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Raptor Codes

Presentation to Swisscom Innovations 2006 by A. Shokrollahi

Abstract: Talk intended for a general audience with networking background. The talk concluded with several demos, which are not available on the web at this point.

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Raptor Codes

Minicourse held at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. 2005 by A. Shokrollahi

Abstract: This minicourse introduces the applications that have lead to the development of Raptor codes, and introduces the theory behind these codes. Emphasis is on codes designed for the binary erasure channel.

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Verification Decoding of Raptor Codes

Talk presented at ISIT 2005 by A. Shokrollahi

Abstract: An introduction into algorithms for decoding Raptor codes on the q-ary symmetric channel for large q.

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Capacity-achieving codes on erasure (and other) channels

Talk presented at Communication Theory Workshop 2005 by A. Shokrollahi

Abstract: The talk discusses capacity-achieving sequences for the erasure channel and for the q-ary symmetric channel for large q

Threshold Phenomena and Fountain Codes

Talk presented at the workshop "Applications of Statistical Physics to Coding Theory", Santa Fe, New Mexico 2005 by A. Shokrollahi

Abstract: The talk discusses capacity-achieving sequences foThe talk discusses threshold phenomena arising in the study of fountain codes on various channels.

Raptor Codes on Symmetric Channels

Talk presented at ISIT 2004 by A. Shokrollahi

Abstract: Introduction to Raptor codes on binary input memoryless symmetric channels.

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Fountain Codes

Presentation at the Technical University of Muenchen 2004 by A. Shokrollahi

Abstract: Introduction to Fountain Codes on the BEC and binary input memoryless symmetric channels. Original talks was in powerpoint, but change to keynote and save as pdf have made some of the fonts unreadable.