ECE 636 Information Theory

Required course: No

Course Level

Graduate

Course Description

Definition of a measure of information and study of its properties; introduction to entropy, mutual information, channel capacity, and rate-distortion theory.

Enrollment Requirements

ECE 503

Course Texts

Elements of Information Theory, T.M. Cover and J.A. Thomas, Wiley.

Schedule

150 minutes lecture per week

Assessment

  • Homework: 8-10 assignments.
  • Exams: 2 midterm exams, 1 comprehensive final exam
  • Typical grading policy: 10% homework, 30% exam 1, 30% exam 2, 30% final exam
Course Units
3
Core Designation
Typically Offered
Fall
Available Online