Modul:   MAT076  Neuchatel - St.Gallen - Zurich Seminar in Coding Theory and Cryptography

Lectures on Information Theory - Part 1

Talk by Prof. Dr. Michele Wigger

Speaker invited by: Prof. Dr. Joachim Rosenthal

Date: 22.03.23  Time: 15.15 - 16.00  Room: Y27H25

In this first lecture, we will introduce basic information measures such as entropy, mutual information and divergence, and discuss their properties. We will further present the method of types, and if time permits, an application in lossless compression.

(**This eSeminar will take place over Zoom, using the same meeting details as previous seminars. If you do not have meeting details, please contact zita.fiquelideabreu@math.uzh.ch **)