Amos Lapidoth: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2018 |  |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Amos Lapidoth |
| Field | Informationstheorie |
| Address | Inst. f. Signal-u.Inf.verarbeitung ETH Zürich, ETF E 107 Sternwartstrasse 7 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 51 92 |
| lapidoth@isi.ee.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Information Technology and Electrical Engineering |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 227-0417-00L | Information Theory I | 6 credits | 4G | A. Lapidoth | |
| Abstract | This course covers the basic concepts of information theory and of communication theory. Topics covered include the entropy rate of a source, mutual information, typical sequences, the asymptotic equi-partition property, Huffman coding, channel capacity, the channel coding theorem, the source-channel separation theorem, and feedback capacity. | ||||
| Learning objective | The fundamentals of Information Theory including Shannon's source coding and channel coding theorems | ||||
| Content | The entropy rate of a source, Typical sequences, the asymptotic equi-partition property, the source coding theorem, Huffman coding, Arithmetic coding, channel capacity, the channel coding theorem, the source-channel separation theorem, feedback capacity | ||||
| Literature | T.M. Cover and J. Thomas, Elements of Information Theory (second edition) | ||||