NSERC USRA 2007 Starts

Today is my first day, and obviously I am not working very hard, as I am writing this blog at this time. But I will gradually improve :)

I met with Prof. Kschischang this morning and we talked about my project over the summer. It will be a topic on network coding and it sounds really interesting. I think it will be a fun problem to work on.

Meanwhile, I also need to acquire some stuff to get started. Graph theory is useful for any general networking research, and I will read some tutorial papers on network coding too. There will be a lot to be explored and hopefully I can achieve something.

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Life is an opportunity to do something.

What's New and Exciting in Algebraic and Combinatorial Coding Theory?

Nowadays, a popular opinion is that "Coding is dead". But it is not. Please see the following keynote speech of ISIT 2006, from Prof. Vardy.

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What's New and Exciting in Algebraic and Combinatorial Coding Theory?

Slides and handouts are now available.

Alexander Vardy
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California at San Diego

We will survey the field of algebraic and combinatorial coding theory, in an attempt to answer the question in the title. In particular, we shall revisit classical problems that are yet unsolved, review promising advances in the past decade, elaborate upon recent connections to other areas, and speculate what may lie ahead for the field.

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Life is an opportunity to do something.