Information theory

LaCo Foundationalweek 1

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Lecturer:
Mathias Winther Madsen

Website: https://esslli2021.unibz.it/web/course73/information_theory.html

Abstract: Information theory is a branch of probability theory that investigates the fundamental limits on our ability to communicate reliably. By quantifying the concepts of uncertainty and information in a mathematically meaningful way, it allows us to formulate precise results about the amount of information we can hope to transmit in the presence of noise, and evaluate whether a code achieves this maximal efficiency. These results have concrete applications for the design of communication systems, but also profound consequences for linguistics and epistemology.