Publications

Publications, ordered by type, then chronologically.

Books and monographs

  1. L. Dolecek and F. Sala, “Channel Coding Methods for Non-Volatile Memories,” Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory, Vol. 13 (1), pp. 1- 136, February 2016.

Editorials and book chapters

  1. A. Barg, L. Dolecek, R. Gabrys, Gyula O. H. Katona, J. K ̈orner, A. McGregor, O. Milenkovic, S. Mesnager, G. Z ́emor, “Guest Editorial Special Issue: From Deletion-Correction to Graph Reconstruction: In Memory of Vladimir I. Levenshtein”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Theory vol. 67(6), pp. 3187-3189, June 2021.
  2. I. Alam, L. Dolecek, and P. Gupta, “Lightweight Software-Defined Error Correction for Memories,” in Dependable Embedded Systems, Eds. J. Henkel and N. Dutt, Springer, 2021
  3. F. Sala, C. Schoeny, and L. Dolecek, “Advanced Algebraic and Graph-Based ECC Schemes for Flash Memories,” 3-D Flash Memories, Ed. Rino Micheloni, Springer, 2016.
  4. L. Dolecek, M. Blaum, S. Bruck, A. Jiang, K. Ramchandran, and B. Vasic, “Guest Editorial: Communication Methodologies for the Next Generation Data Storage Systems,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 32 (5), pp. 825- 830, May 2014.
  5. L. Dolecek, “Towards practical graph-based, iteratively decoded channel codes: insights through absorbing sets,” in Tractability, Eds. L. Bordeaux, Y. Hamadi, and P. Kohli, Cambridge University Press, March 2014.​

Journals

(pdfs provided in most cases but publishers have the copyright)
  1. L. Dolecek and E. Soljanin, “QKD Based on Time-Entangled Photons and its Key-Rate Promise,” IEEE BITS Magazine, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 39-48, 1 Dec. 2022.
  2. D. Mitra, L. Tauz, and L. Dolecek, “Graph Coded Merkle Tree: Mitigating Data Availability Attacks in Blockchain Systems Using Informed Design of Polar Factor Graphs,” IEEE Journal on Sel. Areas in Info. Theory, to appear, 2023.
  3. H. Esfahanizadeh, E. Ram, Y. Cassuto, and L. Dolecek, “A Unified, SNR-Aware SC-LDPC Code Design With Applications to Magnetic Recording,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 53 (3), pp. 3000529, March 2023.

  4. S. Yang, A. H. Hareedy, A. R. Calderbank, and L. Dolecek, “Breaking the Computational Bot- tleneck: Probabilistic Optimization of High-Memory Spatially-Coupled Codes,” IEEE Trans- actions on Information Theory, vol. 69 (2), pp. 886 – 909, Feb. 2023.

  5. D. Mitra, L. Tauz, L. Dolecek, “Overcoming Data Availability Attacks in Blockchain Systems: LDPC Code Design for Coded Merkle Tree,” in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 70 (9), pp. 5742 – 5759, Sept. 2022.

  6. L. Tauz and L. Dolecek, ”Variable Coded Batch Matrix Multiplication,” in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory, vol. 3(2), pp. 306 – 320, Sept. 2022.

  7. S. Yang, A. Hareedy, A. R. Calderbank, and L. Dolecek, “Hierarchical Coding for Cloud Storage: Topology-Adaptivity, Scalability, and Flexibility,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 68 (6), pp. 3657 – 3680, June 2022.

  8. P. Stanley-Marbell, A. Alaghi, M. Carbin, E. Darulova, L. Dolecek, A. Gerstlauer, G. Gillani, D. Jevdjic, T. Moreau, M. Cacciotti, A. Daglis, N. Enright Jerger, B. Falsafi, S. Misailovic, A. Sampson, D. Zufferey, “Exploiting Errors for Efficiency: A Survey from Circuits to Applica- tions,” ACM Computing Surveys, vol. 53 (3), no. 3, pp. 1-39, March 2021.

  9. A. Hareedy, R. Wu, and L. Dolecek, “A Channel-Aware Combinatorial Approach to DesignHigh Performance Spatially-Coupled Codes for Magnetic Recording Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 66 (8), pp. 4834- 4852, Aug. 2020.
  10. H. Esfahanizadeh, L. Tauz, and L. Dolecek, “Multi-Dimensional Spatially-Coupled Code Design: Enhancing the Cycle Properties,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68 (5), pp. 2653 — 2666, May 2020.
  11. Z. Chen, C. Schoeny, L. Dolecek, “Pilot Assisted Adaptive Thresholding for Sneak-Path Mitigation in Resistive Memories With Failed Selection Devices,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68(1), pp. 66-81, Jan. 2020.
  12. C. Schoeny, F. Sala, M. Gottscho, I. Alam, P. Gupta, and L. Dolecek, “Context-Aware Resiliency: Unequal Message Protection for Random-Access Memories,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 65 (10), pp. 6146 — 6159, Oct. 2019.
  13. S. Yang, C. Schoeny, and L. Dolecek, “Theoretical Bounds and Constructions of Codes in the Generalized Cayley Metric,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 65 (8), pp. 4746– 4763, Aug. 2019.
  14. A. Hareedy, C. Lanka, N. Guo, and L. Dolecek, “A Combinatorial Methodology for Optimizing Non-Binary Graph-Based Codes: Theoretical Analysis and Applications in Data Storage,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 65 (4), pp. 2128 – 2154, Apr. 2019. IEEE Data Storage Society 2019 Best Student Paper Award.
  15. H. Esfahanizadeh, A. Hareedy, and L. Dolecek, “Finite-Length Construction of High Performance Spatially-Coupled Codes via Optimized Partitioning and Lifting,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67(1), pp. 3-16, Jan. 2019.
  16. Z. Chen, C. Schoeny, and L. Dolecek, “Hamming Distance Computation in Unreliable Resistive Memory,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66 (11), pp. 5013 – 5027, Nov. 2018.
  17. S. S. Garani, L. Dolecek, J. Barry, F. Sala, and B. Vasic, “Signal Processing and Coding Techniques for 2-D Magnetic Recording: An Overview,”  Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 106 (9), pp. 286-318, Feb. 2018.
  18. Esfahanizadeh, A. Hareedy, R. Wu, R. Galbraith, and L. Dolecek, “Spatially-coupled codes for channels with SNR variation,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 54, no. 11, Nov. 2018, Art. no. 9401505.
  19. M. Gottscho, I. Alam, C. Schoeny, L. Dolecek, P. Gupta, “Low-Cost Memory Fault Tolerance for IoT Devices,” ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, vol. 16(5). pp. 128:1– 128:25, Nov. 2017. Best Paper Award at the ACM/IEEE Int. Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and System Synthesis (CASES) 
  20. L. Dolecek and Y. Cassuto, “Channel Coding for Nonvolatile Memory Technologies: Theoretical Advances and Practical Considerations,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 105 (9), pp. 1705-1724, Sept. 2017.
  21. F. Sala, R. Gabrys, C. Schoeny, and L. Dolecek, “Exact Reconstruction from Insertions in Synchronization Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 63 (4), pp. 2428 — 2446, April 2017.
  22. F. Sala, C. Schoeny, S. Kabir, D. Divsalar, and L. Dolecek, “On Nonuniform Noisy Decoding for LDPC Codes with Application to Radiation-Induced Errors,”  IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65 (4), pp. 1438-1450, April 2017.
  23. H. Esfahanizadeh, A. Hareedy, and L. Dolecek, “Spatially-Coupled Codes Optimized for Magnetic Recording Applications,”  IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 53 (2), pp. 1 — 11, Feb. 2017.
  24. A. Hareedy, C. Lanka, and L. Dolecek, “A General Non-Binary LDPC Code Optimization Framework Suitable for Dense Flash Memory and Magnetic Storage,”  IEEE Journal On Selected Areas of Communications (JSAC) — Special Issue on Data Storage, Sept. 2016.
  25. B. Amiri, A. Reisizadeh, H. Esfahanizadeh, J. Kliewer, and L. Dolecek, “Optimized Design of Finite-Length Separable Circulant-Based Spatially-Coupled Codes: An Absorbing Set-Based Analysis,”  IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2016.
  26. A. Hareedy, B. Amiri, R. Galbraith, and L. Dolecek, “Non-Binary LDPC Codes for Magnetic Recording Channels: Error Floor Analysis and Optimized Code Design,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 64 (8), pp. 3194 — 3207, Aug. 2016.
  27. F. Sala, C. Schoeny, N. Bitouze, and L. Dolecek, “Synchronizing Files from a Large Number of Insertions and Deletions,”  IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 64 (6), pp. 2258 — 2273, June 2016.
  28. R. Gabrys, E. Yaakobi, F. Farnoud, F. Sala, S. Bruck, and L. Dolecek, “Codes Correcting Erasures and Deletions for Rank Modulation“, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 62 (1), pp. 136 — 150, January 2016.
  29. C.-H. Huang, Y. Li, and L. Dolecek, “ACOCO: Adaptive Coding for Approximate Computing on Faulty Memories,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol 63 (12), pp. 4615 — 4628, December 2015.
  30. L. Wanner, L. Lai, A. Rahimi, M. Gottscho, P. Mercati, C.-H. Huang, F. Sala, Y. Agarwal, L. Dolecek, N. Dutt, P. Gupta, R. Gupta, R. Jhala, R. Kumar, S. Lerner, S. Mitra, A. Nicolau,T. Simunic-Rosing, M. B. Srivastava, S. Swanson, D. Sylvester, and Y. Zhou, “NSF expedition on variability-aware software: Recent results and contributions,”  Information Technology, vol. 57(3), pp. 181–198, June 2015.
  31. Y. Li, Y. Chi, C.-H. Huang, and L. Dolecek, “Orthogonal Matching Pursuit on Noisy Circuits,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 63 (7), pp. 2541 – 2554, July 2015.
  32. R. Gabrys, E. Yaakobi, and L. Dolecek, “Correcting Grain-Errors in Magnetic Media,”IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 61 (5), pp.2256 — 2272, May 2015. IEEE Data Storage Society Best Student Paper Award.
  33. R. Gabrys and L. Dolecek, “Constructions of Non-binary WOM Codes for Multilevel Flash Memories,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 61 (4), pp. 1905-1919, April 2015.
  34. C.-H. Huang, Y. Li, and L. Dolecek, “Belief Propagation Algorithms on Noisy Hardware,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol 63 (1), pp. 11 — 24, Jan. 2015.
  35. F. Sala, K. A. S. Immink, and L. Dolecek, “Error Control Schemes for Modern Flash Memories: Solutions for Flash Deficiencies,” IEEE Consumer Electronics, vol. 4 (1), pp. 66-73, Jan. 2015.
  36. R. Gabrys, F. Sala, and L. Dolecek, “Coding for Unreliable Flash Memory Cells,”  IEEE Communication Letters, vol 18 (9), pp. 1491 — 1494, July 2014.
  37. L. Dolecek, D. Divsalar, Y. Sun and B. Amiri, “Non-Binary Protograph-Based LDPC Codes: Enumerators, Analysis, and Designs,”IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 60 (7), pp. 3913 — 3941, July 2014.
  38. D. J. Costello, Jr., L. Dolecek, T. E. Fuja, J. Kliewer, D. G. M. Mitchell, and R. Smarandache, “Spatially Coupled Sparse Codes: Theory and Practice IEEE Communications Magazine, vol 52 (7), pp. 168 — 176, July 2014.
  39. B. Amiri, J. Kliewer, and L. Dolecek, “Analysis and Enumeration of Absorbing Sets for Non-Binary Graph-Based Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62 (2), pp. 398 — 409, Feb. 2014.
  40. C.-H. Huang, Y. Li, and L. Dolecek, “Gallager B LDPC Decoder with Transient and Permanent Errors,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol 62 (1),  pp. 15 –28, Jan. 2014.
  41. S. M. S. Tabatabaei and L. Dolecek, “A Deterministic, Polynomial-time Protocol for Synchronizing from Deletions,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 60 (1), pp. 397 — 407, Jan. 2014.
  42. M. Qazi, M. Tikekar, L. Dolecek, D. Shah, and A. Chandrakasan, “A Technique for Efficient Evaluation of SRAM Timing Failure,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI, vol. 21 (8), pp. 1558 – 1562, Aug. 2013.
  43. F. Sala, R. Gabrys and L. Dolecek, “Dynamic threshold schemes for multi-level non-volatile memories,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61 (7), pp. 2624 – 2634, Jul. 2013.
  44. S. M. S. Tabatabaei, H. Cho and L. Dolecek, “Gallager B Decoder on Noisy Hardware,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61 (5), pp. 1660- 1673, May 2013.
  45. J. Wang, L. Dolecek and R. Wesel, “The Cycle Consistency Matrix Approach to Absorbing Sets in Separable Circulant-Based LDPC Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59(4), pp. 2293 — 2314, Apr. 2013.
  46. R. Gabrys, E. Yaakobi and L. Dolecek, “Graded bit error correcting codes with applications to flash memory,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59(4), pp. 2315 — 2327, Apr. 2013.
  47. B. Amiri, C. W. Lin and L. Dolecek,”Asymptotic Distribution of Absorbing Sets and Fully Absorbing Sets for Regular Sparse Code Ensembles,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61(2), pp. 455 — 464, Feb. 2013.
  48. P. Gupta et al., “Underdesigned and Opportunistic Computing in Presence of Hardware Variability,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, vol. 32 (1), pp. 8 -23, Jan. 2013.
  49. S. M. S. Tabatabaei Yazdi, C.H. Huang, and L. Dolecek, “Optimal Design of a Gallager B Noisy Decoder for Irregular LDPC Codes,” IEEE Communication Letters, vol. 16 (12), pp. 2052 – 2055, Dec. 2012.
  50. F. Penna, Y. Sun, L. Dolecek and D. Cabric, “Detecting and Counteracting Statistical Attacks in Cooperative Spectrum Sensing“, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol 60 (4), pp. 1806 – 1822, April, 2012.
  51. L. Dolecek and V. Anantharam, “Repetition Error Correcting Sets: Explicit Constructions and Prefixing Methods,” SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, vol. 23 (4), pp. 2120 – 2146, Jan. 2010.
  52. L. Dolecek, Z. Zhang, V. Anantharam, M. Wainwright, and B. Nikolic, “Analysis of Absorbing Sets and Fully Absorbing Sets for Array-Based LDPC Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 56 (1), pp. 181-201, Jan. 2010.
  53. Z. Zhang, L. Dolecek, B. Nikolic, V. Anantharam and M. Wainwright, “Design of LDPC Decoders for Low Bit Error Rate Performance: Quantization and Algorithm Choices,’’ IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 57 (11), pp. 3258-3268, Nov. 2009.
  54. L. Dolecek, P. Lee, Z. Zhang, V. Anantharam, B. Nikolic, and M. J. Wainwright, “Predicting Error Floors of LDPC Codes: Deterministic Bounds and Estimates,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communications, vol. 27 (6) pp. 908–917, August 2009.
  55. L. Dolecek and V. Anantharam, “Using Reed Muller codes in channels with synchronization and substitution errors,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 53 (4), pp. 1430 – 1443, April 2007.
 

Conferences

2023

  • L. Tauz and L. Dolecek, “Fully Private Grouped Matrix Multiplication with Colluding Workers,” Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Taipei, Taiwan, June 2023.

2022

  • D. Mitra, L. Tauz, and L. Dolecek, “Polar Coded Merkle Tree: Improved Detection of Data Availability Attacks in Blockchain Systems,” IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Espoo, Finland, June 2022. Finalist for the Memorable Paper Award at NVMW 2023.

2021

  • L. Tauz and L. Dolecek, “Variable Coded Batch Matrix Multiplication,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Madrid, Spain, Dec. 2021.
  • Z. Chen and L. Dolecek, ”Coding Schemes for Crossbar Resistive Memory with High Line Re- sistance in SCM Applications,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Topics in Coding, Montreal, Canada, August 2021. (invited)
  • S. Yang, A. Hareedy, S. Venkatasubramanian, A. R. Calderbank, and L. Dolecek, “GRADE- AO: Towards Near-Optimal Spatially-Coupled Codes With High Memories,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Melbourne, Australia, July 2021.
  • D. Mitra, L. Tauz, and L. Dolecek, “Communication-Efficient LDPC Code Design for Data Availability Oracle in Side Blockchains,” in Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Kanazawa, Japan, October 2021. Runner Up for the Memorable Paper Award at NVMW 2022.
  • D. Mitra, L. Tauz, and L. Dolecek, “Concentrated Stopping Set Design for Coded Merkle Tree: Improving Security Against Data Availability Attacks in Blockchain Systems,” in Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Riva del Garda, Italy, Aug. 2020 (held in 2021).

2020

  • A. Chen and L. Dolecek, “Write and Read Channel Models for 1S1R Crossbar Resistive Mem- ory with High Line Resistance,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBE- COM), Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 2020.
  • S. Yang, A. Hareedy, R. Calderbank, and L. Dolecek, “Topology-Aware Cooperative Data Protection in Blockchain-Based Decentralized Storage Networks,” Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Los Angeles, CA, Jun. 2020.
  • H. Esfahanizadeh, E. Ram, y. Cassuto, and L. Dolecek, “Spatially Coupled Codes with Sub-Block Locality: Joint Finite Length-Asymptotic Design Approach,” Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Los Angeles, CA, Jun. 2020.
  • L. Tauz, H. Esfahanizadeh, and L. Dolecek, “Non-Uniform Window Decoding for Multi-Dimensional Spatially-Coupled LDPC Codes,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium onInformation Theory (ISIT), Los Angeles, CA, Jun. 2020.
     

2019

  • S. Yang, A. Hareedy, R. Calderbank, and L. Dolecek, “Hierarchical coding to enable scalability and flexibility in heterogeneous cloud storage,” IEEE GLOBECOM, Waikoloa, HI, USA, Dec. 2019.
  • S. Yang, M. Can Sarihan, K.-C. Chang, C.W. Wong, and L. Dolecek, “Efficient Information Reconciliation for Energy-Time Entanglement Quantum Key Distribution,” Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2019.
  • D. Mitra and L. Dolecek, “Patterned Erasure Correcting Codes for Low Storage-Overhead Blockchain Systems,” Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2019.
  • L. Tauz, L. Dolecek, “Multi-Message Gradient Coding for Utilizing Non-Persistent Stragglers,” Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2019.
  • H. Esfahanizadeh, R. Wu, and L. Dolecek, “A Finite-Length Construction of Irregular SpatiallyCoupled Codes,” in Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Visby, Sweden, Aug. 2019. (invited)
  • M. Abroshan, R. Venkataramanan, L. Dolecek, and A. Guillen i Fabregas, “Coding for Deletion Channels with Multiple Traces,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Paris, France, Jul. 2019.
  • H. Esfahanizadeh, A. Hareedy, L. Dolecek, “Multi-Dimensional Spatially-Coupled Code Design Through Informed Relocation of Circulants,” in Proc. 57th Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL.

2018

  • Hareedy, H. Esfahanizadeh, A. Tan, and L. Dolecek, “Spatially-coupled code design for partial-response channels: optimal object-minimization approach,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018, pp. 1-7.
  • L. Conde-Canencia and L. Dolecek, “Nanopore DNA Sequencing Channel Modeling,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems (SiPS), Cape Town, South Africa, Oct. 2018.
  • L. Dolecek, J. Lee, and J. Cheung, “Unveiling Intrinsic Locality Properties of Reed-Solomon Codes with Applications to Distributed Storage,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kansas City, MS May 2018.
  • Esfahanizadeh, A. Hareedy, R. Galbraith, R. Wu, and L. Dolecek, “Spatially-coupled codes for channels with SNR variation,” in Proc. IEEE International Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG), Singapore, Singapore, Apr. 2018.
  • I. Alam, C. Schoeny, L. Dolecek, and P. Gupta, “Parity++: Lightweight Error Correction for Last Level Caches”, Workshop on Silicon Errors in Logic System Effects (SELSE), March 2018. Best of SELSE — also presented at DSN 2018.

2017

  • S. Kabir, F. Sala, G. Van Den Broeck, “Coded Machine Learning: joint informed replication and learning for linear regression,”  in Proc. IEEE 55th Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Moticello, IL, Oct. 2017.
  • C. Schoeny, F. Sala, and L. Dolecek, “Novel combinatorial coding results for DNA sequencing and data storage,”  in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 2017.
  • Z. Chen, C. Schoeny, Y. Cassuto, and L. Dolecek, “A coding scheme for reliable in-memory Hamming distance computation,”  in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 2017.
  • A. Hareedy, H. Esfahanizadeh, L. Dolecek, “High performance spatially coupled codes for flash memories,”   in Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 2017. Winner of the Memorable Paper Award at NVMW 2018
  • C. Schoeny, F. Sala, M. Gottcho, I. Alam, P. Gupta, and L. Dolecek, “Context aware resiliency: unequal message protection for random access memories,”  in Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 2017. (invited).
  • S. Yang, C. Schoeny, and L. Dolecek, “Order-optimal permutation codes in the generalized Cayley metric,”  in Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 2017. Runner up for Memorable Paper Award at NVMW 2018
  • H. Esfahanizadeh, A. Hareedy, and L. Dolecek, “A Novel Combinatorial Framework to Construct Spatially-Coupled Codes: Minimum Overlap Partitioning,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Aachen, Germany, June 2017.

2016

  • F. Sala, C. Schoeny, S. Kabir, D. Divsalar, and L. Dolecek, “Flash Memories in High Radiation Environments: LDPC Decoder Study,” in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 2016 (invited).
  • H. Esfahanizadeh, A. Hareedy, and L. Dolecek, “Spatially Coupled LDPC Codes Optimized for 1-D Magnetic Recording Channels,” in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 2016.
  • K. Mazooji, F. Sala, G. van Den Broeck, and L. Dolecek, “Robust Channel Coding Strategies for Machine Learning Data,” in Proc. IEEE 54th Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Moticello, IL, Oct. 2016.
  • L. Dolecek, “Coding Theory for Robust Computing: Models, Tools, Applications,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Turbo Coding and Iterative Information Processing, Brest, France, Sept. 2016.
  • A. Reisizadeh, C. Schoeny, C.Y. Tsai, and L. Dolecek, “Approximate File Synchronization: Upper Bounds and Interactive Algorithms,” in Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Cambridge, UK, Sept. 2016.
  • A. Hareedy, C. Lanka, C. Schoeny, and L. Dolecek, “The Weight Consistency Matrix Framework for General Non-Binary LDPC Code Optimization: Applications in Flash Memories,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Barcelona, Spain, July 2016.
  • F. Sala, R. Gabrys, C. Schoeny, K. Mazooji, and L. Dolecek, “Exact Sequence Reconstruction for Insertion-Correcting Codes,”  in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Barcelona, Spain, July 2016.
  • M. Gottscho, C. Schoeny, L. Dolecek and P. Gupta, “Software Defined Error-Correcting Codes”, Workshop on Silicon Errors in Logic System Effects (SELSE), March 2016. Best of SELSE — also presented at DSN 2016.
  • F. Sala, H. Duwe, L. Dolecek, and R. Kumar, “A Unified Framework for Error Correction Techniques in On-Chip Memories,” Workshop on Silicon Errors in Logic System Effects (SELSE), March 2016, Best of SELSE — also presented at DSN 2016.
  • P. Schalfer, C. Huang, C. Schoeny, C. Weis, Y. Li, N. Wehn, and L. Dolecek, “Error Resilience and Energy Efficiency: an LDPC Decoder Study,” in Proc. DATE, Dresden, Germany, March 2016.
  • S. Ranganathan, K. Vakilinia, L. Dolecek, D. Divsalar, and R. Wesel, “Some Results on Spatially-Coupled Protograph LDPC Codes,” ITA 2016.

2015

  • A. Hareedy, B. Amiri, S. Zhao, R. Galbraith, and L. Dolecek, “Non-Binary LDPC Code Optimization for Partial Response Channels,”  in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Dec. 2015. Best paper award.
  • F. Sala, C. Schoeny, D, Divsalar, and L. Dolecek, “Asymmetric ECCs for Flash in High Radiation Environments,”  IEEE AsilomarConference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2015 (invited).
  • C. Schoeny, F. Sala, and L. Dolecek, “Analysis and Coding Schemes for the Flash Normal-Laplace Mixture Channel,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Hong Kong, June, 2015.
  • F. Sala, C, Schoeny, and L. Dolecek, “Three Novel Combinatorial Theorems for the Insertion/Deletion Channel,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Hong Kong, June, 2015.
  • F. Sala, C. Schoeny, D. Divsalar, and L. Dolecek, “Asymmetric Error-Correcting Codes for Flash Memories in High-Radiation Environments,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Hong Kong, June, 2015.
  • C.H. Huang, Y. Li, and L. Dolecek, “Adaptive Error Correction Coding Scheme for Computations in the Noisy Min-Sum Decoder,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Hong Kong, June, 2015.
  • B. Amiri, A. Reisizadeh, J. Kliewer, and L. Dolecek, “Optimized Array-Based Spatially-Coupled LDPC Codes: An Absorbing Set Approach,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Hong Kong, June, 2015.

2014

  • F. Sala, R. Gabrys, and L. Dolecek, “Gilbert-Varshamov-like Lower Bounds for Deletion-Correcting Codes,” in Proc.  IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Nov. 2014.
  • B. Amiri, A. Flores, and L. Dolecek, “Design of Non-binary Quasi-Cyclic LDPC Codes by Absorbing Set Removal,” in Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Nov. 2014.
  • Y. Toriyama, B. Amiri, L. Dolecek, and D. Markovic, “Logarithmic Quantization Scheme for Reduced Hardware Cost and Improved Error Floor in Non-Binary LDPC Codes,” in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Dec. 2014.
  • C. Schoeny, N. Bitouze, F. Sala, and L. Dolecek, “Efficient File Synchronization: Extensions and Simulations,” in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 2014. (invited)
  • Y. Toriyama, B. Amiri, L. Dolecek, and D. Markovic, “Field-Order Based Hardware Cost Analysis of Non-Binary LDPC Decoders,” in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 2014.
  • C.-H. Huang, Y. Li, and L. Dolecek, “Noisy Belief Propagation,” in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 2014.
  • F. Sala. R. Gabrys, and L. Dolecek, “Deletions in Multipermutations,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Honolulu, HI, July 2014.
  • D. Mitchell, L. Dolecek, and D. Costello, “Absorbing Set Characterization of Array-Based Spatially Coupled LDPC Codes,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Honolulu, HI, July 2014.
  • R. Gabrys, E. Yaakobi, F. Farnoud, F. Sala, S. Bruck, and L. Dolecek, “Single-Deletion-Correcting Codes over Permutations,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Honolulu, HI, July 2014.

2013

  • N. Bitouze, F. Sala, S. M. S. Tabatabaei and L. Dolecek, “A practical framework for efficient file synchronization,” Proc. IEEE 51st Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Moticello, IL, Oct. 2013.
  • Y. Li and L. Dolecek, “Effects of Approximate Representation in Belief Propagation for Inference in Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2013.
  • X. Wu, H. Chang, C.-H. Huang, Y. Wang, L. Dolecek, and Greg Pottie, “Virtual Inertial Measurements for Motion Inference in Wireless Health,” Proc. IEEE AsilomarConference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2013.
  • M. Laghate, C.H. Huang, C.-K. Yu, L. Dolecek, and D. Cabric, “Identifying Statistical Mimicry Attacks in Distributed Spectrum Sensing,” Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2013.
  • S. Chakraboty, N. Bitouze, M. Srivastava, L. Dolecek, “Protecting Data Against Unwanted Inferences,” Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Sevilla, Spain, Sept. 2013.
  • F. Sala and L. Dolecek, “Constrained Rank Modulation,” Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Sevilla, Spain, Sept. 2013.
  • N. Bitouze and L. Dolecek, “Synchronization from Insertions and Deletions under a Non-binary, Non-uniform Source,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013.
  • F. Sala and L. Dolecek, “Counting Sequences Obtained from the Synchronization Channel,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013.
  • R. Gabrys, E. Yaakobi, and L. Dolecek, “Correcting Grain Errors in Magnetic Media,”  in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013.
  • B. Amiri, J. Kliewer, and L. Dolecek, “Analysis and Enumeration of Absorbing Sets for Non-Binary Graph-Based Codes,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013.
  • C. H. Huang, Y. Li, and L. Dolecek, “Gallager B LDPC Decoder with Transient and Permanent Errors,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013.
  • C. H. Huang and L. Dolecek, “Analysis of Finite-Alphabet Iterative Decoders Under Processing Errors,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Vancouver, Canada, May, 2013.

2012

  • F. Sala, R. Gabrys, and L. Dolecek, “Dynamic Threshold Schemes for Multi-Level  Nonvolatile Memories”, Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2012.
  • B. Amiri, S. Garani Srinivasa, and L. Dolecek, “Quantization, Absorbing Regions and Practical Message Passing Decoders,” Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2012.
  • S. M. S. Tabatabaei Yazdi and L. Dolecek, “Synchronization from Deletions Through Interactive Communication,” Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Turbo Coding and Iterative Information Processing, Gotenburg, Sweden, Aug. 2012.
  • >B. Y. Chang, D. Divsalar, and L. Dolecek,”Non-binary Protograph-Based LDPC Codes for Short Block-lengths,” Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Lausanne, Switzerland, Sept. 2012.
  • R. Gabrys, E. Yaakobi, L. Grupp, S. Swanson, and L. Dolecek, “Tackling Intracell Variability in TLC Flash Through Tensor Product Codes,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Boston, MA, July 2012.
  • D. Divsalar and L. Dolecek, “Graph Cover Ensembles of Non-binary Protograph LDPC Codes,”  in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Boston, MA, July 2012.
  • S. M. S. Tabatabaei Yazdi, H. Cho, Y. Sun, S. Mitra, and L. Dolecek, “Probabilistic Analysis of Gallager B Faulty Decoder”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) — Emerging Data Storage Technologies, Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.
  • F.Gong, S. Basir-Kazeruni, L. Dolecek and L. He, “Fast Estimation of SRAM Failure Rate Using Probability Collectives,” in Proc. ACM International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), Napa, CA, March 2012.
  • D. Divsalar and L. Dolecek, “On the typical minimum distance of protograph-based non-binary LDPC codes”, in Proc. IEEE Information Theory and Applications (ITA), San Diego, Feb. 2012.
  • R. Gabrys and L. Dolecek, “Coding for the Binary Asymmetric Channel,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Maui, HI, Jan. 2012.

2011

  • R. Gabrys and L. Dolecek, “Spatially-Aware Adaptive Error Correcting Codes for Flash Memory”  in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2011.
  • J. Zhang, J. Wang, S. G. Srinivasa, and L. Dolecek, “Achieving Flexibility in LDPC Code Design by Absorbing Set Elimination,” in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2011.
  • Y. Sun and L. Dolecek, “Complexity Analysis of Interior Point Methods for LP Decoding,” in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2011.
  • R. Gabrys, E. Yaakobi, L. Dolecek, P. Siegel, A. Vardy, and J. K. Wolf, “Non-binary WOM Codes for Multilevel Flash Memories,” in Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Paraty, Brazil, Oct. 2011.
  • D. Divsalar and L. Dolecek, “Ensemble Analysis of Pseudocodewords of Non-binary Protograph-based LDPC codes,”  in Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Paraty, Brazil, Oct. 2011.
  • B. Y. Chang, L. Dolecek and D. Divsalar, “EXIT Chart Analysis and Design of Non-binary Protograph Based LDPC Codes,” in Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference (Milcom), Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2011.
  • F. Penna, Y. Sun, L. Dolecek and D. Cabric, “Joint Spectrum Sensing and Detection of Malicious Nodes via Belief Propagation,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Houston, TX, Dec. 2011.
  • R. Gabrys and L. Dolecek, “Characterizing capacity achieving write once memory codes for multilevel flash memories,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), St. Petersburg, Russia, July – Aug. 2011.
  • D. Divsalar and L. Dolecek, “Enumerators for protograph-based ensembles of nonbinary LDPC codes,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), St. Petersburg, Russia, July – Aug. 2011.
  • J. Wang, L. Dolecek, Z. Zhang and R. Wesel, “Absorbing set spectrum approach for practical code design,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), St. Petersburg, Russia, July – Aug. 2011.
  • J. Wang, L. Dolecek and R. Wesel, “Controlling LDPC Absorbing Sets via the Null Space of the Cycle Consistency Matrix,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.
  • B. Y. Chang, M. Ivkovic and L. Dolecek, “Computationally-Efficient Iterative Decoding for Reliable System Design: Min-Sum Refined,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, May 2011.
  • J. Wang, L. Dolecek and R. Wesel, “LDPC Absorbing Sets, the Null Space of the Cycle Consistency Matrix, and Tanner’s Constructions, ” in Proc. IEEE Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), UCSD, La Jolla, Feb. 2011.
  • C. W. Lin and L. Dolecek, “Asymptotic Distribution of Absorbing Sets and Fully Absorbing Sets for Regular Sparse Code Ensembles,”  in Proc. IEEE Australian Communications Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 2011.

2010

  • L. Dolecek, “Towards longer lifetime of emerging memory technologies using number theory,”  in Proc. IEEE Globecom 2010, Miami, FL, Dec. 2010.
  • L. Dolecek, Z. Wang and Z. Zhang, “Towards improved LDPC code designs using absorbing set spectrum properties, “ in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Turbo Coding and Iterative Information Processing, Brest, France, Sept. 2010.
  • L. Dolecek, “On absorbing sets of structured sparse graph codes,” in Proc. IEEE Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), La Jolla, CA, Jan. – Feb. 2010
  • G. Jovanovic and L. Dolecek, “Novel multiplierless wide-band CIC compensator,” in IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Paris, France, May-June 2010, pp 2119 –2122.
  • M. Qazi, M. Tikekar, L. Dolecek, D. Shah, and A.P. Chandrakasan, “Loop Flattening & Spherical Sampling: Highly Efficient Model Reduction Techniques for SRAM Yield Analysis” in Proc. Design, Automation, and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), March 2010, pp. 801 – 806.

2009

  • Z. Zhang, L. Dolecek, P. Lee, V. Anantharam, M. J. Wainwright, B. Richards, B. Nikolic, “Low error rate LDPC decoders,” in Proc. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2009, pp. 1278-1282.
  • L. Dolecek and D. Shah, “Influence in a Large Society: Interplay Between Information Dynamics and Network Structure”, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seoul, Korea, June-July 2009.

2008

  • Z. Zhang, L. Dolecek, B. Nikolic, V. Anantharam, M. J. Wainwright, “Lowering LDPC Error Floors by Postprocessing,” IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2008.
  • L. Dolecek, M. Qazi, D. Shah and A. Chandrakasan, “Breaking the Simulation Barrier: SRAM Evaluation through Norm Minimization,” IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Jose, CA, Nov. 2008.
  • L. Dolecek and D. Shah, “Social Networks With(out) Influential Agents,” Third Congress of the Game Theory Society (GAMES 2008), Evanston, IL, July 2008.
  • P. Lee, L. Dolecek, Z. Zhang, V. Anantharam, B. Nikolic and M. Wainwright, “Error Floors in LDPC Codes: Fast Simulation, Bounds and Hardware Emulation,” IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Canada, July 2008.
  • L. Dolecek and V. Anantharam, “Prefixing Method for Correcting Repetition Errors,” IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Canada, July 2008.

2007

  • L. Dolecek, Z. Zhang, M. J. Wainwright, V. Anantharam, B. Nikolic, “Evaluation of the low frame error rate performance of LDPC codes using importance sampling,” IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Lake Tahoe CA, September 2007, pp. 202 – 207.
  • L. Dolecek, Z. Zhang, V. Anantharam, M. Wainwright, and B. Nikolic, “Analysis of Absorbing Sets for Array-Based LDPC Codes,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, United Kingdom, June 2007, pp. 6261-6268.
  • Z. Zhang, L. Dolecek, V. Anantharam, M. Wainwright, and B. Nikolic, “Quantization Effects in Low-Density Parity-Check Decoders,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, United Kingdom, June 2007, pp. 6231-6237.
  • L. Dolecek and V. Anantharam, “On Subsets of Binary Strings Immune to Multiple Repetitions,” IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Nice, France, June 2007, pp. 1691-1695.
  • L. Dolecek and V. Anantharam, “On Communication over Channels with Varying Sampling Rate,” Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), UC San Diego, La Jolla, Jan.-Feb. 2007.

2006 and before

  • Z. Zhang, L. Dolecek, B. Nikolic, V. Anantharam and M. Wainwright, “Investigation of error floors of a structured low-density parity-check code by hardware simulation,” IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Francisco, Nov. – Dec. 2006, Gen03-6, pp. 1-6. Best paper award finalist.
  • L. Dolecek and V. Anantharam, “A synchronization technique for array-based LDPC codes in channels with varying sampling rate,” IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seattle, WA, July 2006, pp. 2057 – 2061.
  • L. Dolecek and V. Anantharam, “Run-length properties of a Reed-Muller RM(1,m) code with applications in channels with at most one synchronization error,” 42nd Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Champaign, Illinois, 29 Sep – 01 Oct. 2004, pp. 270 -279.