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EECS 6002
This page contains information related to the information theory reading course, EECS 6002, for the Fall 2025 term.
Course News and Announcements
- The first meeting of the course will take place on September 9, 2025.
- Shared folder: Google Drive
Course Outline
Course Description
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of information theory, as well as methods for achieving information-theoretic results using source codes and channel codes. Three main topics will be covered: the source coding theorem and lossless source coding, the channel coding theorem and error-correcting codes, and rate-distortion theory and lossy source coding. Additional applications may be covered if time permits.
Meeting Time and Location
This course will be offered with live online lectures.
- Tuesdays: 12 PM - 1:30 PM
- Fridays: 1 PM - 2:30 PM
Attendance policy: Occasional absence for any reason is not a problem. However, if a student expects to miss a significant number of classes, they should bring this to the attention of the instructor. The instructor and student can formulate a plan so that the student continues to follow the material. If in the judgment of the instructor, a student has missed too many lectures, a written warning will be given. After the warning is given, if the student continues to miss lectures, the instructor may assign a failing grade, regardless of the student's performance on graded items.
Grade Breakdown
- Survey paper: 50%
- Project: 50%
Details on the survey paper and project will be made available later.
Students taking the course for credit may replace the project with a written test, at their option.
See also the attendance policy, above.
Textbook
I will be teaching from the following textbook: T. Cover and J. Thomas, Elements of Information Theory, 2nd ed., Wiley, 2006.
We will be covering roughly chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 10.
If you attend lectures and take good notes, it should not be necessary to purchase the textbook.
