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Welcome to the Spring 2013 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 (2013) | Major Topic | Notes | Resources |
| 1 2 |
Feb 5–8 | Bits Codes |
Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 RNA cartoon |
Resources |
| 3 | Feb 11–15 | Compression |
Chapter 3 MP3 demo |
Resources |
| 4 | Feb 21–Mar 1 (2 weeks) |
Noise and Errors | Chapter 4 | Resources |
| 5 | Mar 4–8 | Probability | Chapter 5 | Resources |
| 6 | Mar 11–15 | Communications | Chapter 6 | Resources |
| 7 | Mar 18–22 | Processes | Chapter 7 | Resources |
| Mar 25–29 | Spring Vacation | |||
| 8 | Apr 1–5 | Inference | Chapter 8 | Resources |
| 9 | Apr 8–12 | Maximum Entropy | Chapter 9 | Resources |
| Apr 18 |
Quiz | |||
| 10 | Apr 22–26 | Physical Systems | Chapter 10 | Resources |
| 11 | Apr 29–May 3 | Energy | Chapter 11 | Resources |
| 12 | May 6–10 | Temperature | Chapter 12 | Resources |
| 13 | May 13–16 | Quantum Information | Chapter 13 | Resources |
Quiz, Thursday, April 18, 2013, 1:00–3:00 PM, Room 5-234.
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, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 1:30–4:30 PM, Room 32-124.
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.