Course title
Course description
Mobile phone technologies and internet technologies make extreme service for human beings.
Information theory is the base of above technologies. This subject grants basic knowledge of information theory including probability theories, coding and decoding of information and so on.
Purpose of class
Study the basics of information theory
Goals and objectives
  1. Understanding the mathematical models of information sources (Schedule 1-3 )
  2. Understanding the physical meaning of source coding (Schedule 4-8)
  3. Understanding the relationship between communication path and mutual information (Schedule 9-10)
  4. Understanding the physical meaning of Coding of communication path (Schedule 11)
  5. Understanding the error detection and correction (Schedule 12-13)
Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

Mid-semester exam Final exam Assignments Total.
1. 8% 8% 6% 22%
2. 8% 8% 6% 22%
3. 6% 6% 6% 18%
4. 6% 6% 8% 20%
5. 6% 6% 6% 18%
Total. 34% 34% 32% -
Evaluation method and criteria
Assignments 20%,Mid-semester exam 40%, Semester final exam 40%
Passing mark:60
Language
Japanese
Class schedule

Class schedule HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) Amount of Time Required
1. Guidance Read the relevant chapters in the text book 60minutes
・History of information theory 
・Basics of information
105minutes
2. probability theory (1) Read the relevant chapters in the text book 60minutes
・Sets
・Probabilistic space
45minutes
・Conditional probability
・Random variable
60minutes
3. probability theory (2) Read the relevant chapters in the text book 60minutes
・Mean and variance 60minutes
・Bayes' theorem  
・Markov theory
45minutes
4. Amount of information and Entropy (1) Read the relevant chapters in the text book 60minutes
・Amount of information and Entropy 60minutes
・Combinatory entropy and conditional entropy
・Mutual information
45minutes
5. Amount of information and Entropy(2) Read the relevant chapters in the text book 60minutes
・Entropy of Markov source
・Structure of information compression systems
45minutes
・Shanon and Fano encoding
・Prefix coding
・Kraft's inequality
60minutes
6. Source coding(1) Read the relevant chapters in the text book 60minutes
・The average codeword length
・ Limitations of average codeword length
105minutes
7. Source coding(2) Read the relevant chapters in the text book 60minutes
・Huffman coding
・Run Length coding
・Universal coding
105minutes
8. Mid-semester exam and question analysis Study for mid-semester exam 200minutes
Mid-semester exam 60minutes
Discussion on exam questions 45minutes
9. Communication path Mutual information(1) Read the relevant chapters in the text book 60minutes
・Mathematical model of communication path
・Memoryless channel
105minutes
10. Communication path Mutual information(2) Read the relevant chapters in the text book 60minutes
・Mutual information
・Communication channel capacity
105minutes
11. Coding of communication path Read the relevant chapters in the text book 60minutes
・Example of communication path coding
・Error detection of communication path coding
105minutes
12. Error-detecting and correcting code (1) Read the relevant chapters in the text book 60minutes
・Channel coding theories
・Examples of channel coding
13. Error-detecting and correcting code (2) Read the relevant chapters in the text book 60minutes
・Decoding models
・Theories of error detecting and correcting
14. Semester final exam and question analysis Study for semester final exam 200minutes
Final exam 60minutes
Discussion on final exam questions 45minutes
Total. - - 2380minutes
Feedback on exams, assignments, etc.
ways of feedback specific contents about "Other"
Feedback in the class
Textbooks and reference materials
Will be noticed before start the semester
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge related to probability theories
Office hours and How to contact professors for questions
  • Office hours: Fri 13.00am-14.40pm @ Toyosu Csampus, room 10J30
    Email to: chintaka@sic.shibaura-it.ac.jp
    【According to the discussing contents, Zoom meeting is also OK. In this case, professor will arrange the Zoom link】
Regionally-oriented
Non-regionally-oriented course
Development of social and professional independence
  • Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
  • Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills
Active-learning course
More than one class is interactive
Course by professor with work experience
Work experience Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable
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Education related SDGs:the Sustainable Development Goals
  • 9.INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
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