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Welcome to the Spring 2008 home page of MIT subject 6.050J / 2.110J
Information, Entropy, and Computation.
All Web resources for this subject are linked to this page.
Notes General Information Catalog Description Personnel
Unit | Dates (2008) | Major Topic | Notes | Resources |
1 2 |
Feb 5 - 8 | Bits Codes |
Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 |
Resources |
3 | Feb 11 - 15 | Compression |
Chapter 3 MP3 demo |
Resources |
4 | Feb 21 - 29 (2 weeks) |
Noise & Errors | Chapter 4 | Resources |
5 | Mar 3 - 7 | Probability | Chapter 5 | Resources |
6 | Mar 10 - 14 | Communications | Chapter 6 | Resources |
7 | Mar 17 - 21 | Processes | Chapter 7 | Resources |
Mar 24 - 28 | Spring Break | |||
8 | Mar 31 - Apr 4 | Inference | Chapter 8 | Resources |
9 | Apr 7 - 11 | Maximum Entropy | Chapter 9 | Resources |
Apr 15 |
Quiz | |||
10 | Apr 17 - 25 | Physical Systems | Chapter 10 | Resources |
11 | Apr 28 - May 2 | Energy | Chapter 11 | Resources |
12 | May 5 - 9 | Temperature | Chapter 12 | Resources |
13 | May 12 - 13 | Quantum Information | Chapter 13 | Resources |
Quiz, Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Room 36-153.
Closed book except that one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper,
with notes on both sides, is allowed.
Coverage: through Unit 8.
Final Examination, Thursday, May 15, 2008, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Room 36-153.
Closed book except that two sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper,
with notes on both sides, are allowed.
Prof. Seth Lloyd, Room 3-160, hours to be determined.