Abstract: Motivated by modern network communication applications which require low latency, we study codes that correct erasures with low decoding delay. We provide a simple explicit construction that ...

Abstract: The problem to construct optimal conflict-avoiding codes of even lengths and the Hamming weight 3 is completely settled. On the contrary, it is still open for odd lengths. It turns out that ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has a series of vexing choices to make in the year ahead on issues including Gaza, conscription and a judicial overhaul, with elections looming. By David M.

Mr. Khan is the C.E.O. of Khan Academy and the vision steward at TED, both nonprofits that provide free online education for more than 200 million learners globally. On my way to meet a friend in ...