Information is a fundamental quantity that, like energy, can be converted from one form to another, transmitted from one place to another, or stored for later use. One form of information in physical systems is known as entropy, a quantity that obeys one of the most profound and mysterious of all physical laws, the Second Law of Thermodynamics. By treating entropy as a form of information, we can make the Second Law accessible to freshmen. They will see examples of reversible and irreversible processes in computation, communications, and thermodynamics. The first offering of the new course took place in Spring 2000.
More information is available from the course home page .
The EECS department Web pages, starting with our home page , are an important means of communication among members of the department, and with the larger outside community. Public Relations, in the best sense of the word, telling the world about us, who we are, what we do, and why we do it. Information Resource, for the benefit of all who want to find out more about the department. I am continuing to drive the development of our department's Web pages. Responsibility for maintaining the content of the site is gradually shifting to a larger group of people, as software tools to automate the maintenance get written.