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Yuk-Wing Lee -LRB- April 14 , 1904 -- November 8 , 1989 -RRB- was a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .. Electrical Engineering. Electrical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is best known for adapting and popularizing the pioneering work of Norbert Wiener and for his own research on statistical communication theory .. Norbert Wiener. Norbert Wiener. statistical. statistical. communication theory. communication theory. Lee was born in Macao and called `` Yuwing '' or `` YW '' by his friends .. He was a longtime collaborator of Wiener .. After obtaining his doctorate at MIT , he returned to China and taught at Tsinghua University .. Tsinghua University. Tsinghua University. He invited Wiener there in 1935-1937 .. In 1946 he came back to MIT as a Visiting Professor and initiated his research on statistical communication theory .. statistical. statistical. communication theory. communication theory. He then stayed at MIT for 30 years .. John Costas and Amar Bose were his students at MIT .. John Costas. John P. Costas ( engineer ). Amar Bose. Amar Bose. He died in San Mateo , California .