Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction
2 Channels and Capacity Small project 1 out
3

Repetition Code and Prior Probability
4 Probablities and Decoding Codes Small project 1 due
5 Gaussian Channels, Parity Product Code Small project 2 out
6 Introduction to Belief Propagation
7 The Markov Property Small project 2 due
8 Linear Codes
9 LDPC Codes Project 1 out
10 In-class debugging session
11 Belief Propagation on Trees
12 Representing Probabilities
13 LDPC on Binary Erasure Channels
14 Convolutional Codes
15 Turbo Codes

Project 1 due

Small project 3 out
16 Serial Concatenated Codes
17 Developments in iterative coding Small project 3 due
18 Individual Meetings, No Class
19 Lecture on Developments in Iterative Decoding Project proposal due
20 Individual Meetings, No Class
21 Individual Meetings, No Class
22 Lecture on Classical Codes First draft of final project due - Hard deadline
23 Student Presentations
24 Student Presentations
25 Student Presentations
26 Student Presentations Re-write of final project due