Syllabus

Instructor

Prof. Michael Rice
(mdr "at" byu.edu)

Course Description

Mathmatical development of information theory applied to data communications and coding. Topics include entropy, mutual information, channel capacity, data compression, rate distortion theory, etc.

Prerequisites

ECEn 670 or equivalent, graduate standing or instructor's consent.

TextBook

T. Cover and J. Thomas, Elements of Information Theory, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-0-471-24195-9. ISBN-10: 0-471-24195-4.

Grading

1. Homework
2. Midterm Exams (2)
3. Final Exam

Honor Code

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Students with Disabilities

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