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Introduction to Science of Information
HONR 399, Fall 2011
Lecture: MWF, 8:30 AM -- 9:20 AM, in BRNG B206
(HONR 39900-001; Banner CRN 51862)
Professor: Mark Daniel Ward
Email: mdw@purdue.edu
Office: MATH 540
Phone: 765-496-9563
Office hours: Dr. Ward is always happy to meet with students.
Dr. Ward is available for walk-in or scheduled appointments anytime, throughout the week.
He is also always guaranteed to be available MWF, 7:30 AM -- 8:20 AM, in MATH 540.
Course flyer (pdf): Media:HONRfall2011flyer.pdf
Purdue's Mixable Discussion Tool
ScienceofInformation YouTube Channel
CSoI Playlist on Purdue's YouTube Channel
| Week 1 |
Mon, Aug 22 Introductions Overview of the course and the book by Floridi |
Wed, Aug 24 |
Fri, Aug 26 Discussion of Floridi, Chapters 1 and 5 |
| Week 2 |
Mon, Aug 29 Discussion of Is Google Making Us Stupid? |
Wed, Aug 31 Discussion of Floridi, Chapters 6 and 7 |
Fri, Sep 2 Discussion of Floridi, Chapter 8 |
| Week 3 |
Mon, Sep 5 Labor Day (no class) |
Wed, Sep 7 all of Luenberger, Chapter 2 |
Fri, Sep 9 beginning of Luenberger, Chapter 3 |
| Week 4 |
Mon, Sep 12 No class; drafting final paper. |
Wed, Sep 14 No class; drafting final paper. |
Fri, Sep 16 end of Luenberger, Chapter 3 |
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Week 5 Dinner with Wards on Tues, Sept 20 |
Mon, Sep 19 Presentaton of ideas for final paper; discussion with visitor Dr. Barbara Gibson. |
Wed, Sep 21 beginning of Luenberger, Chapter 4 |
Fri, Sep 23 end of Luenberger, Chapter 4 |
| Week 6 |
Mon, Sep 26 beginning of Luenberger, Chapter 5 |
Wed, Sep 28 Luenberger, Chapter 5: |
Fri, Sep 30 Luenberger, Chapter 5: Joint Entropy, Mutual Information |
| Week 7 |
Mon, Oct 3 end of Luenberger, Chapter 5: Asymmetric Channels |
Wed, Oct 5 Jeopardy "Watson" competition |
Fri, Oct 7 Jeopardy "Watson" competition |
| Week 8 |
Mon, Oct 10 October Break (no class) |
Wed, Oct 12 Discussion of Problem Set 2 |
Fri, Oct 14 Luenberger, Chapter 11: Substitution Ciphers |
| Week 9 |
Mon, Oct 17 Luenberger, Chapter 11: Vigenère Ciphers |
Wed, Oct 19 Luenberger, Chapter 11: Playfair Cypher; Engima Machine |
Fri, Oct 21 Luenberger, Chapter 11: Theory of Ciphers; One-Time Pads |
| Week 10 |
Mon, Oct 24 Luenberger, Chapter 12: Ciphers, Entropy, Decryption |
Wed, Oct 26 Luenberger, Chapter 13: Encryption, Public Keys, and the Modulus Operator |
Fri, Oct 28 Luenberger, Chapter 13: Diffie-Hellman Algorithm |
| Week 11 |
Mon, Oct 31 |
Wed, Nov 2 Lecture video |
Fri, Nov 4 Video |
| Week 12 |
Mon, Nov 7 |
Wed, Nov 9 |
Fri, Nov 11 class presentation: Lauren |
| Week 13 |
Mon, Nov 14 class presentation: Kevin and Bryce |
Wed, Nov 16 class presentation: Taylor |
Fri, Nov 18 class presentation: Paul and Luke |
| Week 14 |
Mon, Nov 21 class presentation: Laurel and Allison |
Wed, Nov 23 Thanksgiving Break (no class) |
Fri, Nov 25 Thanksgiving Break (no class) |
| Week 15 |
Mon, Nov 28 class presentation: Daniel and Ryan |
Wed, Nov 30 class presentation: Rachel and Chris |
Fri, Dec 2 class presentation: Jim and Kamal |
| Week 16 |
Mon, Dec 5 class presentation: Brian and William |
Wed, Dec 7 Final Exam Review Session |
Fri, Dec 9 Final Exam Review Session |
| Finals |
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Required texts:
- Floridi, L. Information: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Luenberger, D. Information Science, Princeton University Press, 2006.
We will cover all of the topics in Information: A Very Short Introduction. Some possible topics to cover from the Information Science text are:
- The foundations of Information: Entropy, codes, compression, channels, error-correcting codes
- Cryptography: Ciphers, public key cryptography, security protocols
- Information Extraction: Data structures, information retreival, data mining, data visualization
We also want to cover topics of interest to the students in the course, so contributions and suggestions from students will be welcome throughout the course.
