ECE 563, Fall 2007
Information Theory

Course Staff

Pierre Moulin (Instructor)
moulin at ifp.uiuc.edu
Tel: 244-8366
Office hours:
Time: Tuesdays, 10 AM to 12 noon
Place: 2265 Beckman Institute

Shankar Sadasivam (TA)
ssadasi2 at ifp.uiuc.edu
Office hours:
Time: Mondays, 4 PM to 5 PM
Place: 2259 Beckman Institute


General Information

Pre-requisite:
One of Math 464, Math 564, ECE 534 or consent of instructor.

Other listings:
CS 578, Stat 563

Time:
MW 1:30-2:50

Location:
106B1 Engineering Hall

Credit: 4 hours

Course blurb here

Textbook:
T. M. Cover and J. A. Thomas, Elements of Information Theory, Wiley, 2nd Edn.

Homeworks

HW1 (pdf, solutions).
Assigned: 8/29, Due: 9/5

HW2 (pdf, solutions).
Assigned: 9/11, Due: 9/24

HW3 (pdf, solutions).
Assigned: 9/24, Due: 10/2

HW4 (pdf, solutions).
Assigned: 10/11, Due: 10/17

HW5 (pdf, solutions).
Assigned: 10/22, Due: 10/31

HW6 (pdf, solutions).
Assigned: 10/29, Due: 11/7

HW7 (pdf, solutions).
Assigned: 11/20, Due: 12/5

Exams

Midterm 1: (solutions)
Tue, 10/2, 7:30PM -- 9:30PM.

Midterm 2: (solutions)
Tue, 11/13, 7:30PM -- 9:30PM.

Final exam: (solutions)
Thu, 12/13, 1:30PM -- 4:30PM.
Announcements
Dec 14 - The course is now history!
Dec 14 - Solutions to the final exam posted. Grades are put up on Prof. Moulin's office door.

Grading
There will be seven (+/-1) homework sets worth 20%, two midterm exams (15% each) worth 30% and a final exam worth 50%.

Topics

References

Some useful links