EE 561

INFORMATION THEORY

No c

Prof. Aylin Yener  yener AT ee.psu DOT edu

Class Meeting Info:

M W F 2:30pm-3:20pm, 151 Willard

Instructor Office Hours:

M W 3:30pm-4:30pm or by appoinment.

 

No class or office hour November 26 (Monday) and November 28 (Wednesday). The following make-up classes will be held: November 30 (Friday), 3:30pm-4:20pm at 167 Willard, and December 3 (Monday), 3:30pm-4:20pm at 103 Willard. Note that the make-up classes follow immeadiately the regular class periods on both days.

No class or office hours during Thanks Giving Week, Nov 19, 21, 23 (University Holiday).

  Midterm on October 30, 2007, Tuesday @5:00pm in 203 EE West. Exam covers Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 from the book.

  All registered students are assumed to have access to ANGEL. Most material related to the course such as course notes, homework solutions etc. will be at the ANGEL page accessible only to registered students.

To access click cms.psu.edu , put in your PSU ID & password.

  Course Syllabus (pdf file)

   Midterm + final.

Midterm on October 30, 2007, Tuesday @5:00pm in 203 EE West.

Final will be on TBA
 

  Homework I: 2.1 (R), 2.4 (S), 2.5 (R), 2.7 (S), 2.10a (R), 2.10b (S),2.11 (R),2.21 (R). Due Sept. 7 in class. Solutions are posted.

  Homework II: 2.15 (R), 2.26 (R), 2.28 (R), 2.29 (R), 2.33 (R), 2.40 (S), 2.43 (S). Due Sept. 21 in class. Solutions are posted.

  Homework III: 3.2 (R), 3.9 (R), 3.13 (S), 4.1 (R), 4.12 (S), 4.30 (R), 4.33 (R). Due Oct. 5 in class. Solutions are posted.

  Homework IV: 5.2 (S), 5.6 (R), 5.12 (R), 5.19 (S), 5.20 (R), 5.26 (S), 5.28(R), 5.43 (R). Due Oct. 19 in class. Solutions are posted.

  Homework V: 7.1 (S), 7.2 (R), 7.3 (S), 7.4 (S), 7.8 (R), 7.20 (S). Due Oct. 29 in class. Solutions are posted.

  Homework VI: 8.1 (R), 8.3 (R), 9.4 (R), 9.6 (R), 9.7 (R). Due Nov 16 in class. Solutions are posted.

  Problem numbers are from the 2nd Edition (2006) of Cover and Thomas.

  Only problems marked with an (R) need to be turned in.

  Your homework must be submitted in class the day it is due (No late homeworks will be accepted).

  Homework solutions will be posted at the ANGEL course page after the due date.

  IEEE Information Theory Society Student Resources

  IEEE Information Theory Society

  Shannon's "A Mathematical Theory of Communications".