ECE 636
Information Theory
Fall
Required Course:
No
Course Level
Graduate
Units
3
Prerequisite(s)
ECE 503
Course Texts
Elements of Information Theory, T.M. Cover and J.A. Thomas, Wiley.
Schedule
150 minutes lecture per week
Course Description
Definition of a measure of information and study of its properties; introduction to entropy, mutual information, channel capacity, and rate-distortion theory.
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
Syllabus Prepared By
Michael Marcellin, April 2013
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