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250074 VO Information Theory (2020S)

5.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 25 - Mathematik
Moodle

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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes

Tuesday 11:45-13:15 and Wednesday 13:45-14:30 Besprechungszimmer 9 floor, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz

The first lecture will take place on Tuesday, March 10, 2020!

IMPORTANT: Due to the current situation, the lecture will be continued online. Please register for the lecture to receive further information.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Knowledge of basic concepts and methods of information theory.

Information theory goes back to Claude Shannon and studies the question of how to transmit data over communication channels without loss of information. This requires a mathematical definition of concepts such as information or channel capacity and leads to a beautiful and powerful theory at the interesction of mathematics, statistics and electrical engineering.

1. Entropy, Relative Entropy and Mutual Information
2. Asymptotic Equipartition Property
3. Data Compression
4. Channel Capacity
5. Information Theory and Statistics
6. Universal Source Coding

Assessment and permitted materials

Oral exam

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Tom Cover and Joy Thomas. Elements of Information Theory.

Association in the course directory

MAMV; MSTV;

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