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Coding Theory

Important Information

The lecture is held in German during the summer semester and in English during the winter semester.

The German course is supervised by Paul Nowitzki and the English course by Ahmad Hamada.

Content

  • Source coding to reduce redundance
  • Channel coding for error detection and correction
    • Block codes
    • Convolutional codes
  • Decoding of block codes
  • State-of-the-art coding techniques 

An accompanying exercise is offered alongside the lecture. For most studies the Computational Experiments in Coding Theory is also part of this lecture module. Detailed information can be found in the study's prospectus.

Lecturer: Prof. Thomas Kürner
Assistants: Ahmad Hamada, Paul Nowitzki


Lecture (ET-NT-025)
Contact hours (SWS): 2h
Time: Thursday 13:15 - 14:45
Location: SN 22.1
Language: German (summer semester), English (winter semester)
​​​​​​​StudIP Link​​​​​​​

Start: 08.04.2026 at 15:00 in SN 22.1
All announcements and further material as well as information on the exam can be found on Stud.IP.

Exercise (ET-NT-026)
Contact hours (SWS): 1 h
Start: The date will be announced in the lecture
Time: Wednesday 15:00 - 16:30
Location: SN 22.1
Language: German (summer semester), English (winter semester)
StudIP Link 

Accompanying material

The lecture notes, the excercise sheets and announcements are available via StudIP.
The exercise sheets can be downloaded beforhand. The solutions are developed during the exercise.

Latest information

The most recent information and announcements can be found via StudIP.

Examination

Type: written examination

Information about exam: The exam date and time can be found in the examn overview of Faculty 5 or on Stud.IP along with all other relevant information.

All participants of the exam have to bring along their student ID and a valid photo ID for verification purpose.

 

 

 

 

 

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