Codes for Distributed Storage
Short Course on
Organized by
Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur
and supported by MHRD under GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Networks)
July 1st - 10th 2017

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1. |
Introduction to error correcting codes |
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2. |
Erasure codes |
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3. |
Introduction to linear block codes and their properties |
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4. |
Introduction to convolutional codes and their properties |
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5. |
Viterbi decoding and BCJR decoding |
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6. |
Turbo codes and turbo decoding |
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7. |
Introduction to LDPC codes and message passing decoding |
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8. |
Average properties of regular LDPC code ensembles |
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9. |
Density evolution analysis of irregular LDPC code ensembles and Error floor analysis |
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10. |
Introduction to spatially coupled LDPC codes |
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11. |
Sliding window decoding of spatially coupled LDPC codes |
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13. |
Polar codes and polar transform |
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14. |
Properties of polar transform |
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15. |
Encoding and decoding complexity of polar codes |
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16. |
Successive decision decoding |
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17. |
Complexity of code construction |