===== Information Theory & Coding ===== \\ |Instructor|**Emre Telatar**| |Office|[[http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=INR117|INR 117]]| |Phone|**+4121 6937693**| |Email|**emre.telatar@epfl.ch**| |Office Hours|**By appointment**| \\ |Teaching Assistant|**Mine Alsan**| |Phone|**+4121 6937554**| |Office|[[http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=INR036|INR 036]]| |Email|**mine.alsan@epfl.ch**| |Office Hours|**24/7**| \\ |Teaching Assistant|**Vahid Aref**| |Phone|**+4121 6937517**| |Office|[[http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=INR034|INR 034]]| |Email|**vahid.aref@epfl.ch**| |Office Hours|**24/7**| \\ |Teaching Assistant|**László Czap**| |Phone|**+4121 6938104**| |Office|[[http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=BC048|BC 048]]| |Email|**laszlo.czap@epfl.ch**| |Office Hours|**24/7**| \\ | \\ |Student Assistant|****| |Student Assistant|****| ||| \\ |Lectures|**Monday 13:00 - 15:00** (Room: [[http://plan.epfl.ch/?reset_session&alias=ela1|ELA01]])| | |**Tuesday 13:00 - 15:00** (Room: [[http://plan.epfl.ch/?reset_session&alias=ela2|ELA02]])| |Exercises|**Tuesday 15:00 - 17:00** (Room: [[http://plan.epfl.ch/?reset_session&room=ela2|ELA02]])| \\ |**Language**:| |English| |**Coefficient / Crédits **:| |7 ECTS| \\ See the course material {{:en:courses:2011-2012:infomation_2011.pdf|here}} [[http://isa.epfl.ch/imoniteur_ISAP/!itffichecours.htm?ww_i_matiere=1774097&ww_x_anneeAcad=2011-2012&ww_i_section=2139068&ww_i_niveau=&ww_c_langue=en|Link]] to official course description. ==== Special Announcements ==== ** FINAL EXAM ANNOUNCEMENT**\\ **The final exam has been set on Monday January 30th from 8:15 to 11:15. It will take place in rooms CO1 and CO2. __The exam will cover all the topics in the course__. You can have two sheets of A4 paper (4 pages) on which you can write anything you want. No book, no notes, no cellphones, no pocket calculators, or any other electronic devices.**\\ **Notes on Tunstall coding and Lempel-Ziv algorithm are posted on "Additional Reading Material" section.** \\ **The midterm has been set for Tuesday November 8th from 13:15 to 16:15. It will take place in room SG1. The exam will cover all the topics covered before November 7th. You can use a piece of A4 paper (double sided) on which you can write anything you want. No book, no notes, no cellphones, no pocket calculators, or any other electronic devices. ** **Homework 9 is graded due to 30 November 2011, 5pm, INR 036. ** **Problem 2 in homework 9 has been modified, please check the new version. ** ==== Detailed Schedule ==== \\ ^ Date ^ Topic ^ Assignment ^ Due Date/Solutions Posted ^ Remarks ^ | Sep 19 | |public holiday - no course :-)| | Sep 20 | lossless source coding |{{:en:courses:2011-2012:hw01_it2011.pdf|Homework 01}} | {{:en:courses:2011-2012:sol01_it2011.pdf|Solution01}} | | | Sep 26 | | | | | | Sep 27 | | {{:en:courses:2011-2012:hw2_it2011.pdf|Homework 02}}|{{:en:courses:2011-2012:sol2_it2011.pdf|Solution02}}| | | Oct 3 | | | | | | Oct 4 | | {{:en:courses:2011-2012:hw03.pdf|Homework 03}}| {{:en:courses:2011-2012:sol03.pdf|Solution03}} | | | Oct 10 | | | | | | Oct 11 | | {{:en:courses:2011-2012:hw4.pdf|Homework 04}}| {{:en:courses:2011-2012:hw4_sol.pdf|Solution04}} | | | Oct 17 | | | | | | Oct 18 | | {{:en:courses:2011-2012:ithw5_it2011.pdf|Homework 05}}|{{:en:courses:2011-2012:sol5_it2011.pdf|Solution05}} | | | Oct 24 | | | | | | Oct 25 | |{{:en:courses:2011-2012:itchw6.pdf|Homework 06}} | {{:en:courses:2011-2012:sol6.pdf|Solution06}} | | | Oct 31 | | | | | | Nov 1 | |{{:en:courses:2011-2012:hw7_corr.pdf|Homework 07}}| {{:en:courses:2011-2012:hw7_sol.pdf|Solution07}} | | | Nov 7 | | | | | | Nov 8 | |{{:en:courses:2011-2012:midterm.pdf|Midterm}}| {{:en:courses:2011-2012:midsol.pdf|Midterm solutions}} {{:en:courses:2011-2012:midterm_results.pdf|Results}}| | | Nov 14 | | | | | | Nov 15 | |{{:en:courses:2011-2012:hw8_it2011.pdf|Homework 08}} | {{:en:courses:2011-2012:itcsol8_it2011.pdf|Solution08}} | | | Nov 21 | | | | | | Nov 22 | |{{:en:courses:2011-2012:graded.pdf|Homework 09}} | {{:en:courses:2011-2012:graded_sol.pdf|Solution09}} | | | Dec 5 | | | | | | Dec 6 | |{{:en:courses:2011-2012:hw10.pdf|Homework 10}} | {{:en:courses:2011-2012:hw10_sol.pdf|Solution10}} | | | Dec 12 | | | | | | Dec 13 | |{{:en:courses:2011-2012:hw11_it2011.pdf|Homework 11}} | {{:en:courses:2011-2012:sol11_it2011.pdf|Solution11}} | | | Dec 19 | | | | | | Dec 20 | | {{:en:courses:2011-2012:itchw12.pdf|Homework 12}}| {{:en:courses:2011-2012:sol12.pdf|Solution12}} | | [[http://example.com|External Link]] ==== Textbook ==== [[http://opac.nebis.ch/F?local_base=nebis&func=find-b&find_code=020&request=0-471-24195-4&con_lng=ENG|Elements of information theory]], Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas, 2006. ISBN:0-471-24195-4 ==== Additional Reading Material ==== {{:en:courses:2011-2012:tunstall_it2011.pdf|Tunstall Coding}}\\ {{:en:courses:2011-2012:lz_it2011.pdf|Lempel-Ziv Algorithm}}