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Error control coding is the study and practice of detecting and/or correcting errors that occur in the transmission of digital information over a noisy communication channel, the transferal of information to and from memory and mass storage in a computer, or in any other application where random processes corrupt information. The student will study encoders and decoders for the most important codes in current use and will confront realistic problems in the use of coding. The course will comprise lectures, discussions, and projects.