| Lecture Times: | GEM 159: 9:00 am – 9:50 am MWF |
| Grades, etc.: | https://classroom.google.com class code: 9vmup2 |
| Aux Website: | https://agnd.net/valpo/490 |
| Slack (chat): | Signup for an account at: https://valpo-engr.slack.com/signup, |
| then join the #infotheory channel. | |
| Instructor: | Dr. Dan White |
| Office: | GEM 205 |
| E-mail: | dan.white@valpo.edu |
| Office Hours: | Office door open? → Come on in! |
| Door closed? → Need to make an appointment. | |
| Easy appointment scheduling: http://agnd.net/appt | |
| Phone: | 219-464-6534 |
| Prerequisites: | ECE 360 and STAT 240 |
| Textbooks: | • (required) Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms, 2005 |
| David J.C. MacKay, Cambridge University Press | |
| http://www.inference.org.uk/mackay/itila/ | |
| Credits: | 3 Cr. |
Survey of the major concepts from the fields of information theory, coding theory, and data compression. Emphasis on the connection of fundamental concepts to their practical consequences and implementation in communications systems.
Major topics to be covered:
Students will learn about these concepts and techniques through application examples and writing software which implements several complete information transmission systems. Self-written code will verify correct function of encoding and decoding operations, error correction performance, and analysis utilities showing their implementations do indeed achieve the expected theoretical performance.
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Graded elements of the course are weighted as follows in the final course grade:
| Assignments and quizzes: | 60 % |
| Projects: | 40 % |
The following percentages on the weighted score for the semester will guarantee the letter grades shown: 2
| A | ≥ 93 |
| A- | ≥ 90 |
| B+ | ≥ 87 |
| B | ≥ 83 |
| B- | ≥ 80 |
| C+ | ≥ 77 |
| C | ≥ 73 |
| C- | ≥ 70 |
| D+ | ≥ 67 |
| D | ≥ 63 |
| D- | ≥ 60 |
| F | <60 |
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The student initiated Honor System, administered by the Honor Council and its constituent bodies, is recognized and approved by Valparaiso University as an integral part of the regulations under which students in the undergraduate colleges become members of the university community. Therefore, it is impossible for anyone to become a member of the university without both explicit and implicit adherence to the Honor System.
Every student has the responsibility to keep academics free of dishonesty, that is, to neither give or receive unauthorized aid. Non-toleration of the use of unauthorized aid is a further responsibility that is inherent in the Honor System. Each student must report to the Honor Council any violation of the System of which the student becomes aware, free from the pressure of ensuing penalty.
Remember, it shall be the responsibility of the student, when in doubt, to ask the instructor what is or is not authorized aid.
For more information: http://www.valpo.edu/student/honorcouncil/
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This document was translated from LATEX by HEVEA.