~~NOTOC~~ ====== Course Schedule ====== ===== Lectures and Tests ===== ^ WEEK OF ^ TOPIC ^ READING ^ NOTES ^ | Sep. 8 | Definition of information; Entropy | Ch. 2 | | | Sep. 15 | Typical sets and the AEP | Ch. 3 | | | Sep. 22 | Source coding I | Ch. 5 | | | Sep. 29 | Source coding II | Ch. 5 | No classes on Oct. 1 | | Oct. 6 | Source coding III | Ch. 5 | | | Oct. 13 | Test 1 :: Oct. 15 | | No classes on Oct. 13 | | Oct. 20 | Joint typicality; Mutual information | Ch. 7 | | | Oct. 27 | Channel coding I | | | | Nov. 3 | Channel coding II | | | | Nov. 10 | Channel coding III | | | | Nov. 17 | Multi-terminal source coding | | | | Nov. 24 | Broadcast and relay channels | | | | Dec. 1 | Test 2 :: Dec. 1 | | Dec. 1 is the final meeting | ===== Due Dates ===== * Survey paper: Proposal due Nov. 3, paper due Nov. 27. * Course project: Writeup and results due Nov. 27. * In the event that classes are suspended due to a TA strike on any of the above due dates, then those due dates are changed to the first day of classes after the end of the strike.