| 1 | Introduction |  | 
| 2 | Channels and Capacity | Small project 1 out | 
| 3 | Repetition Code and Prior Probability  |  | 
| 4 | Probablities and Decoding Codes | Small project 1 due | 
| 5 | Gaussian Channels, Parity Product Code | Small project 2 out | 
| 6 | Introduction to Belief Propagation |  | 
| 7 | The Markov Property | Small project 2 due | 
| 8 | Linear Codes |  | 
| 9 | LDPC Codes | Project 1 out | 
| 10 | In-class debugging session |  | 
| 11 | Belief Propagation on Trees |  | 
| 12 | Representing Probabilities |  | 
| 13 | LDPC on Binary Erasure Channels |  | 
| 14 | Convolutional Codes |  | 
| 15 | Turbo Codes | Project 1 due
  Small project 3 out | 
| 16 | Serial Concatenated Codes |  | 
| 17 | Developments in iterative coding | Small project 3 due | 
| 18 | Individual Meetings, No Class |  | 
| 19 | Lecture on Developments in Iterative Decoding | Project proposal due | 
| 20 | Individual Meetings, No Class |  | 
| 21 | Individual Meetings, No Class |  | 
| 22 | Lecture on Classical Codes | First draft of final project due - Hard deadline | 
| 23 | Student Presentations |  | 
| 24 | Student Presentations |  | 
| 25 | Student Presentations |  | 
| 26 | Student Presentations | Re-write of final project due |