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The Australian National University

Information Theory COMP2610

Learning outcomes & Assessment relationship matrix

Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3Final Exam
1: Understand and apply fundamental concepts in information theory such as probability, entropy, information content and their inter-relationships. Y Y Y
2: Understand the principles of data compression. Y Y
3: Compute entropy and mutual information of random variables. Y Y Y Y
4: Implement and analyse basic coding and compression algorithms. Y Y
5: Understand the relationship of information theoretical principles and Bayesian inference in data modelling and pattern recognition. Y Y
6: Understand some key theorems and inequalities that quantify essential limitations on compression, communication and inference. Y Y Y
7: Know the basic concepts regarding communications over noisy channels. Y Y

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