COMP 7770, MATH 8130 & COMP4060 Error Correcting Codes

Jan. - April 2011

Location and Time

10:30-11:20 MWF Machray Hall 124

Instructor:

Name:	John van Rees
Office Number:	E2 480 EITC
Phone Number:	474-8683
E-mail:	vanrees[at]cs[dot]umanitoba.ca
Office hours:	MWF 1:30-2:30pm or when I'm free

Fundamentals of Error_Correcting Codes by Huffman and Pless
Introduction to the Theory of Error-Correcting Codes by Pless
Introduction to Coding Theory by Bierbrauer
An Introduction to Error Correcting Codes with Applications by Vanstone and van Oorschot
The Theory of Error-Correcting Codes by MacWilliams and Sloane

Topics:

Fundamentals
Basic Coding Theory
Cyclic Codes
BCH codes
Finite Fields
Weight Distribution
Codes and Designs
Codes and Games
Convolutional Codes
Seminars

Grading for Graduate Students:

assignments	40%	no lates
Presentation	40%	Must be new work
Class Participation	20%
TOTAL*	100%

Grading for UnderGraduate Students:

assignments	35%	no lates
1 mid-term exam -	15%	midterms and assignments will be destroyed after the appeal period
Final examination	15%
Presntation	35%	Must be new work
TOTAL*	100%

Exam Viewing

Final exams may be viewed by filling in the form at:
http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/newsite/docs/Comp%20Sci%20Exam%20Viewing.pdf

Academic Dishonesty:

Academic dishonesty is a very serious offence and will be dealt with in accordance with the University Discipline Bylaw. Examples of academic dishonesty include:

submitting assignments which are not entirely your own work that you did this term
use of unauthorized material on a test or examination,
writing an examination for another person or arranging for another person to write an examination for you,
use of calculators or phones on a test or examination where they are prohibited.

For more information, see http://umanitoba.ca/student/images/2008_student_guide_web.pdf