8803-Information and Entropy (Fall 2015)

MATH 4320 Instructor: Jean Bellissard
Professor of Mathematics and Physics School of Math, Skiles 132, Phone: (404) 385-2179 (Math), Fax: (404) 894-4409 e-mail: jeanbel@math.gatech.edu	Lecture Howey S204 Tuesday- Thursday 1:35-2:55pm Celebrating 50 years of Teaching! This course will take the challenge of showing that, starting from an "Information Theory" point of view, all fundamental aspects of sciences, including human sciences, can be reconstructed. This should trigger discussions and controversies and the students are invited to feed such a debate.
Office Hours by appointment Skiles 132

Calendar of the Week Final Report due on December 4th ( to calendar)
December 1-3, 2015
Lecture: Quantum Information                      and Gravitation

	Course Description	Morceaux Choisis     (more details) I)- INFORMATION THEORY     (to "Information" details) II)- THERMODYNAMICS: a reminder     (to "Thermodynamics" details) III)- An example: BULK METALLIC GLASSES.     (to "Bulk Metallic Glasses" details) IV)- PRODUCING INFORMATION     (to "Producing Information" details) V)- COMPUTERS, ALGORITHMS, COMPLEXITY     (to "Computers, ..." details) VI)-INFORMATION IN HUMAN SCIENCES     (to "Human Sciences" details) VII)- FROM QUANTUM INFORMATION TO GRAVITY     (to "Quantum Information..." details)
	Power Point Presentations	Information and Entropy,   August 18th, 2015 Producing Information,      October 15th, 2015 Molecular Motors,             October 20th, 2015 Brain,                                 November 10th, 2015
	Textbooks	Textbooks to help      Elements of Information Theory, Second Edition         Thomas M. Cover & Joy A. Thomas, Wiley, 2006      Feynman Lectures on Computation        Richard P. Feynman, Anthony Hey,Westview Press, 1996 2014      Nonequilibrium and Irreversibility        Giovanni Gallavotti, Springer 2014      The Relativistic Brain        Miguel Nicolelis, Ronald Cicurel, Kiosk Press, 2015           (return to top)
	Report	Each registered student will be required to produce a report on a subject of his/her choice. The final exam will be reduced to this report. Depending upon the number of students, this report may be presented during the final exam day. Submission:        Thursday September 24, 2015 Progress Report: Thursday October 29, 2015 Final Report:      Friday December 4, 2015 ( to Report Instructions)
	Final Exam	Tuesday December 8, 2015   2:50pm-5:40pm,    Howey S204    ( to calendar)
		An absence to the final exam will be graded 0 (zero). However if the absence is justified (disease, injury, ...), the student must (i) warn the instructor as soon as possible, in any case before the end of the exam week, (ii) bring the documents justifying the absence to the Instructor. Then the student will receive an I (incomplete) and will be responsible to take action during the following semester to complete his/her curriculum.
	Grades	90% for an A Report 100% Grade distribution 80% for a   B 70% for a   C 60% for a   D

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