Room 6-179 EE/CS
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kieffer@umn.eduJohn C. Kieffer
Room 6-179 EE/CS
The three types of codes used in data communication systems are channel codes, source codes, and cryptography codes. You learn how to design some useful codes of each type. You learn about information measures and coding theorems that tell you before attempting to design a code whether a code exists having a desired performance capability.
You should have had at least a junior-level undergraduate course in probability and random processes, at least equivalent to EE 3025. You may examine our EE 3025 Notes in order to see what we cover in EE 3025.
John C. Kieffer, LECTURES ON INFORMATION THEORY (notes)
Homework (15%)
Exam 1, time and date to be announced (25%)
Exam 2, time and date to be announced (25%)
Final Exam, 10:30am - 12:30pm Thursday, December 18 (35%)
Cryptography Coding
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