Course schedule
Type | Day | Hours | Room | |||
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Lecture | Monday | 13h15 – 15h00 | ELA 1 | |||
Lecture | Tuesday | 13h15 – 15h00 | SG 1 | |||
Exercises | Tuesday | 15h15 – 17h00 | SG 1 |
Language: | English | |
Coefficient / Crédits : | 7 ECTS |
Grading
Homework: | 10% | |
Midterm Exam: | 40% | |
Final Exam: | 50% |
More Information:
Course catalog description
Course organization
Course outline
Course rules (in English)
Course rules (in French)
Staff: Information Theory and Coding
instructor | Suhas Diggavi | |
office | INR 112 | |
phone | 38301 | |
suhas (dot) diggavi (at) epfl (dot) ch | ||
office hours | upon appointment (send me an email) | |
please include the subject line “Course: Information Theory and Coding” | ||
in any course related email to get a quicker response |
TA | Shirin Saeedi | |
office | INR 032 | |
phone | 31361 | |
shirin (dot) saeedi (at) epfl (dot) ch | ||
office hours | Fridays: 2-3pm |
TA | Mahdi Jafari | |
office | BC 046 | |
phone | 31354 | |
mahdi (dot) jafarisiavoshani (at) epfl (dot) ch | ||
office hours | Tuesdays: 11-12am |
TA | Hamed Hassani | |
office | INR 036 | |
phone | 37554 | |
seyedhamed (dot) hassani (at) epfl (dot) ch | ||
office hours | Wednesdays: 8-9am |
SA | Eymen Kurdoglu | |
eymen (dot) kurdoglu (at) epfl (dot) ch |
SA | Mine Alsan | |
mine (dot) aslan (at) epfl (dot) ch |
SA | Andrei Tudo Sechelea | |
andreitudor (dot) sechelea (at) epfl (dot) ch |
SA | Jonas Wagner | |
jonas (dot) wagner (at) epfl (dot) ch |
Announcements & News: Information Theory and Coding
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Lectures start on September 14th.
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Homework #1 is on the web and is due 29 Sept., 6:00pm, in: INR 032 or INR 036.
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The office hours have been updated. Please visit here.
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Homework #2 is on the web and is due 8 Oct., 6:00pm, in INR 036.
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Homework #3 is on the web and is due 16 Oct., 6:00pm, in INR 036.
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probability review: This is the notes for the probability review session.
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Homework #4 is on the web and is due 27 Oct., 6:00pm, in INR 036.
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Homework #5 is on the web and is due 19 Nov., 6:00pm, in INR 036.
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Homework #6 is on the web and is due 26 Nov., 6:00pm, in INR 036.
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Homework #7 is on the web and is due 3 Dec., 6:00pm, in INR 036.
Important Changes to the course schedule
(unless otherwise noted below, the lecture/exercise schedule remains as usual)
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Exercise session on Tuesday September 15th will be converted into a lecture.
Handouts: Information Theory and Coding
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Homework 1 (Due on 29 Sept., 6:00pm, in INR 032 or INR 036)
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Homework 2 (Due on 8 Oct., 6:00pm, in INR 036)
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Homework 3 (Due on 15 Oct., 6:00pm, in INR 036)
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Homework 4 (Due on 27 Oct., 6:00pm, in INR 036)
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Homework 5 (Due on 19 Nov., 6:00pm, in INR 036)
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Homework 6 (Due on 26 Nov., 6:00pm, in INR 036)
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Homework 7 (Due on 3 Dec., 6:00pm, in INR 036)
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Homework 8 (Due on 11 Dec., 6:00pm, in INR 036)
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Homework 9 (Due on 18 Dec., 6:00pm, in INR 036)
Recommended Reading: Information Theory and Coding
Textbook: T. M. Cover and J. A. Thomas, Elements of Information Theory, Wiley, 2006.
Reference Material:
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R. G. Gallager, Information Theory and Reliable Communication, Wiley, 1968.
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D. MacKay, Information Theory, Inference & Learning Algorithms, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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I. Csiszar and J. Korner, Information Theory: Coding Theorems for Discrete Memoryless Systems, Akademiai Kiado, 1997.
Additional Material: Information Theory and Coding
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This is the note on the probability review session.
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Here you can find the notes on the Lempel-Ziv algorithm taken from the Information Theory and Coding course given by Prof. Emre Telatar
Here you may find some extra problems with their solutios:
Homework Assignments: Information Theory and Coding
We will randomly choose two problems in every homework to grade.
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Homework 1 (Due on 29 Sept., 6:00pm, in INR 036) ( Solutions 1 )
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Homework 2 (Due on 8 Oct., 6:00pm, in INR 036) ( Solutions 2 )
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Homework 3 (Due on 16 Oct., 6:00pm, in INR 036) ( Solutions 3 )
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Homework 4 (Due on 27 Oct., 6:00pm, in INR 036) ( Solutions 4 )
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Homework 5 (Due on 19 Nov., 6:00pm, in INR 036) ( Solutions 5 )
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Homework 6 (Due on 26 Nov., 6:00pm, in INR 036) ( Solutions 6 )
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Homework 7 (Due on 3 Dec., 6:00pm, in INR 036) ( Solutions 7 )
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Homework 8 (Due on 11 Dec., 6:00pm, in INR 036) ( Solutions 8 )
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Homework 9 (Due on 18 Dec., 6:00pm, in INR 036) ( Solutions 9 )