Details zur Lehrveranstaltung
Statistical Physics of Information: Information Theory in Physics and Biology | |
Modul: | Phy-Ma-Hsem: Hauptseminar |
Lecture language | English |
Summary of Lecture: | Information is a key concept in statistical physics, allowing one to give a vivid interpretation of entropy and partial knowledge of microscopic system states. On the other hand, tools from statistical physics have proven extremely useful to describe the stochastic dynamics of complex systems, an important example being biological cells that process noisy sensory information. In this seminar, by a series of student's presentation on selected topics, we will introduce both fundamental concepts of information theory as well as show how these concepts are applied in current state biological physics. |
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Scope: | tutorials: 2 hours/week |
Time/location: | MI(3) APB 2026 |
Audience: | Master Hauptseminare |
Previous knowledge: | Thermodynamics and statistical physics I, multi-variate calculus, basic knowledge of statistics. No prior knowledge of information theory required. | Certificate: |
Enrolment: | Email an: benjamin.m.friedrich@tu-dresden.de ; Teilnahme am 19.10. |
Web-reference: | https://www.cfaed.tu-dresden.de/friedrich-group-teaching |
Erste Veranstaltung mit Verteilung der Themen: 19.10. First seminar with assignment of topics: October 19th |