Calendar
| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction, Review of Random Variables, Entropy, Mutual Information, Chain Rules | |
| 2 | Jensen's Inequality, Data Processing Theorem, Fanos's Inequality | PS 1 issued |
| 3 | Markov Chain, Entropy Rate of Random Processes | |
| 4 | Different Types of Convergence, Asymptotic Equipartition Property (AEP), Typical Set, Joint Typicality | PS 1 due PS 2 issued |
| 5 | Data Compression, Kraft Inequality, Optimal Codes | PS 2 due |
| 6 | Huffman Codes, Sensitivity of Distribution, Elias Code | |
| 7 | Gambling | PS 3 issued |
| 8 | Channel Capacity, Symmetric and Erasure Channels | PS 3 due PS 4 issued |
| 9 | Coding Theorem | |
| 10 | Strong Coding Theorem | |
| 11 | Strong Coding Theorem (cont.) | PS 4 due PS 5 issued |
| 12 | Feedback Capacity | PS 5 due |
| 13 | Joint Source Channel Coding | |
| 14 | Differential Entropy | PS 6 issued |
| 15 | Gaussian Channel | |
| 16 | Gaussian Channels: Parallel, Colored Noise, Inter-symbol Interference | PS 6 due PS 7 issued |
| 17 | Maximizing Entropy | |
| 18 | Gaussian Channels with Feedback | PS 7 due PS 8 issued |
| 19 | Fading Channels | PS 8 due PS 9 issued |
| 20 | Types, Universal Source Coding, Sanov's Theorem | PS 9 due |
| 21 | Multiple Access Channels | |
| 22 | Slepian-Wolf Coding | PS 10 due |
| 23 | Broadcast Channels | |
| 24 | Channel Side Information, Wide-band Channels |
