Michael Reed
An introduction to the fundamental scientific principles governing information science and engineering. Topics include: definition of information; entropy; information representation in analog and digital forms; information transmission; spectrum and bandwidth; information transformation including data compression, filtering, encryption, and error correction; information storage and display; and large-scale information systems. Technologies for implementing information functions.
"你要不是真对信息技术感兴趣，那就别上了。很多人上是因为这是一个engineering的选修，但作业对大一的学生太有挑战了。difficulty 5, hotness 2"