CS6800 15F: Basic Information

Instructor

• Name: Jay Aslam
• Office: 446 WVH
• Phone: 373-8169
• E-mail: jaa@ccs.neu.edu

Teaching Assistant

• Name: Matt Ekstrand-Abueg
• Office: 472 WVH
• E-mail: mattea@ccs.neu.edu

Course

• Meets: Tue/Fri 3:25 -- 5:05pm
• Room: 157 Ryder

Prerequisite

• The course is self-contained; however, working knowledge of the basic concepts of probability will be helpful (e.g., random variables, basic probability distributions, expectation, etc.).

Text

• Elements of Information Theory, Second Edition by Cover and Thomas.

Homework

• There will be approximately six homework assignments during the course of the term. The exact schedule of assignments will be posted on the syllabus page.

Scribe Notes

• Each student will also be responsible for scribe notes for (at least) one lecture. These scribe notes will be collected and disseminated to the class at the end of the term.

Grading

• Homeworks: 80%
• Scribe Notes: 20%

Academic Honesty

• All work submitted for credit must be your own.
• You may discuss the homework problems with your classmates, Professor Aslam, and the TA. You must acknowledge the people with whom you discuss your work, and you must write up your own solutions. Any written sources used (apart from the text) must also be acknowledged.
• Please ask if you have any questions about academic honesty as it applies to CS6800.

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