Lecture Notes

Lecture notes should be turned in to Prof. Trachtenberg within a week of the last lecture covered by the notes. Lectures should be presented in latex, PostScript, Word, or StarOffice formats.
The schedule for lecture notes is given in the handouts section. Please note that lecture notes are uneditted and may contain serious mistakes or omissions.

DateTopicFiles
September 24, October 1:Lempel-Ziv compressionWord [116k]
September 17, 19:Intro. information theoryWord [177k]
September 10:More finite fields, graphs, and entropyWord [336k]
September 3, 5:Motivation and finite field reviewWord [48k]
SC700 - Internet Information Protocols
Professor Ari Trachtenberg
Boston University