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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Fall 2019 |
Registration ID | CMSCB380001 |
Course Title | Recent Advances in Comp Sci-Science of Information |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Computer Science |
Instructor | Kumar,Deepak |
Times and Days | MW 11:40am-01:00pm
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Room Location | PK159 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2283 This is a topics course. Course content varies.; Current topic description: Claude Shannon's foundations of information theory have paved the way for data storage, compression, encoding, and transmission for the Internet, CDs, DVDs, MP3 players, JPEGs, WiFi, iPODs, mobile phones, and a whole host of applications underlying today's information technologies. The past six decades have brought information theory to the crossroads of several traditional disciplines: mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics, neurobiology, and electrical engineering. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of Information Theory and leads them to a broader understanding of the concept of "information" that transcends boundaries between disciplines, especially between physical and life sciences, communication, and knowledge extraction from massive datasets. Students in several disciplines will be able to draw upon the latest discoveries from multiple disciplines, discuss recent research, and learn to apply the techniques and tools of information-based inquiry in their lives. The course will run in a seminar format where students will engage by participating in and leading discussions and presenting results from readings and computational experiments. The course requires a Junior or Senior standing. Students from ALL disciplines are encouraged to enroll. Haverford: Natural Science (NA) ( ) Enrollment Cap:24; If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: Major/Minor/Concentration; |
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