Postgraduate Course: Advanced Coding Techniques (MSc) (PGEE11121)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course will cover the current topics of interest in Advanced Coding Techniques. In particular information theory fundamentals related to source coding and its extension to channel capacity are studied. Rate-distortion theory and quantisation for uncorrelated and correlated signals are of particular interest.
Syllabus:
1. Scalar quantisation,
2. Asymptotic quantisation theory,
3. Vector quantisation,
4. Rate-distortion theory,
5. Channel capacity evaluations.
Practical examples of the above concepts are presented throughout the course. |
| Course description |
1. Introduction
2. Scalar Quantisation
3. Asymptotic Scalar Quantisation Theory and Variable Rate Encoding
4. Vector Quantisation
5. Rate Distortion Theory
6. Theoretical Channel Capacity Analysis
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 33,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
62 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Examination |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
| The students will understand fundamentals as well as advanced concepts in source coding. They will be able to quantify the bit rate that is theoretically needed to perform source coding of continuous-valued signals with some given maximum distortion. They will be able to explain the complexity-quality trade-offs in practical systems and they will be able to quantify how close practical quantisation algorithms can get to the theoretical limits given by information theory. They will be able to design scalar and vector quantisers for practical signals. They will also understand how information theory can be used to predict the data capacity of communications channels.
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Reading List
A. Gersho and R. M. Gray, Vector Quantization and Signal Compression. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 8th ed., 2001.
T. Cover and J. Thomas, Elements of Information Theory. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | : Coding, Quantisation, Rate Distortion Theory, Channel Capacity |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr John Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5585
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Sharon Potter
Tel: (0131 6)51 7079
Email: |
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