Course Title: Coding for Cyber Communication

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)

INTE1124

City Campus

Postgraduate

145H Mathematical & Geospatial Sciences

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2006,
Sem 2 2006,
Sem 1 2007,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2016

INTE1124

City Campus

Postgraduate

171H School of Science

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2017,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

INTE2090

City Campus

Undergraduate

145H Mathematical & Geospatial Sciences

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2007,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 2 2014,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2016

INTE2090

City Campus

Undergraduate

171H School of Science

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2017,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021

Course Coordinator: Dr Mahshid Sadeghpour

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925

Course Coordinator Email: mahshid.sadeghpour@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

 

Required Prior Study

You should have satisfactorily completed following course/s before you commence this course.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.

Prerequisite or Co-requisite Study

You should undertake following course/s at the same time as this course as it contains areas of knowledge and skills which are implemented together in practice.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.


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

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for MC159 Master of Applied Science (Information Security and Assurance)

International Orientation and Strategic Thinking

  • Graduates will have a strategic and practical overview of the issues in information security and assurance.

Critical Analysis and Problem Solving

  • Evaluate information security risks across diverse service settings including the Internet and WWW based commerce systems, high bandwidth digital communications and funds transfer services,
  • Undertake professional careers or postgraduate research in information security or other IT related fields, acquiring the required information needed to identify real world solutions to real world information security problems.

Communication

  • Graduates will have the ability to communicate both technical and non-technical material in a range of forms (written, electronic, graphic, oral) and to tailor the style and means of communication to different audiences.


On completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Identify the mathematical structures required for describing a given code.
  2. Use polynomial arithmetic for design and analysis of codes.
  3. Quantify the performance of codes as a function of fundamental parameters.
  4. Elaborate the relationship between the matrix and polynomial description of codes.
  5. 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.

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 test
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 assignment
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.