Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Coding for Cyber Communication
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
INTE2656 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
171H School of Science |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2024, Sem 2 2025 |
Course Coordinator: Dr Mahshid Sadeghpour
Course Coordinator Phone: -
Course Coordinator Email: mahshid.sadeghpour@rmit.edu.au
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
Reliability is an essential feature of any effective communication. This course builds on the information security overview presented in INTE1120 Introduction to Information Security and INTE1122 Case Studies. It introduces a rigorous study of error-correction coding. The use of the correct coding scheme is imperative in ensuring integrity, which is an information security primitive. Error correcting and detecting codes used for computers and communications will be studied. Topics covered in this course include mathematical background, the communication channel, Reed-Muller Codes, parity check codes, cyclic codes, Hamming codes and compression coding.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Program Learning Outcomes
This course is an option course and will broadly contribute to the development of your program learning outcomes.
For more information on the program learning outcomes for your program, please see the program guide.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify the mathematical structures required for describing a given code.
- Use polynomial arithmetic for design and analysis of codes.
- Quantify the performance of codes as a function of fundamental parameters.
- Elaborate the relationship between the matrix and polynomial description of codes.
- Contrast the features of nonlinear, linear and cyclic error-correcting codes and compression codes.
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.
You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.
Weekly learning resources are set up and available in Canvas.
A list of recommended learning resources will be provided by your lecturer, which may include books, journal articles and web resources. You will also be expected to seek further resources relevant to the focus of your own learning.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1: Application theory in class tests
Weighting 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
Assessment Task 2: Computer based application assignments
Weighting 15%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
Assessment Task 3: Problem solving assignments
Weighting 35%
This assessment supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.