18.424 Seminar in Information Theory

Repeats every week every Tuesday and every Thursday until Tue Dec 09 2025 except Tue Nov 11 2025, Thu Nov 27 2025.

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Location:

2-151

Instructor:

Peter Shor

Considers various topics in information theory, including data compression, Shannon's Theorems, and error-correcting codes. Students present and discuss the subject matter. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited.