Paul H. Siegel
CMRR Director,
CMRR Endowed Chair Professor,
Department of ECE
Phone: 858-534-6210
Fax: 858-534-8059
Office: CMRR Director's Suite
Fall 2009 Office Hours: Monday and Friday, 11am to noon,
and also by appointment
Assistant: Iris Villanueva
ivilla@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-6196
Fax: 858-534-8059
University of California, San Diego
Center for Magnetic Recording Research
9500 Gilman Drive, 0401
La Jolla, CA, 92093-0401
Research Interests
- Mathematical foundations of signal processing and coding
- Analysis and design of codes for constrained channels
- Trellis-coded modulation techniques
- Algebraic error-correction coding
- Algorithms and architectures for signal processing
- Applications to digital data storage and wireless communications
Current Projects
Laboratory Facilities
Biography
Paul H. Siegel was born in Berkeley, California in 1953. He received the B.S. degree in mathematics in 1975 and the Ph.D. degree in mathematics in 1979, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He held a Chaim Weizmann fellowship during a year of postdoctoral study at the Courant Institute, New York University.
He joined the research staff at IBM in 1980. From 1984 through 1993, he was manager of the Signal Processing and Coding project at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California, and in 1994, he was named manager of the Mathematics and Related Computer Science department at Almaden. He was a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of California, San Diego while at the Center for Magnetic Recording Research during the 1989-90 academic year. He was appointed to the faculty of the School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego in July 1995, where he is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is affiliated with the Center for Wireless Communications and he was appointed Director of the Center for Magnetic Recording Research in September 2000.
His primary research interest is the mathematical foundations of signal processing and coding, especially as applicable to digital data storage and communications. He holds several patents in the area of coding and detection for digital recording systems, and was named a Master Inventor at IBM Research in 1994.
Prof. Siegel was co-recipient, with R. Karabed, of the 1992 IEEE Information Theory Society Paper Award for the paper "Matched Spectral Null Codes for Partial Response Channels," and shared the 1993 IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize Paper Award with B. Marcus and J. K. Wolf for the paper "Finite-State Modulation Codes for Data Storage."
Prof. Siegel was a member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Society from 1991-1996. He served as co-Guest Editor of the May 1991 Special Issue on Coding for Storage Devices of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, and served as Associate Editor for Coding Techniques from 1992 to 1995. He was Guest Editor-in-Chief of the May/September 2001 double-issue of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications on The Turbo Principle: From Theory to Practice. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory from July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2004.
Prof. Siegel is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and is a Fellow of the IEEE. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2008.
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Abstracts of Non- Refereed Conference Proceedings
1. P. Siegel, “Applications of a peak detection channel model,” IEEE Trans. Magn.,
Vol. MAG-18, No. 6, (November 1982), pp. 1250-1252. [PDF ucsd only]
2. P. Siegel, “Witt spaces: A geometric cycle theory for ko-homology at odd primes,”
Am. J. Math., Vol. 105, No. 5, (October 1983), pp. 1067-1105. [PDF ucsd only]
3. M. Goresky and P. Siegel, “Linking pairings on singular spaces,” Comm. Math. Helv., Vol. 58, No. 1, (1983), pp. 96-110. [PDF ucsd only]
4. P. Siegel and B. Marcus, “Worst case code patterns for magnetic buried servos,” IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. MAG-20, No. 5, (September 1984), pp. 906-908.
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5. P. Siegel, “Recording codes for digital magnetic storage,” IEEE Trans. Magn.,
Vol. MAG-21, No. 5, (September 1985), pp. 1344-1349. invited paper.
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6. B. Marcus and P. Siegel, “On codes with spectral nulls at rational submultiples of the symbol frequency,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 33, No. 4, (July 1987), pp. 557-568.
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7. J. Ashley and P. Siegel, “A note on the Shannon capacity of run-length-limited codes,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 33, No. 4, (July 1987), pp. 601-605. [PDF
ucsd only] (See also J. Ashley, M. Hilden, P. Perry, and P. Siegel,
“Correction to a note on the Shannon capacity of run-length-limited
codes,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, v. 39, No. 3,
(May 1993), pp. 1110-112.
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8. A. Gallopoulos, C. Heegard, and P. Siegel, “The power spectrum of run-length-limited codes,” IEEE Trans. Commun., Vol. 37, No. 9 (September 1989), pp. 906-917.
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1991-2000
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9. A. R. Calderbank, P. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Introduction to the special issue (on coding for storage devices),” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 37, No. 3, Pt. II
(May 1991), pp. 709-710.
10. C. Heegard, B. H. Marcus, and P. H. Siegel, “Variable length state
splitting with applications to average runlength constrained (ARC)
codes,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 37, No. 3, Pt. II, (May 1991), pp. 759-777.
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11. R. Karabed and P. Siegel, “Matched spectral null codes for partial response channels,” IEEE Trans. Info Theory, Vol. 37, No. 3, Pt. II, (May 1991), pp. 818-855.
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12. P. Siegel and J. K. Wolf, “Modulation and coding for information storage,” IEEE Commun. Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 12, (December 1991), pp. 68-86. invited paper.
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13. C. Shung, P. Siegel, H. Thapar, R. Karabed, “A 30 MHz trellis codec chip for partial-response channels,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Special Issue on Analog and Signal Processing Circuits, Vol. 26, No. 12, (December 1991), pp. 1981-1987.
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1992
14. B. Marcus, P. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Finite-state modulation codes for data storage,” IEEE Journal Selec. Areas Commun., Vol. 10, No. 1, (January 1992), pp. 5-37. invited paper.
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15. P. Siegel, “Review of Finite Fields for Computer Scientists and Engineers, by R. J. McEliece,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 38, No. 1, (January 1992), pp. 315-316.
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16. H. K. Thapar, J. Rae, C. B.
Shung, R. Karabed, and P. H. Siegel, “On the performance evaluation of
a rate 8/10 matched spectral null code for class-4 partial response,” IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 28, No. 5, (September 1992), pp. 2883-2888. invited paper.
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17. C. Shung, H.-D. Lin, R. Cypher, P. Siegel, and H. Thapar,
“Area-efficient architectures for the Viterbi algorithm - Part I:
Theory and Part II: Applications,” IEEE Trans. Commun., (April 1993), pp. 636-644, and (May 1993) pp. 802-807.
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18. H. Thapar, C. Shung, J. Rae, R. Karabed, and P. Siegel, “Real-time
recording results for a trellis-coded partial response (TCPR) system,” IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 29, No. 6, (November 1993), pp. 4009-4011.
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19. R. Roth and P. Siegel, “Lee-metric BCH codes and their application to constrained and partial-response channels,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 40, No. 4, (July 1994), pp. 1083-1096.
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20. R. Roth, P. Siegel, and A. Vardy, “High-order spectral-null codes: Constructions and bounds,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 40, No. 6, (November 1994), pp. 1828-1840.
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1995
21. L. Fredrickson, R. Karabed, P. Siegel, H. Thapar, and R. Wood, “Improved trellis coding for partial-response channels,” IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 31, No. 2, (March 1995), pp. 1141-1148.
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22. J. Rae, G. Christiansen, S.-M. Shih, H. Thapar, R. Karabed, and P.
Siegel, “Design and performance of a VLSI 120 Mb/s trellis-coded
partial-response channel,” IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 31, No. 2, (March 1995), pp. 1208-1214.
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23. A. Vardy, M. Blaum, P. H. Siegel, and G. T. Sincerbox,
“Conservative arrays: Multi-dimensional modulation codes for
holographic recording,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 42, No. 1, (January 1996), pp. 227-230.
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24. J. J. Ashley, R. Karabed, and P. H. Siegel, “Complexity and sliding-block decodability,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Special Issue on Codes and Complexity,
Vol. 42, No. 6 (November 1996), pp. 1925-1947.
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25. B. Moision, P. Siegel, and E. Soljanin, “Distance-enhancing codes for digital recording,” IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 34, No. 1, (January 1998), pp. 69-74.
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26. K. A. Schouhamer Immink, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Codes for digital recorders,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, 1948-1998 Special Commemorative Issue, Vol. 44, No. 6, (October 1998), pp. 2260-2299.
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27. A. Vityaev and P. H. Siegel, “On Viterbi detector path metric differences,” IEEE Trans. Commun., Vol. 46, No. 12, (December 1998), pp. 1549-1554.
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1999
28. S. Atlekar, M. Berggren B. Moision, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf,
“Error event characterization on partial response channels,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 45,
No. 1, (January 1999), pp. 241-247.
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29. R. Karabed, P. Siegel, and E. Soljanin, “Constrained coding for binary channels with high intersymbol interference,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 45, No. 6,
(September 1999), pp. 1777-1797.
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30. T. Souvignier, M. Öberg, P. H. Siegel, R. E. Swanson, and J. K. Wolf, “Turbo decoding for partial response channels,” IEEE Trans. Commun., Vol. 48, No. 8, (August 2000),
pp. 1297-1308.
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2001-2004
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31. B. E. Moision, A. Orlitsky, and P. H. Siegel, “On codes avoiding specified differences,” IEEE Trans. Inform., Vol. 47, No. 1, (January 2001), pp. 433-442.
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32. R. Roth, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Efficient coding schemes for the hard-square model,” IEEE Trans. Inform., Vol. 47, No. 3, (March 2001), pp. 1166-1176.
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33. M. Öberg and P. H. Siegel, “Performance analysis of turbo-equalized partial response channels,” IEEE Trans. Commun., Vol. 49, No. 3, (March 2001), pp. 436-444.
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34. J. Hou, L.
Milstein, and P. H. Siegel, “Performance analysis and code optimization
of low density parity-check codes on Rayleigh fading channels,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 19, No. 5, (May 2001), pp. 924-934.
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35. K. Tang, P. H. Siegel, and L. B. Milstein, “A comparison of long
versus short spreading sequences in coded asynchronous DS-CDMA
systems,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 19, No. 8, (August 2001), pp. 1614-1624.
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36. K. Tang, L. Milstein, and P. H. Siegel, “Combined MMSE interference
suppression and turbo coding for a coherent DS-CDMA system,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 19, No. 9, (September 2001), pp. 1793-1803.
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37. X. W. Wu and P. H. Siegel, “Efficient root-finding algorithm with
application to list decoding of algebraic–geometric codes,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 47, No. 9, (September 2001), pp. 2579-2587.
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38. B. M. Kurkoski, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Joint message-passing decoding of LDPC codes and partial-response channels,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 48, No. 6
(June 2002), pp. 1410-1422. [PDF ucsd only] (see “Correction,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 49, No. 8, (August 2003) pp. 2076-2076. [PDF ucsd only]
39. H. D. Pfister and P. H. Siegel, “The serial concatenation of rate-1 codes through uniform random interleavers,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 49, No. 6, (June 2003), pp. 1425-1438.
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40. K. Tang, L. B. Milstein, and P .H. Siegel, “MLSE receiver for
direct-sequence spread-spectrum systems on a multipath fading channel,” IEEE Trans. Commun., Vol. 51, No. 7,
(July 2003), pp. 1173-1184.
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41. J. Hou, P. H. Siegel, L. B. Milstein, and H. D. Pfister,
“Capacity-approaching bandwidth-efficient coded modulation schemes
based on low-density parity-check codes,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 49, No. 9, (September 2003), pp. 2141-2155.
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42. J.
B. Soriaga, H. D. Pfister, and P. H. Siegel, “On the low rate Shannon
limit for binary intersymbol interference channels,” IEEE Trans. Commun., Vol. 51, No. 2, (December 2003), pp. 1962-1964.
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43. N. Kashyap and P. H. Siegel, “Equalities among capacities of (d,k) constrained systems,” SIAM J. Discr. Math., Vol. 17, No. 2, (2003-2004), pp. 276-297.
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44. S. Halevy, C. Jiangxin, R. M. Roth, P. H. Siegel and J. K. Wolf,
“Improved bit-stuffing bounds on two-dimensional constraints,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 50, No. 5,
(May 2004), pp. 824-838.
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45. N. Kashyap and P. H. Siegel, “Sliding-block decodable encoders
between (d,k) runlength-limited constraints of equal capacity,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 50,
No. 6, (June 2004), pp. 1327-1331.
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46. M. N. Marrow, M. K. Cheng, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “A fast
microtrack simulator for high-density perpendicular recording,” IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 40, No. 4, (July 2004), pp. 3117-3119.
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47. A. P. des Rosiers and P. H. Siegel, “On performance bounds for space-time codes on fading channels,” IEEE Trans. Commun., Vol. 52, No. 10, (October 2004), pp. 1688-1697 [PDF ucsd only]
2005-
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48. H. M. Tullberg and P. H. Siegel, “Serial concatenated TCM with an
inner accumulate code – Part I: Maximum-likelihood analysis,” IEEE Trans. Commun., Vol. 53, No. 1, (January 2005), pp. 64-73.
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49. H. M. Tullberg and P. H.
Siegel, “Serial concatenated TCM with an inner accumulate code – Part
II: Density evolution analysis,” IEEE Trans. Commun., Vol. 53, No. 2,
(February 2005), pp. 252-262.
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50. J. Hou, P. H. Siegel, and L. B Milstein, “Design of multi-input
multi-output systems based on low-density parity-check codes,” IEEE Trans. Commun., Vol. 53, No. 4,
(April 2005), pp. 601-611.
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51. Y. Zhang, L. B. Milstein, and P. H. Siegel, “Tradeoff between
diversity gain and interference suppression in a MIMO MC-CDMA system,” IEEE Trans. Commun., Vol. 53, No. 4, (April 2005), pp. 623-631.
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52. S. Aviran, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “An improvement to the bit stuffing algorithm,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 51, No. 8, (August 2005), pp. 2885-2891.
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53. B. Kurkoski, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Soft-output detector for partial-response channels using vector quantization,” IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 41, No. 10, (October 2005), pp. 2989-2991.
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54. S. Aviran, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Noise-predictive turbo equalization for partial-response channels,” IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 41, No. 10, (October 2005),
pp. 2959-2961. [PDF ucsd only]
55. G. iAmat, S. Benedetto and P. H. Siegel, “A modified Viterbi decoding algorithm for high-rate convolutional codes,” European Transactions on Telecommunications, Vol. 16, No. 6, (November-December 2005), pp. 527-536.
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56. N. Kashyap, P. H. Siegel and A. Vardy, “An application of Ramsey theory to coding for the optical channel,” SIAM J. Discr. Math., Vol. 19, No. 4, (December 2005),
pp. 921–937.
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57. J. Chen and P. H. Siegel, “On the symmetric information rate of two-dimensional finite state ISI channels,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 52, No. 1, (January 2006),
pp. 227-236)
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58. N. Kashyap, P. H. Siegel and A. Vardy, “Coding for the optical channel: the ghost-pulse constraint,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, Vol. 52, No. 1, (January 2006),
pp. 64-77.[PDF ucsd only]
59. P. Chaichanavong and P. H. Siegel, “Tensor-product parity codes:
Combination with constrained codes and application to perpendicular
recording,” IEEE Trans. Magn.,
Vol. 42, No. 2, Pt. 1, (February 2006), pp. 214-219.
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60. P. Chaichanavong and P. H. Siegel, “Tensor-product parity code for magnetic recording,” IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 42, No. 2, Pt. 2, (February 2006), pp. 350-352.
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61. J. Han, P. Lee, and P.H. Siegel, “On the Probability of Undetected Error for Over-
Extended Reed-Solomon Codes," IEEE Trans. Inform. Th., Vol. 52, No. 8, (August 2006), pp. 3662-
3669.
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62. P. Chaichanavong, H.N. Bertram, and P.H. Siegel, “Design parameter optimization
for perpendicular magnetic recording systems," IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 42, No. 10,
(October 2006) pp. 2549-2554.
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63. M.H. Taghavi N., G.C. Papen, and P.H. Siegel, “On the multiuser capacity of WDM
in a nonlinear optical fiber: Coherent communication," IEEE Trans. Inform. Th.,
Vol. 52,
No. 11, (November 2006), pp. 5008-5022.
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64. P.H. Siegel, “Book Review: Codes for mass data storage systems (Second Edition), by
K.A. Schouhamer Immink," IEEE Trans. Inform. Th., Vol. 52, No. 12,
(December 2006), pp. 5614-5616.
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65. J. Han and P.H. Siegel, “Improved upper bounds on stopping redundancy," IEEE Trans. Inform. Th., Vol. 53, No. 1, (January 2007), pp. 90-104. [PDF ucsd only]
66. Z. Wu, P.H. Siegel, H.N. Bertram, and J.K. Wolf, “Design curves and information
theoretic limits for perpendicular recording systems," IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 43,
No. 2, (February 2007), pp. 721-726.
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67. J.B. Soriaga, H.D. Pfister, and P.H. Siegel, “Determining and approaching achievable
rates of binary intersymbol interference channels using multistage decoding," IEEE
Trans. Inform. Th., Vol. 53,
No. 4, (April 2007), pp. 1416-1429.
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68. B.E. Moision, A. Orlitsky, and P.H. Siegel, “On codes with local joint constraints,"
Lin. Alg. Appl., Vol. 422, No. 2-3, (April 2007), pp. 442-454.
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2008
69. S. Karakulak, P.H. Siegel, J.K. Wolf, and H.N. Bertram, “A new read channel model
for patterned media storage," IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 44,
No. 1, pt. 2,
(January 2008), pp. 193-197.
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70. H.D. Pfister and P.H. Siegel, “Joint iterative decoding of LDPC codes for channels
with memory and erasure noise," IEEE Journal Selec. Areas Commun., Vol. 26,
No.
2, (February 2008), pp. 320-337.
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71. S. Aviran, P.H. Siegel, and J.K. Wolf, “Optimal parsing trees for run-length coding
of biased data," IEEE Trans. Inform. Th., Vol. 54,
No. 2, (February
2008), pp. 841-849. [PDF ucsd only]
72. J. Chen and P.H. Siegel, “Markov processes asymptotically achieve the capacity of
finite-state intersymbol interference channels," IEEE Trans. Inform. Th., Vol. 54,
No. 3, (March 2008), pp. 1295-1303. [PDF ucsd only]
73. J. Han, P.H. Siegel, and A. Vardy, "Improved probabilistic bounds on stopping redundancy," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 54, No. 4, (April 2008),
pp. 1749-1753. [PDF ucsd only]
74. Z. Wu, P. H. Siegel, J. K. Wolf, and H. N. Bertram, "Mean-adjusted pattern-dependent noise prediction for perpendicular recording channels with nonlinear transition shift," IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 44, No. 11, (November 2008), pp. 3761-3764. [PDF ucsd only]
75. M.H. Taghavi and P.H. Siegel, "Adaptive methods for linear programmin decoding," IEEE Trans. Inform. Th, Vol. 54, No. 12, (December 2008),
pp. 5396-5410.
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2009
76. I. Demirkan, P.H. Siegel, and J.K. Wolf, “Error event characterization on 2-D ISI channels,”IEEE Trans. Inform. Th,, Vol. 55, No. 3, (March 2009),
pp. 1146-1152. [PDF ucsd only]
77. J. Han, P.H. Siegel, and R.M. Roth, “Single-exclusion number and the stopping redundancy of MDS codes,”IEEE Trans. Inform. Th,, Vol. 55, No. 9, (September 2009), pp. 4155-4166. [PDF ucsd only]
Books and Book Chapters Back to Top
1. L. Fredrickson, R. Karabed, P. Siegel, and H. Thapar, “Decoding on a Finite State Transition Diagram While Avoiding a Sub-Diagram," DIMACS Series in Discrete Math. and Theoretical Comp. Science, Proc. Joint DIMACS/IEEE Workshop on Coding and Quantization, vol. 14, October 1992, pp. 149-151.
2. B. Marcus, R. Roth, and P. Siegel, “Modulation Codes for Digital Data Storage," Proc.
of Symposia Applied Mathematics, vol. 50, AMS Short Course Proceedings, Different
Aspects of Coding Theory, R. Calderbank, ed., 1995, pp. 41-94.
3. B. Marcus, R. Roth, and P. Siegel, “Constrained Systems and Coding for Recording Channels," Handbook of Coding Theory, Elsevier Scientific Publishers, 1998.(extended version of 2.)
4. K.A.S. Immink, P.H. Siegel, and J.K.Wolf, “Codes for Digital Recorders," Information
Theory: 50 Years of Discovery, S.W. McLaughlin and S. Verdu, eds., IEEE Press, 1999,
pp. 216-255.
5. J.B. Soriaga, H.D. Pfister, and P.H. Siegel, “On Approaching the Capacity of Finite-
State Intersymbol Interference Channels," Information , Coding, and Mathematics, M.
Blaum, P.G. Farrell, and H.C.A. van Tilborg, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002,
pp. 365-378.
6. N. Alic, G. C. Papen, L. B. Milstein, P. H. Siegel and Y. Fainman, “Performance
Bounds of MLSE of Intensity Modulated Fiber Optic Links," Optical Communication
Theory Techniques, Enrico Forestieri, Ed., Springer Publishers, 2005, pp. 197-203.
7. N. Kashyap and P.H. Siegel, “Ghostbusting: Coding for Optical Communications,"
DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Advances
in Information Recording, vol. 73, February 2008, pp. 147-164.
Refereed Conference Proceedings Back to Top
1. R. Karabed and P. Siegel, "Matched Spectral Null Codes for Partial Response Channels, Parts I and II," Abstracts 1988 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory, Kobe, Japan, pp. 142-143, June 1988. [PDF ucsd only]
2. R. Karabed and P. Siegel, "Even Mark Modulation for Optical Recording," Proc. 1989 IEEE Int. Conf. Commun., Boston, MA, pp. 1628-1632, June 1989. [PDF ucsd only]
3. D. Rugar and P. Siegel, "Recording Results and Coding Considerations for the Resonant Bias Coil Overwrite Technique," Optical Data Storage Topical Meeting, G. R. Knight, C. N. Kurtz, eds., Proc. SPIE 1078, pp. 265-270, 1989.
4. C. Shung, P. Siegel, G. Ungerboeck, and H. Thapar, "VLSI Architectures for Metric Normalization in the Viterbi Algorithm," Proc. 1990 IEEE Int. Conf. Commun., vol. 3, Atlanta, GA, pp. 1723-1728, April 1990
5. C. Shung, H.-D. Lin, P. Siegel, and H. Thapar, "Area-Efficient Architectures for the Viterbi Algorithm," Proc. 1990 IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf., vol. 3, San Diego, CA,
pp. 1787-1793, December 1990. [PDF ucsd only]
6. C. Shung, P. Siegel, H. Thapar, and R. Karabed, "A 30 MHz Trellis Codec Chip for Partial Response Channels," Dig. 1991 IEEE Int. Solid-state Circuits Conf., San Francisco, CA, pp. 132-133, February 1991. [PDF ucsd only]
7. P. Siegel, C. Shung, T. Howell, and H. Thapar, "Exact Bounds for Viterbi Detector Path Metric Differences," Proc. 1991 IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Toronto, Canada, pp. 1093-1096, May 1991. [PDF ucsd only]
8. R. Karabed and P. H. Siegel, "A 100% Efficient Sliding-Block Code for the Charge-Constrained, Runlength-Limited Channel with Parameters (d,k;c)=(1,3;3)," Proc. 1991 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Budapest, Hungary, p. 229, June 1991. [PDF ucsd only]
9. R. Calderbank, P. Fishburn, and P. Siegel, "State-Space Characterization of Viterbi Detector Path Metric Differences," Conf. Rec. 26th Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, vol. 2, Pacific Grove, CA, pp. 940-944, October 1992.
10. R. Roth and P. Siegel, "A Family of BCH Codes for the Lee Metric," Proc. 30th Annual Allerton Conf. on Communication, Control, and Computing Urbana-Champaign, September 1992, pp. 1-10. Also, Proc. 1993 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, San Antonio, TX, p. 35, January 1993.
11. R. Roth, P. Siegel, and A. Vardy, "High-Order Spectral-Null Codes: Constructions and Bounds," Proc. 1994 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Trondheim, Norway, p. 205, June 1994.
12. L. Fredrickson, R. Karabed, P. Siegel, H. Thapar, and R. Wood, "Improved Trellis Coding for Partial-Response Channels," Digest of the Magnetic Recording Conference, p. 50-51, San Diego, CA, 1994. [PDF ucsd only]
13. R. Karabed and P. Siegel, "Coding for higher-order partial-response channels," in Coding and Signal Processing for Information Storage, Mysore R. Raghuveer, Soheil A. Dianat, Steven W. McLaughlin, Martin Hassner, eds., Proc. SPIE 2605, pp. 115-126, October 1995. [PDF ucsd only]
14. G. Fettweis, R. Karabed, P. H. Siegel, and H. K. Thapar,
"Reduced-Complexity Viterbi Detector Architectures for Partial Response
Signalling," Proc. 1995 IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf., vol. 1, Singapore, December 1995, pp. 559-563.
[PDF ucsd only]
15. A. Vityaev and P. H. Siegel, "Improved Estimates of Viterbi Detector Path Metric Differences," Proc. 1996 IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf., London, November 1996, Paper 9-7.
16. S. Atlekar, M. Berggren, B. Moision, P. Siegel, and J.K. Wolf, "Error Event Characterization on Partial Response Channels," Proc. 1997 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Ulm, Germany, June 1997, p. 461. [PDF ucsd only]
17. M. Öberg, A. Vityaev, and P. Siegel, "The Effect of Puncturing on Turbo Code Performance," Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Turbo Codes & Related Topics, Breste, France, September 1997, pp. 184-187, ENST de Bretagne.
18. M. Öberg and P. Siegel, "Lowering the Error Floor of Turbo Codes," Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Turbo Codes & Related Topics, Breste, France, September 1997, pp. 204-207, ENST de Bretagne.
19. P. H. Siegel and J. K. Wolf, "Bit-Stuffing Bounds on the Capacity of 2-Dimensional Constrained Arrays," Proc. 1998 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Cambridge, MA, August 16-21, 1998, p. 323. [PDF ucsd only]
20. B. E. Moision, P. H. Siegel, and E. Soljanin, "Error Event Characterization and Coding for the Equalized Lorentzian Channel," Proc. 1998 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Cambridge, MA, August 16-21, 1998, p. 77.
21. B.E. Moision and P.H. Siegel, "Distance-Enhancing Constraints for NPML Detectors," Proc. 1998 IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. GLOBECOM’98, Sydney, Australia, November 8-12, 1998, pp. 2730-2734. [PDF ucsd only]
22. A.P. des Rosiers and P. H. Siegel, "Effect of Varying Source Kurtosis on the Multimodulus Algorithm," Proc. 1999 IEEE Int. Conf. Commun., Vancouver, Canada, June 7-11, 1999, Paper S33-4. [PDF ucsd only]
23. T. Souvignier, A. Friedmann, M. Öberg, P. H. Siegel, R. E. Swanson and J. K. Wolf, "Turbo Decoding for PR4: Parallel versus Serial Concatenation, Proc. 1999 IEEE Int. Conf. Commun., Vancouver, Canada, June 7-11, 1999, Paper S41-4. [PDF ucsd only]
24. R. M. Roth, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, "Efficient Coding for a Two-Dimensional Runlength-Limited Constraint," SPIE Int. Symp. on Optical Sciences, Engineering, and Instrumentation, Conf. on Advanced Optical Data Storage: Materials, Systems, and Interfaces to Computers, Denver, CO, July 18-23, 1999, vol. 3802, Paper 05. pp. 8-17. [PDF ucsd only]
25. K. Tang, P. H. Siegel, and L. B. Milstein, "On the Performance of Turbo Coding for the Land Mobile Channel with Delay Constraints, " Conf. Record 33rd Asilomar Conf. On Signals, Systems, and Computers, vol. 2, Pacific Grove, CA, Asilomar ’99, October 24-27, 1999, pp. 1659-1664. [PDF ucsd only]
26. B. E. Moision, A. Orlitsky, and P. H. Siegel, "Bounds on the Rates of Codes that Forbid Specified Difference Sequences," Proc. 1999 IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. GLOBECOM’99, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December5-9, 1999 [PDF ucsd only]
27. M. Öberg and P. H. Siegel, "Parity Check Codes for Partial Response Channels," Proc. 1999 IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. GLOBECOM’99, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 5-9, 1999. [PDF ucsd only]
28. K. Tang, P. H. Siegel, and L. B. Milstein, "Turbo Coding for a Coherent DS-CDMA System Employing a MMSE Receiver on a Rayleigh Fading Channel," Proc. 34th Annual Conf. On Information Sciences and Systems (CISS’00), Princeton, NJ, March 2000. (6 pages)
29. H. Tullberg and P. H. Siegel, "Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation for Delay-Constrained Mobile Communication Channels," Proc. IEEE Annual Vehicular Technology Conf. (VTC-2000-Spring), Tokyo, Japan, May 15-18, 2000. (5 pages) [PDF ucsd only]
30. B. E. Moision, A. Orlitsky, and P. H. Siegel, "On Codes that Avoid Specified Differences," Proc. 2000 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Sorrento, Italy, June 25-30, 2000, p. 145. [PDF ucsd only]
31. R. Roth, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, "Efficient Coding Schemes For The Hard-Square Model, " Proc. 2000 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Sorrento, Italy, June 25-30, 2000,
p. 307.
[PDF ucsd only]
32. X.-W. Wu and P. H. Siegel, "Fast Computation of Roots of Polynomials over Function Fields and Fast List Decoding of Algebraic Geometric Codes," Proc. 2000 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Sorrento, Italy, June 25-30, 2000, p. 478. [PDF ucsd only]
33. H. Pfister and P. H. Siegel, "Coding Theorems for Generalized Repeat Accumulate Codes," Proc. 2000 International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA 2000), Honolulu, HI, (4 pages). [PDF ucsd only]
34. A .P. des Rosiers and P. H. Siegel, "On Performance Bounds for Space-Time Coded Modulation on Fading Channels," Proc. 2000 International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA 2000), Honolulu HI, (4 pages). [PDF ucsd only]
35. A. Ranheim, A. P. des Rosiers, P. H. Siegel, and D. B. Rao, "An Iterative Receiver Algorithm for Space-Time Encoded Signals," Conf. Record 34th Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, October 2000 [PDF ucsd only]
36. M. Öberg and P. H. Siegel, "Performance bound for parity-check coded partial-response channels," Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Communications, Helsinki, BC, Finland, June 2001, pp. 2701-2705. [PDF ucsd only]
37. B. Moision and P. H. Siegel, "Periodic-finite-type shift spaces," Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Washington, DC, USA, June 2001, p. 65. [PDF ucsd only]
38. H. M. Tullberg and P. H. Siegel, "Serial concatenated trellis coded modulation with inner rate-1 accumulate code," Proceedings IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, USA, October 2001. [PDF ucsd only]
39. J. Hou, P.H. Siegel, L.B. Milstein, and H.D. Pfister, "Multilevel coding with low-density parity-check component codes," Proceedings IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA, November 2001, pp. 1016-1020. [PDF ucsd only]
40. H.D. Pfister, J.B. Soriaga, and P.H. Siegel, "On the achievable information rates of finite state ISI channels," Proceedings IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA, November 2001, pp. 2992-2996. [PDF ucsd only]
41. H. M. Tullberg and P. H. Siegel, "Serial concatenated trellis coded modulation with inner rate-1 accumulate code," Proceedings IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA, November 2001, pp. 936-940. [PDF ucsd only]
42. S. Halevy, J. Chen, R. M. Roth, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, "Improved Bit-Stuffing Bounds on Two-Dimensional Constraints," Proc. 2002 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 30 – July 5, 2002, p. 385. [PDF ucsd only]
43. M. K. Cheng, J. Campello, and P. H. Siegel, "Soft-decision Reed-Solomon decoding on partial response channels," Proceedings IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, November 2002, pp. 1026-1030. [PDF ucsd only]
44. J. Chen and P. H. Siegel, "On the symmetric information rate of two-dimensional finite state ISI channels," Proceedings of the IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Paris, France, April 2003, pp. 320-323. [PDF ucsd only]
45. A. P. des Rosiers and P. H. Siegel, "Space-Time Code Performance Bounds on Quasistatic Fading Channels," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2003), Anchorage, AK, May 11-15, 2003. [PDF ucsd only]
46. J. Chen and P. H. Siegel, "Information Rates of Two-Dimensional Finite State ISI Channels," Proc. 2003 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Yokohama, Japan, June 29-July 4, 2003. pp. 118. [PDF ucsd only]
47. N. Kashyap and P. H. Siegel, "Capacity Equalities in 1-Dimensional (d,k)-Constrained Systems," Proc. 2003 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Yokohama, Japan, June 29-July 4, 2003. [PDF ucsd only]
48. B. M. Kurkoski, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, "Precoders for Message-Passing Detection of Partial-Response Channels," Proc. 2003 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Yokohama, Japan, June 29-July 4, 2003. [PDF ucsd only]
56. H. D. Pfister and P. H. Siegel, “Joint iterative decoding of LDPC codes and channels with memory,” Proc. 3rd Intl. Symp. Turbo Codes and Related Topics, Brest, France, September 15, 2003, pp. 15-18.
57. Y. Zhang, L. B. Milstein, and P. H. Siegel, “The tradeoff between diversity gain and interference suppression via beam forming in a CDMA system,” Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference, (Vol. 2), Boston, MA, October 2003, pp. 1132-1137. [PDF ucsd only]
58. J. B. Soriaga and P. H. Siegel, “On distribution shaping codes for partial response channels,” Proc. 41st Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, October 1-3, 2003, pp. 468-477.
59. M. K. Cheng and P. H. Siegel, “Iterative soft-decision Reed-Solomon decoding on partial response channels,” Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, (Vol. 3), San Francisco, CA, December 1-5, 2003, pp. 1588-1592. [PDF ucsd only]
60. B. M. Kurkoski, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Exact probability of erasure and a decoding algorithm for some convolutional codes on the binary erasure channel,” Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, (Vol. 3), San Francisco, CA, December 1-5, 2003, pp. 1741-1745. [PDF ucsd only]
61. M. K. Cheng and P. H. Siegel, “List-decoding of parity-sharing Reed-Solomon codes in magnetic recording systems,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications, (Vol. 2), Paris, France, June 20-24, 2004, pp. 640-644.
[PDF ucsd only]
62. S. Aviran, P. H. Siegel and J. K. Wolf, “An improvement to the bit stuffing algorithm,” Proc. 2004 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Chicago, IL, June 27-July 2, 2004, pp. 191-191. [PDF ucsd only]
63. J. Chen and P. H. Siegel, “Markov processes asymptotically achieve the capacity of finite-state intersymbol interference channels,” Proc. 2004 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Chicago, IL, June 27-July 2, 2004, pp. 346-346.
[PDF ucsd only]
64. N. Kashyap and P. H. Siegel, “Sliding-block decodable encoders between (d,k)-constrained systems of equal capacity,” Proc. 2004 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Chicago, IL, June 27-July 2, 2004, pp. 87-87. [PDF ucsd only]
65. N. Kashyap, P. H. Siegel and A. Vardy, “A Ramsey theory approach to ghostbusting,” Proc. 2004 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Chicago, IL, June 27-July 2, 2004, pp. 190-190. [PDF ucsd only]
66. B. M. Kurkoski, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Analysis of convolutional codes on the erasure channel,” Proc. 2004 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Chicago, IL, June 27-July 2, 2004, pp. 460-460. [PDF ucsd only]
67. J. B. Soriaga, P. H. Siegel, “On near-capacity coding systems for partial-response channels,” Proc. 2004 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Chicago, IL, June 27-July 2, 2004, pp. 267-267. [PDF ucsd only]
68. J. Han and P. H. Siegel, “Reducing acyclic network coding problems to single-transmitter-single-demand form,” Proc. 42nd Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, September 29-October 1, 2004, pp. 316-325.
69. N. Alić, G. C. Papen, L. B. Milstein, P. H. Siegel and Y. Fainman, “Performance bounds of MLSE of intensity modulated fiber optic links,” 2004 Tyrrhenian International Workshop on Digital Communications, Pisa, Italy, October 1-2, 2004, paper IV. 5.
70. B. Kurkoski, P. Siegel and J. Wolf; “Vector quantization of the BCJR algorithm's state metrics for partial response channels,” Proc. 4th Asia-Europe Workshop on Information Theory Concepts, Viareggio, Italy, October 2004, pp. 27-30.
71. P. Ellingsen, O. Ytrehus, and P. H. Siegel, “Enhanced decoding by error detection on a channel with correlated 2-dimensional noise,” Proc. IEEE Inform. Theory Workshop, San Antonio, TX, October 24-29, 2004, pp. 17-21. [PDF ucsd only]
72. S. Aviran, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Two-dimensional bit-stuffing schemes with multiple transformers,” Proc. 2005 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Adelaide, Australia, September 4-9, 2005, pp. 1478-1482. [PDF ucsd only]
73. P. Chaichanavong and P. H. Siegel, “Relaxation bounds on the minimum pseudo-weight of linear block codes,” Proc. 2005 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Adelaide, Australia, September 4-9, 2005, pp. 805-809. [PDF ucsd only]
74. J. Chen and P. H. Siegel, “Lower bounds on the capacity of asymmetric two-dimensional (d,infinity)-constraints,” Proc. 2005 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Adelaide, Australia, September 4-9, 2005, pp. 666-670. [PDF ucsd only]
75. M. Schwartz, P. H. Siegel and A. Vardy, “On the asymptotic performance of iterative decoders for product codes,” Proc. 2005 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Adelaide, Australia, September 4-9, 2005, pp. 1758-1762. [PDF ucsd only]
76. J. B. Soriaga, P. H. Siegel, M. N. Marrow and J. K. Wolf, “On achievable rates of multistage decoding on two-dimensional ISI channels,” Proc. 2005 IEEE Int. Symp. Inform. Theory, Adelaide, Australia, September 4-9, 2005, pp. 1348–1352. [PDF ucsd only]
77. M. H. Taghavi N., G. C. Papen, and P. H. Siegel, “Multiuser capacity analysis of WDM in nonlinear fiber optics,” Proc. 43rd Allerton Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, (September 28-September 30, 2005), Paper 43-107. (10 pages).
78. P. H. Siegel, “Information-theoretic limits of two-dimensional optical recording channels,” Optical Data Storage 2006, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6282, Eds. Ryuichi Katayama and Tuviah E. Schlesinger), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, (April 23-26, 2006), pp. 62820W-1– 2820W-13. invited paper. [PDF ucsd only]
79. S. Aviran, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Optimal parsing trees for run-length coding of biased data,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seattle, Washington, (July 2006), pp. 1495-1499. [PDF ucsd only]
80. J. Han and P. H. Siegel, “On the stopping redundancy of MDS codes,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seattle, Washington, (July 2006), pp. 2491-2495. [PDF ucsd only]
81. I. Demirkan, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Error event characterization on 2-D ISI channels," Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seattle, Washington, (July 2006), pp. 1095-1099. [PDF ucsd only]
82. M. H. Taghavi and P. H. Siegel, “Adaptive linear programming decoding,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seattle, Washington, (July 2006), pp. 1374-1378. [PDF ucsd only]
83. J. Han, P. H. Siegel, and R. M. Roth, “Bounds on single-exclusion numbers and stopping redundancy of MDS codes,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Nice, France, (June 2007), pp. 2941-2945. [PDF ucsd only]
84. M. H. Taghavi and P. H. Siegel,“Equalization on graphs: linear programming and message passing,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Nice, France, (June 2007), pp. 2551-2555. [PDF ucsd only]
85. D. Bickson, O. Shental, P. H. Siegel, J. K. Wolf, and D. Dolev, “Linear detection via belief propagation,” Proc. 45th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, USA, (September 2007)
86. P.H. Siegel, “On the information-theoretic capacity of the Magnetic Recording Channel,” IEEE Globecomm Workshop, (November 2007), pp.1, [PDF ucsd only]
86. O. Shental, D. Bickson, P. H. Siegel, J. K. Wolf, and D. Dolev, “A message-passing solver for linear systems,” Proceedings of Information Theory and Applications (ITA) Workshop, San Diego, CA, USA, (January 2008). [PDF ucsd only]
87. A. H. Djahanshahi, P. H. Siegel, and L. B. Milstein, “Decoding on graphs: LDPC-coded MISO systems and belief propagation,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Las Vegas, NV, (March-April 2008). [PDF ucsd only]
88. Z. Wu, H. N. Bertram, P.. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Nonlinear transition shift and write precompensation in perpendicular magnetic recording,” Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Communications, Beijing, China, ( May 2008), pp. 1972-1976. [PDF ucsd only]
89. Z. Wu, P. H. Siegel, J. K. Wolf, H. N. Bertram, “Mean-adjusted pattern-dependent noise prediction for perpendicular recording channels with nonlinear transition shift,” INTERMAG, (May 2008)
90. D. Bickson, O. Shental, P. H. Siegel, J. K. Wolf, and D. Dolev, “Gaussian belief propagation based multiuser detection,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Canada, (July 2008), pp. 1878-1882. [PDF ucsd only]
91. J. Han and P. H. Siegel, “On ML redundancy of codes,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Canada, (July 2008), pp. 280-284. [PDF ucsd only]
92. O. Shental, D. Bickson, P. H. Siegel, J. K. Wolf, and D. Dolev, “Gaussian belief propagation solver for systems of linear equations,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Canada, (July 2008), pp. 1863-1867. [PDF ucsd only]
93. E. Yaakobi, P. H. Siegel, and J. K.Wolf, “Buffer codes for multi-level flash memory,” Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Canada, (July 2008). [PDF ucsd only]
94. E. Yaakobi, P. H. Siegel, and J. K.Wolf, “An information theory approach for flash memory,” The Flash Memory Summit Conference, Santa Clara, California, August 2008.
95. E. Yaakobi, A. Vardy, P. H. Siegel, and J. K.Wolf, “Multidimensional flash codes,” Proceedings 46-th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Monticello, IL, September 2008. [PDF ucsd only]
96. M.H. Taghavi, A. Shokrollahi, and P.H. Siegel, “Efficient implementation of linear programming decoding,” 46th Annual Allerton Conference, (September 2008), pp. 402-409. [PDF ucsd only]
97. A. Jiang, R. Mateescu, E. Yaakobi, J. Bruck, P.H. Siegel, A. Vardy, and J.K. Wolf, “Storage coding for wear leveling in flash memories,” ISIT 2009, Seoul, Korea,
(June 2009), pp. 1229-1233.
98. H. Mahdavifar, P.H. Siegel, A. Vardy, J.K. Wolf, and E. Yaakobi, “A nearly optimal construction of flash codes,” ISIT 2009, Seoul, Korea, (June 2009), pp. 1239-1243.
99. A.H. Djahanshahi, P.H. Siegel, and L.B. Milstein, “On unequal error protection of finite-length LDPC codes over BECs: A scaling approach,” ISIT 2009, Seoul, Korea, (June 2009), pp. 1824-1828.
100. E. Yaakobi, J. Ma, A. Caulfield, L. Grupp, S. Swanson, P.H. Siegel, and J.K. Wolf, “Error correction coding for flash memories,” Flash Memory Summit 2009 Proceedings, Santa Clara, CA., ( August 2009). [PDF]
101. L. Grupp, A. Caulfield, J. Coburn, E. Yaakobi, S. Swanson, and P.H. Siegel,“Characterizing flash memory: Beyond the datasheet,” Flash Memory Summit 2009 Proceedings, Santa Clara, CA., ( August 2009). [PDF]
Conference Proceedings Back to Top
1. B. Marcus and P. Siegel, "Constrained Codes for Partial Response Channels," Proc. 1988 IEEE Int. Workshop Inform. Theory, Beijing, China, pp. DI1.1-DI1.4, July 1988.
2. H. Thapar, J. Rae, C. Shung, R. Karabed, and P. Siegel, "Experimental Evaluation of a Rate 8/10 Matched Spectral Null Code for PRML," Proc. 1992 IEEE Int. Symp. Sign., Syst., and Electr., Paris, France, pp. 805-808, September 1992. (INVITED)
3. A. Vardy, M. Blaum, P. H. Siegel, and G. T. Sincerbox, "Two-dimensional modulation codes for holographic storage," Proc. 32nd Annual Allerton Conf. on Communication, Control, and Computing, Urbana-Champaign, IL, pp. 200-209, September 1994. (INVITED)
4. M. Öberg and P. Siegel, "Application of Distance Spectrum Analysis to the Improvement of Turbo Code Performance," Proc. 35th Annual Allerton Conf. Commun., Control, and Computing, September 29-October 1, 1997, pp. 701-710, Monticello, IL. (Also, Center for Wireless Communications Report 9704, May 1997.) (INVITED)
5. M. Öberg and P. H. Siegel, "Performance Analysis of Turbo-Equalized Dicode Partial-Response Channel," Proc. 36th Annual Allerton Conf. Commun., Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, September 23-25, 1998, pp. 230-239. (INVITED)
6. J.K. Wolf and P.H. Siegel, "On Two-Dimensional Arrays and Crossword Puzzles," Proc. 36th Annual Allerton Conf. Commun., Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, September 23-25, 1998, pp. 366-371. (INVITED)
7. S. Halter, M. Öberg, P.M. Chau, and P.H. Siegel, "Reconfigurable Signal Processor for Channel Coding in Low SNR Wireless Communications," Proc. 1998 IEEE Workshop on Signal Proc. Systems, Boston, MA, October 8 - 10, 1998. [PDF ucsd only]
8. H. Pfister and P. H. Siegel, "The Serial Concatenation of Rate-1 Codes Through Uniform Random Interleavers," Proc. 37th Annual Allerton Conf. Commun., Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, September 22-24, 1999, pp. 260-269. (INVITED)
9. J. Hou, P. H. Siegel, and L. B. Milstein, "The Performance Analysis of Low Density Parity-Check Codes on Rayleigh Fading Channels," Proceedings 38th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, vol. 1, Monticello, IL, October 2000, pp. 266-275. (INVITED)
10. J. Hou, P. H. Siegel, L. B. Milstein, and H. D. Pfister, "Design of low-density parity-check codes for bandwidth efficient modulation," Proceedings of the IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Cairns, Australia, September 2001, pp. 24-26.
11. B. M. Kurkoski, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, "Message-Passing Decoders and Their Application to Storage Systems," Proceedings of the IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Cairns, Australia, September 2001, pp. 12-13.
12. J. Hou, P. H. Siegel, and L. B. Milstein, "Design of LDPC-coded MIMO systems with EXIT chart," Proceedings 40th Proceedings Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, October 2002, pp. 227-236. (INVITED)
Abstracts of Non- Refereed Conference Proceedings Back to Top
1. P. Siegel, "Spectral Null Codes and Number Theory, Proc. 1990 IEEE Int. Workshop on Inform. Theory," Veldhoven, The Netherlands, p. 34, June 1990. (INVITED)
2. P. H. Siegel, "Constructions of Reduced Truncation Depth Trellis Codes for Magnetic Recording," Proc. Coding Theory Gathering, vol. 2, Bergen, Norway, pp. 239-254, June 1994.
3. P. H. Siegel, "Coded Modulation for Binary Partial Response Channels: State-of-the-Art," Abstracts 1996 IEEE Inform. Theory Workshop, Haifa, Israel, June 1996.
4. P. Siegel, "Coding for Multi-Dimensional Storage," Abstracts 1997 IEEE Inform. Theory Workshop, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, July 1997, p. 25. (INVITED)
5. M. Öberg, H, Pfister, and P. H. Siegel, "Parity-Accumulate Codes for Magnetic Recording," Digests of 2000 IEEE International Magnetics Conference (Intermag 2000), Toronto Canada, April 10-13, 2000, paper CD-01 (2 pages). (INVITED) [PDF ucsd only]
6. S. Aviran, P. H. Siegel, and J. K. Wolf, “Noise-predictive turbo equalization for partial-response channels,” Digests of the IEEE International Magnetics Conference, 2005, Nagoya, Japan, April 4-8, 2005, pp. 981-982.
7. B. M. Kurkoski, P. H. Siegel, J. K. Wolf, “Soft-output detector for partial-response channels using vector quantization,” Digests of the IEEE International Magnetics Conference, 2005, Nagoya, Japan, April 4-8, 2005, pp. 1601–1602.
8. P. H. Siegel, “Information-theoretic limits of two-dimensional optical recording channels,” Abstracts of Optical Data Storage Topical Meeting 2006, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 23-26, 2006, pp. 165-167. invited paper.
9. P. Chaichanavong, H. N. Bertram and P. H. Siegel, “Design parameter optimization for perpendicular magnetic recording systems,” Digests of the IEEE International Magnetics Conference, 2006, San Diego, CA, p. 294. invited paper.
Patents (inventor or co-inventor) Back to Top
1. Direction-Constrained Ternary Codes Using Peak and Polarity Detection, United States Patent No. 4,566,044, G. G. Langdon, Jr. and P. H. Siegel, (January 21, 1986).
2. Fixed Rate
Constrained Channel Code Generating and Recovery Method and Means
Having Spectral Nulls for Pilot Signal Insertion, United States Patent No. 4,567,464,
P. H. Siegel and S .J. Todd, (January 28, 1986).
3. Method and Apparatus for Implementing a PRML Code, United States Patent No. 4,786,890, B. Marcus, A. Patel, and P. H. Siegel, (November 22, 1988).
4. Even Mark Modulation Coding Method, United States Patent No. 4,870,414,
R. Karabed and P. H. Siegel, (September 26, 1989).
5. Encoding for Pit-Per-Transition Optical Data Recording, United States Patent No. 4,881,076, J. Ashley, M. Call, and P. H. Siegel, (November 14, 1989).
6. Modified Sliding Block Code for Limiting Error Propagation. United States Patent No. 4,882,583, K. Dimitri, M. Hassner, and P. H. Siegel, (November 21, 1989).
7. Trellis Codes for Partial Response Channels, United States
Patent No. 4,888,775, R. Karabed and P. H. Siegel, (December 19, 1989).
8. Matched Spectral Null Trellis Codes for Partial Response Channels, United States Patent No. 4,888,779, R. Karabed and P. H. Siegel, (December 19, 1989).
9. Method and Apparatus for Asymmetrical RLL Coding, United States Patent No. 4,949,196, N. Davies, M. Hassner, T. Howell, R. Karabed, and P. H. Siegel, (August 14, 1990).
10. Phase-Invariant Rate 8/10 Matched Spectral Null Code for PRML, United States Patent No. 5,095,484, R. Karabed and P. H. Siegel, (March 10, 1992).
11. Time-Varying Viterbi Detector for Control of Error Event Length, United States Patent No. 5,280,489, L. Fredrickson, R. Karabed, J. Rae, P. H. Siegel, H. Thapar, and
R. Wood, (January 18, 1994).
12. Method and Means for Detecting a Partial-Response Waveform Using a Modified Dynamic Programming Heuristic, United States Patent No. 5,430,744, G. Fettweis,
R. Karabed, P. H. Siegel, H. Thapar, (July 4, 1995).
13. Method and Apparatus for Constructing Asymptotically Optimal Second Order DC-Free Channel Codes, United States Patent No. 5,450,443, P. H. Siegel and A. Vardy, (September 12, 1995).
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(July 16, 1996).
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Means for Generating and Detecting Spectrally Constrained Coded Partial
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Research Group
Student Name: Brian Butler Ph.D. Student
Interests: applications of error correction codes, the interplay of error correction and error detection, LDPC code constructions, link design, digital demodulation and tracking algorithms.
email: bkbutler@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-3559
Fax: (858) 534-2720
Office: CMRR, Room 206
Student Name: Amir Hadi Djahanshadi, Ph.D. Student
Interests:
email: adjahans@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 822-0436
Office: EBU-I, Room 2321
Student Name: Lynn Greiner, Ph.D. Student
Interests:
email: lgreiner@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-3559
Fax: (858) 534-2720
Office: CMRR, Room 206
Student Name: Aravind Iyengar, Ph.D. Student
Interests: Non-Binary LDPC Codes
email: aravind@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-3906
Fax: (858) 534-2720
Office: CMRR, Room 205
Student Name: Seyhan Karakulak, Ph.D. Student*
Interests: Algebraic coding techniques
email: skarakul@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-6216
Fax: (858) 534-2720
Office: CMRR, Room 203
Student Name: Han Wang Ph.D. Student*
Interests:
email: haw011@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-6542
Fax: (858) 534-2720
Office: CMRR, Room 204
Student Name: Eitan Yaakobi, Ph.D. Student *
Interests: Coding for flash memory
email: eyaakobi@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-6216
Fax: (858) 534-2720
Office: CMRR Room 203
* jointly supervised with Prof. Jack Wolf
Student Name: Sharon Aviran
Dissertation: Constrained Coding and Signal Processing for Data Storage Systems [Abstract] [PDF ucsd only]
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: 2006
Student Name: Jiangxin Chen
Dissertation: Information Rates for Two-Dimensional Recording Channels [Abstract] [PDF ucsd only]
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: June 2005
Student Name: Michael Cheng
Dissertation: Algebraic Soft-Decision Reed-Solomon Decoding Techniques for High-Density Magnetic Recording
[Abstract]
[PDF ucsd only]
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: June 2004
Student Name: Junsheng Han
Dissertation: Code Representation and Performance of Graph-Based Decoding [Abstract] [PDF ucsd only]
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: April 2008
Student Name: Brian Kurkoski
Dissertation: Algorithms and Schedules for Turbo Equalization
[Abstract] [PDF ucsd only]
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: June 2004
Student Name: Bruce Moision
Dissertation: Constrained Coding and Detection for Magnetic Recording Channels [Abstract] [PDF ucsd only]
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: 2000
Student Name: Mats Oberg
Dissertation: Turbo Coding and Decoding for Signal Transmission and Recording Systems [Abstract] [PDF ucsd only]
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: 2000
Student Name: Henry Pfister
Dissertation:
On the Capacity of Finite State Channels and the Analysis of Convolutional Accumulate-{m} codes
[Abstract]
[PDF ucsd only]
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: 2003
Student Name: Joseph Soriaga
Dissertation: On Near-Capacity Code Design for Partial-Response Channels [Abstract] [PDF ucsd only]
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: June 2005
Student Name: M. Hossein Taghavi
Dissertation: Decoding Linear Codes via Optimization and Graph-Based Techniques [Abstract] [PDF ucsd only]
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: October 2008
Student Name: Zheng Wu
Dissertation: Channel Modeling, Signal Processing and Coding for Perpendicular Magnetic Recording [Abstract] [PDF ucsd only]
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: 2009
Courses
Fall Quarter 2009:
ECE 101 - Linear Systems Fundamentals
Spring Quarter 2009:
ECE 259C - Advanced Topics in Coding
Winter Quarter 2009:
ECE 259B - Probabilistic Coding
Fall Quarter 2008:
ECE 101 - Linear Systems Fundamentals
Winter Quarter 2008:
ECE 101 - Linear Systems Fundamentals
ECE 259BN - Trellis-Coded Modulation
Fall Quarter 2007:
ECE 299
