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| 6.050J/2.110J – Information, Entropy and Computation – Spring 2014 |
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Welcome to the Spring 2014 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 (2014) | Major Topic | Notes | Resources |
| 1 2 |
Feb 4–7 | Bits Codes |
Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 RNA cartoon |
Resources |
| 3 | Feb 10–14 | Compression |
Chapter 3 MP3 demo JPEG demo |
Resources |
| 4 | Feb 18–28 (2 weeks) |
Noise and 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 Vacation | |||
| 8 | Mar 31–Apr 4 | Inference | Chapter 8 | Resources |
| Apr 9 |
Quiz | |||
| 9 | Apr 10–18 (2 weeks) |
Maximum Entropy | Chapter 9 | Resources |
| 10 | Apr 21–25 | Physical Systems | Chapter 10 | Resources |
| 11 | Apr 28–May 2 | Energy | Chapter 11 | Resources |
| 12 | May 5–9 | Temperature | Chapter 12 | Resources |
| 13 | May 12–15 | Quantum Information | Chapter 13 | Resources |
Quiz, Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 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 7.
Final Examination, to be scheduled, week of May 19–23.
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.