Coding Theory and Secure Communications

Последна измена: March 31, 2021

Course: Coding Theory and Secure Communications

Code: 3ФЕИТ10036

ECTS points: 6 ЕКТС

Number of classes per week: 3+0+0+3

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Risteski

Course Goals (acquired competencies): Ability to perform thorough analysis of codes and coding schemes; application of coding techniques in various technologies and systems; thorough analysis of cryptographic protocols, algorithms and security mechanisms and their application in ICT systems. Readiness for research in these areas.

Course Syllabus: Review of modern coding techniques: application of coding schemes in optical / wireless / mobile / satellite communication and ICT systems. Performance analysis of various codes: Reed-Muller, BCH, Reed-Solomon, LDPC etc. Performance analysis of concatenated coding schemes and iterative decoding. New trends in coding techniques. Advanced cryptographic techniques for secure communications. Security aspects of modern ICT systems. Steganography techniques, analysis and applications.

Literature:

Required Literature

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Tom Richardson, Ruediger Urbanke Modern Coding Theory Cambridge University Press 2008

2

Darel Hankerson, Alfred Menezes, Scott Vanstone Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography Springer 2004

3

Alexander Sergienko Quantum communications and cryptography CRC 2005

Additional Literature

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Scientific journal and conference papers, standards, recommendations, other literature.