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ELE638 - Fundamentals of Coding Theory
2024-2025 Fall term information
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ELE638 - Fundamentals of Coding Theory
| Program | Theoretıcal hours | Practical hours | Local credit | ECTS credit |
| MS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Obligation | : | Elective |
| Prerequisite courses | : | - |
| Concurrent courses | : | - |
| Delivery modes | : | Face-to-Face |
| Learning and teaching strategies | : | Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving |
| Course objective | : | The objective of the course is to introduce ? the notion of channel coding ? conventional and modern channel codes ? fundamentals of graph theory and codes on graphs |
| Learning outcomes | : | Learn and use the main algebraic tools utilized in coding theory Learn coding and decoding methods for fundamental block and convolutional codes Learn analysis tools for fundamental block and convolutional codes Learn message passing algorithms defined on graphs Learn codes on graphs, coding and iterative decoding methods for codes on graphs |
| Course content | : | ? Introduction to algebra ? Linear block codes, ? Convolutional codes ? Concatenated codes ? Elements of graph theory ? Algorithms on graphs ? Turbo decoding ? Low density parity check codes |
| References | : | Wicker and Kim, Fundamentals of codes, graphs, and iterative decoding, 2003.; Lin and Costello, Error control coding, second ed. 2004.; Richardson and Urbanke, Modern coding theory, 2008. |
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | Source and channel coding basics, complexity, bounds |
| 2 | Algebra review |
| 3 | Polynomials over Galois fields |
| 4 | Linear block codes structure, Hamming codes |
| 5 | BCH codes |
| 6 | Reed-Solomon codes |
| 7 | Convolutional codes |
| 8 | Midterm Exam |
| 9 | Concatenated codes |
| 10 | Elements of graph theory |
| 11 | Algorithms on graphs |
| 12 | Turbo decoding |
| 13 | Low-density parity check codes |
| 14 | Project presentations |
| 15 | Final exam |
| 16 | Final exam |
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade success | 50 | |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade success | 50 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| Course activities | Number | Duration (hours) | Total workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, etc.) | 14 | 7 | 98 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Project | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Total workload | 32 | 80 | 210 |
| Key learning outcomes | Contribution level | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1. | Has general and detailed knowledge in certain areas of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in addition to the required fundamental knowledge. | |||||
| 2. | Solves complex engineering problems which require high level of analysis and synthesis skills using theoretical and experimental knowledge in mathematics, sciences and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. | |||||
| 3. | Follows and interprets scientific literature and uses them efficiently for the solution of engineering problems. | |||||
| 4. | Designs and runs research projects, analyzes and interprets the results. | |||||
| 5. | Designs, plans, and manages high level research projects; leads multidiciplinary projects. | |||||
| 6. | Produces novel solutions for problems. | |||||
| 7. | Can analyze and interpret complex or missing data and use this skill in multidiciplinary projects. | |||||
| 8. | Follows technological developments, improves him/herself , easily adapts to new conditions. | |||||
| 9. | Is aware of ethical, social and environmental impacts of his/her work. | |||||
| 10. | Can present his/her ideas and works in written and oral form effectively; uses English effectively. | |||||
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