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CSCI1850

(Formerly CS185 )

Information Theory

Instructor(s):

Applied Math 171
Course Home Page:
Location: Barus & Holley 155
Meeting Time: D: MWF 11:00-11:50
Exam Group: 04
Semester:
Offered This Year?  Yes
When Offered? Every Year

Description

Information theory is the study of the fundamental limits of information transmission and storage. This course, intended primarily for advanced undergraduates, and beginning graduate students, offers a broad introduction to information theory and its applications: Entropy and information; lossless data compression, communication in the presence of noise, capacity, channel coding; source-channel separation; lossy data compression.


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