Information Theory and Coding
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Key Facts on the Course
Lecture: Fridays at 11:00 in K2003B Exercises: Wednesdays at 17:00 in K.Hs.2 Attendance: not mandatory but strongly suggested Audio Recordings: now allowed If you already have taken such an exam in your bachelor:
you’re going to have to take the exam anyways, sorry. Exam: written, 2h, you can bring 2 double sided A4 cheat sheet,
details will be given later during the course Material will be posted online
look for “DVT Ilmenau” password for last year was “ITC2013” this year password: “ITC2014”
Books suggestions etc. -> an email will be sent to the MSCSP reflector
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Key Facts on the Course
On which material to study? lecture notes (i.e., what you write down during the lecture and
slides from the course homepage). But please, also use other sources!
several books on the topic corsera MIT courses youtube, wikipedia (but please make sure that the person teaching
knows what he is talking about) Synchronization between lectures and exercises: we do our best to
keep the two things synchronized, however, at times theory is taught on Wed. and exercises are carried out on Friday.
Questions and help from the faculty members: feel free to ask for help. Start first asking directly after the lecture/exercise, if necessary, agree for an appointment at our offices.
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Teaching style, aka what to expect? during the lecture I focus on teaching the main concepts so that
you can understand them during the lecture. details, such as rigorous derivations, can be found in the lecture
slides and during the lecture are treated only superficially. Nonetheless, you should take a closer look at them when you study at home