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Lecturer(s)
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Filipová Jana, Ing.
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Čapek Jan, prof. Ing. CSc.
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Máchová Renáta, Ing. Ph.D.
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Novák Martin, Ing.
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Ibl Martin, Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Introduction to the topic, terminology, key concepts. System, science and system access. Modelling, model. Introduction to information and informatics theory. Ways of understanding the concept of information. People and information. Sources of information. Data, information content of data. Information transformation. Data processing. Communication chain. Signals and their transmission through the communication chain. Data compression. Cybernetic concepts and cybernetic abstraction. Summary of discussed topics, emphasising the context and suggesting further direction of this topic´s development.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Skills training
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of this introductory course is to integrate and consolidate the basic knowledge from previous types of study.
Students will be familiar with the issues they will be studying in the following years, they will understand the key concepts such as Information, Entropy, Communication channel etc. They will be able to give reasons for their findings and to defend them in a professional discussion.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation
Assignment granting is conditional to attendance at seminars and the successful defence of a project based on a set topic. The presentation of the project will be allowed only on the condition that the student complies with the minimum requirements and that his/her essay has no negative comments from the teacher. Failing that, the student has to re-do their essay. This needs to be submitted no later than in the 12th lecture week and defended no later than the 13th lecture week. During the project defence, students must show their knowledge of the topic on which their essay is based. The examination will be oral and written. Assignment is necessary.
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Recommended literature
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Cove, T., M.,Thomas, J., A. Elements of Information Theory 2nd Edition. Wiley-Interscience, 2006. ISBN 978-0471241959.
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Čapek, Jan. Teoretické základy informatiky : distanční opora. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7395-574-8.
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Čapek, Jan. Teoretické základy informatiky : pro kombinovanou formu studia. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7395-035-4.
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Golan, A. Information and Entropy Econometrics - A Review and Synthesis. Now Publishers Inc, 2008. ISBN 978-1601981042.
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Roman, A. Introduction to Coding and Information Theory. Springer, 2006.
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Vaníček, J. a kol. Teoretické základy informatiky. Praha: Kernberg Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-80903962-4-1.
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