Goals and objectives | Course Outcomes | |
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1. | The students can understand the fundamentals of information theory so that the beauty and utility of information science can be exposed |
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2. | The students can understand the fundamental limits in communication system. The students can apply the equipped knowledge of information theory to various disciplines in information science |
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3. | The students themselves can develop good attitude during studying, e.g., proactively discuss with classmates and lecturer, attend the class in time, submit the assignment in time, no cheating during the exam. |
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Class schedule | HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) | Amount of Time Required | |
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1. | Introduction to Information quantification and probability & statistic | Self-investigation on information theory | 190分 |
2. | Entropy, Joint entropy and conditional entropy | Self-investigation on probability | 190分 |
3. | Relative Entropy and Mutual Entropy | Read chapter 2 in the textbook | 190分 |
4. | Data processing inequality, sufficient statistic and Fano's inequality | Read chapter 2 in the textbook | 190分 |
5. | Asymptotic Equipartition Property | Read chapter 3 and 4 in the textbook | 190分 |
6. | Entropy Rate of a stochastic process (II) | Read chapter 3 and 4 in the textbook | 190分 |
7. | Mid-term exam and discussions on the solutions | Read chapter 5 in the textbook | 190分 |
8. | Data compression (I) | Preparation for mid-term exam | 190分 |
9. | Data compression (II) | Read chapter 5 in the textbook | 190分 |
10. | Channel Capacity (I) | Read chapter 7 in the textbook | 190分 |
11. | Channel Capacity (II) | Read chapter 7 in the textbook | 190分 |
12. | Gaussian channel and Differential Entropy | Read chapter 8 and 9 in the textbook | 190分 |
13. | - Rate distortion theory - practical applications of information theory |
Read chapter 10 in the textbook | 190分 |
Investigate concepts in machine learning, image compression and blockchain technology | |||
14. | Final exam and discussions on the solutions | Preparation for final exam | 190分 |
Total. | - | - | 2660分 |
Mid-term | Final | Attitude during class | Total. | |
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1. | 15% | 20% | 0% | 35% |
2. | 15% | 30% | 0% | 45% |
3. | 0% | 0% | 20% | 20% |
Total. | 30% | 50% | 20% | - |
Work experience | Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable |
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N/A | N/A |