White paper/outline deadline (limited to 3 pages): April 17.
Editors: R. Calderbank, M. Cheraghchi, K. Narayanan, H. Pfister, M. Wootters.
Scope and Motivation
Since Shannon's inception of the mathematical foundations of communications, the theory of error-correcting codes has been central to the design and deployment of modern communications systems. The fundamental nature and rich mathematical structure of error-correcting codes have additionally resulted in many applications of codes in adjacent and occasionally unexpected areas of theoretical and practical significance, such as the foundations of computer science, cryptography, signal processing, and quantum information processing, to name a few.
In recent years, there has been a flurry of rapid advances in the theory and practice of error-correcting codes. Distributed storage systems, for example, necessitate error correction tailored to the scale and structure of the underlying network model; DNA storage systems use a medium that requires specialized error-correcting codes for effective recovery; Advances in fault-tolerant quantum computing go hand in hand with the advancements in quantum error correction; Improved constructions of locally testable codes and high-dimensional expanders have led to advances in complexity theory; advances in list-decoding and list-recovery of error correcting codes are linked to problems in pseudorandomness and combinatorics; and modern wireless networking standards incorporate recently-developed families of block codes. This special issue invites expository articles that capture modern advancements in the theory and practice of error-correcting codes and formulate outstanding research directions and challenges that need to be addressed over the coming years. More specifically, We invite expository and tutorial articles on a variety of topics, including but not limited to:
- Quantum error-correction and fault tolerance
- Error-correcting codes for emerging storage models such as DNA storage systems
- Distributed error-correcting codes and codes for networks and distributed computing
- Advances in modern codes such as polar coding and graph-based codes
- The interplay between coding, theoretical computer science, and combinatorics
- Error-correcting codes and cryptography
- Coding for signal processing, such as sparse recovery applications
- Codes for high-bandwidth hardware interfaces
- Machine learning methods for code design
BITS Submission Instructions
We will follow the BITS two-stage submission process outlined below and described in
BITS Information for Authors at www.itsoc.org/bits/information-authors
White Paper: Prospective authors should submit a white paper (limited to three pages single column 11-point font size) containing manuscript title, motivation and significance, outline, representative references, and the author list with contact information and short bios.听 The submission is via Manuscript central per the above link. Full articles will be invited based on the review of white papers.
Full Articles: The full article must be of tutorial/overview/survey nature, accessible to a broad audience, and have significant relevance to the scope of the Special Issue. The full article would have up to 12 double-column pages including references, 11-point font size, at least one figure (to be hosted on the website), up to 30 references, at least 1.25鈥 margin on the left and right sides, and 1鈥 margin from top and bottom. The articles should not have been published or be under review elsewhere.
Relevant Dates听
White paper submission:听 听 听April 17, 2025
White paper decision: 听 听 听 听 听May 5, 2025
Full manuscript submission:听听June 20, 2025
Full manuscript decision: 听 听August 15, 2025
Manuscript final version:听 听 听October 1, 2025
Special Issue publication: 听 听December 2025
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Special Issue Editors
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Robert Calderbank, Duke University
Mahdi Cheraghchi, University of Michigan鈥揂nn Arbor
Krishna Narayanan, Texas A&M University
Henry Pfister, Duke University
Mary Wootters, Stanford University
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