ll, 2019.
  10. Paul Penfield Jr., “Cleaning up Rail Trail,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 145, No. 17, Weston, Massachusetts; pp. A1, A10; April 25, 2019.
  11. Paul Penfield, “Out on the Rail Trail,” Trail Markers, Weston Forest and Trail Association, Weston, Massachusetts; p. 8; Spring 2019.
  12. Paul Penfield Jr., “Grand opening of rail trail,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 145, No. 38, Weston, Massachusetts; pp. A1, A3; September 19, 2019.
  13. Paul Penfield Jr., “Grand opening of rail trail,” The Wayland Town Crier, Vol. 145, No. 38, Wayland, Massachusetts; pp. A1, A3; September 19, 2019.
  14. Paul Penfield Jr., “Finding long shadows on the new rail trail,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 145, No. 40, Weston, Massachusetts; pp. A1, A10; October 3, 2019.
  15. Paul Penfield Jr., “Finding long shadows on the new rail trail,” The Wayland Town Crier, Vol. 145, No. 40, Wayland, Massachusetts; pp. A1, A10; October 3, 2019.
  16. Larry R. Kiernan and Paul Penfield Jr., “Grand opening schedule,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 145, No. 41, Weston, Massachusetts; pp. A1, A3; October 10, 2019.
  17. Larry R. Kiernan and Paul Penfield Jr., “Grand opening schedule,” The Wayland Town Crier, Vol. 145, No. 41, Wayland, Massachusetts; pp. A1, A3; October 10, 2019.
  18. Paul Penfield Jr., “New rail trail is open for business!,” The Weston Town Crier, Vol. 145, No. 43, Weston, Massachusetts; p. B1; October 24, 2019.
  19. ---, “New rail trail is open for business!,” The Wayland Town Crier, Vol. 145, No. 43, Wayland, Massachusetts; p. B1; October 24, 2019.

Later publications:
2020 – 2029

Recent publications

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