Coding Theory

COSC 5P01

Winter 2020

Announcements

Due to Coronavirus issues, all classes will now take place online using Microsoft Teams. The class presentation schedule has been amended to incorporate the 1 week delay. Oral exams will also take place using Microsoft Teams, using individual meetings.

Course Details

Course outline
Instructor: Sheridan Houghten, J313; e-mail: shoughten@brocku.ca
Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30am - 11:00am, TH147
Reserve Materials at the library:

Vera Pless, Introduction to the Theory of Error-Correcting Codes

Note: also available through the library as an e-book.

Ron M. Roth, Introduction to Coding Theory
W. Cary Huffman and Vera Pless, Fundamentals of Error-Correcting Codes

Assignments and Projects

Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Class Presentation

12th March: DNA Codeword Design (Guangyao)
24th March: Steganography & Codes (Emilia)
26th March: Coding & Cryptography (Muriel)
31st March: Reed-Solomon Codes (Amirali)
2nd April: Turbo Codes (Cody)

Term Paper

Resources

Week 5 - Search Algorithm

Last Modified 8th April 2020 by shoughten@brocku.ca
All items copyright 2010-2020 S. Houghten