Fundamentals of Information Theory - Project
Grunderna inom informationsteori - projekt

EIT150F, 1.5 credits

Valid from: Spring 2016
Decided by: Professor Thomas Johansson
Date of establishment: 2016-11-02

General Information

Division: Electrical and Information Technology
Course type: Third-cycle course
Teaching language: English

Aim

The course is a optional addition to "Fundamentals of Information Theory", in which additional knowledge is gained by means of an individual project.

Goals

Knowledge and Understanding

For a passing grade the doctoral student must

• be well familiar with standard information theoretic concepts
• understand how to generalize the concepts and proofs to a self-selected scenario

Competences and Skills

For a passing grade the doctoral student must have demonstrated the ability to independently acquire expert knowledge within a self-selected sub-area and present it to peers

Judgement and Approach

For a passing grade the doctoral student must have demonstrated the ability to independently extract the important content of an extensive document, such as a textbook or a scientific publication

Course Contents

Within the project each student selects a topic for additional self-studies (book chapter or publications)

Course Literature

• Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas: Elements of Information Theory. Wiley, 2006.
• Gamal, A. & Kim, Y.: Network Information Theory. Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 9781107008731.

Instruction Details

Type of instruction: Project. The project course should be done in close connection with the course "Fundamentals of Information Theory"

Examination Details

Examination format: Seminars given by participants. A presentation about the project is given to all participants.
Grading scale: Failed, pass
Examiner:

Admission Details

Assumed prior knowledge: The course builds on the knowledge from "Fundamentals of Information Theory"

Further Information

Course Coordinator: Michael Lentmaier

Course Occasion Information

Contact and Other Information

Course coordinator: Michael Lentmaier <michael.lentmaier@eit.lth.se>