Henry Pfister
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Quantum Computing, Theory
Research Interests
Information theory, communications, probabilistic graphical models, machine learning, and deep neural networks
Bio
Henry D. Pfister received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2003 from the University of California, San Diego and is currently a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Duke University with a secondary appointment in Mathematics. Prior to that, he was an associate professor at Texas A&M University (2006-2014), a post-doctoral fellow at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2005-2006), and a senior engineer at Qualcomm Corporate R&D in San Diego (2003-2004). His current research interests include information theory, error-correcting codes, quantum computing, and machine learning.
He received the NSF Career Award in 2008 and a Texas A&M ECE Department Outstanding Professor Award in 2010. He is a coauthor of the 2007 IEEE COMSOC best paper in Signal Processing and Coding for Data Storage and a coauthor of a 2016 Symposium on the Theory of Computing (STOC) best paper. He has served the IEEE Information Theory Society as a member of the Board of Governors (2019-2022), an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (2013-2016), and a Distinguished Lecturer (2015-2016). He was also the General Chair of the 2016 North American School of Information Theory.
Education
- Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, 2003
Positions
- Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Professor of Mathematics
- Member of the Duke Quantum Center
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Best Paper Award. Symposium on the Theory of Computation (STOC). 2016
- 2015-2016 Distinguished Lecturer. IEEE Information Theory Society. 2015
- NSF CAREER Award. National Science Foundation. 2008
- 2007 Best Paper in Signal Processing and Coding for Data Storage. IEEE Communications Society . 2007
Courses Taught
- STA 563: Information Theory
- EGR 393: Research Projects in Engineering
- ECE 899: Special Readings in Electrical Engineering
- ECE 891: Internship
- ECE 590: Advanced Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 587: Information Theory
- ECE 586D: Vector Space Methods with Applications
- ECE 586: Vector Space Methods with Applications
- ECE 496: Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 487: System Design for Machine Learning and Signal Processing
- ECE 392: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Publications
- Pfister HD, Sprumont O, Zu00e9mor G. From Bit to Block: Decoding on Erasure Channels. 2025.
- Yao H, Gu00f6kduman M, Pfister HD. Cluster Decomposition for Improved Erasure Decoding of Quantum LDPCn Codes. 2024.
- Gu00f6kduman M, Yao H, Pfister HD. Erasure Decoding for Quantum LDPC Codes via Belief Propagation withn Guided Decimation. 2024.
- Reeves G, Pfister HD. Reed-Muller Codes on BMS Channels Achieve Vanishing Bit-Error Probability for all Rates Below Capacity. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2024 Feb 1;70(2):920u201349.
- Gokduman M, Yao H, Pfister HD. Erasure Decoding for Quantum LDPC Codes via Belief Propagation with Guided Decimation. In: 2024 60th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2024. 2024.
- Khazraei A, Pfister HD, Pajic M. Attacks on Perception-Based Control Systems: Modeling and Fundamental Limits. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2024 Jan 1;69(11):7726u201341.
- Aharoni Z, Huleihel B, Pfister HD, Permuter HH. Code Rate Optimization via Neural Polar Decoders. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2024. p. 2424u20139.
- Yao H, Laban WA, Hu00e4ger C, Amat AGI, Pfister HD. Belief Propagation Decoding of Quantum LDPC Codes with Guided Decimation. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2024. p. 2478u201383.
- Weinberg J, Mandal A, Pfister HD. Quantum State Compression with Polar Codes. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2024. p. 2050u20135.
- Aharoni Z, Huleihel B, Pfister HD, Permuter HH. Data-Driven Neural Polar Decoders for Unknown Channels with and Without Memory. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2024 Jan 1;70(12):8495u2013510.
- Yao H, Laban WA, Hu00e4ger C, Amat AGI, Pfister HD. Belief Propagation Decoding of Quantum LDPC Codes with Guided Decimation. 2023.
- Reeves G, Pfister HD. Achieving Capacity on Non-Binary Channels with Generalized Reed-Mullern Codes. 2023.
- Coskun MC, Liva G, Graell I Amat A, Lentmaier M, Pfister HD. Successive Cancellation Decoding of Single Parity-Check Product Codes: Analysis and Improved Decoding. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2023 Feb 1;69(2):823u201341.
- Aharoni Z, Huleihel B, Pfister HD, Permuter HH. Data-Driven Polar Codes for Unknown Channels With and Without Memory. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2023. p. 1890u20135.
- Reeves G, Pfister HD. Achieving Capacity on Non-Binary Channels with Generalized Reed-Muller Codes. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2023. p. 2057u201362.
- Mandal A, Brandsen S, Pfister HD. Belief-Propagation with Quantum Messages for Polar Codes on Classical-Quantum Channels. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2023. p. 613u20138.
- Pfister HD, Piveteau C, Renes JM, Rengaswamy N. Belief Propagation for Classical and Quantum Systems: Overview and Recent Results. IEEE BITS the Information Theory Magazine. 2022 Dec 1;2(3):20u201332.
- Coskun MC, Pfister HD. An Information-Theoretic Perspective on Successive Cancellation List Decoding and Polar Code Design. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2022 Sep 1;68(9):5779u201391.
- Brandsen S, Mandal A, Pfister HD. Belief Propagation with Quantum Messages for Symmetric Classical-Quantumn Channels. 2022.
- Brandsen S, Lian M, Stubbs KD, Rengaswamy N, Pfister HD. Adaptive procedures for discriminating between arbitrary tensor-product quantum states. Physical Review A. 2022 Jul 1;106(1).
- Khazraei A, Pfister H, Pajic M. Attacks on Perception-Based Control Systems: Modeling and Fundamentaln Limits. 2022.
- Tal I, Pfister HD, Fazeli A, Vardy A. Polar Codes for the Deletion Channel: Weak and Strong Polarization. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2022 Apr 1;68(4):2239u201365.
- Brandsen S, Mandal A, Pfister HD. Belief Propagation with Quantum Messages for Symmetric Classical-Quantum Channels. In: 2022 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2022. 2022. p. 494u20139.
- Khazraei A, Pfister H, Pajic M. Resiliency of Perception-Based Controllers Against Attacks. In: Proceedings of Machine Learning Research. 2022. p. 713u201325.
- Brandsen S, Stubbs KD, Pfister HD. Reinforcement Learning with Neural Networks for Quantum Multiple Hypothesis Testing. Quantum. 2022 Jan 1;6.
- Rengaswamy N, Seshadreesan KP, Guha S, Pfister HD. Belief propagation with quantum messages for quantum-enhanced classical communications. npj Quantum Information. 2021 Dec 1;7(1).
- Reeves G, Pfister HD. Reed-Muller Codes on BMS Channels Achieve Vanishing Bit-Errorn Probability for All Rates Below Capacity. In 2021.
- Srinivasavaradhan SR, Gopi S, Pfister HD, Yekhanin S. Trellis BMA: Coded Trace Reconstruction on IDS Channels for DNA Storage. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2021 Jul 12;2021-July:2453u20138.
- Pfister HD, Tal I. Polar Codes for Channels with Insertions, Deletions, and Substitutions. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2021 Jul 12;2021-July:2554u20139.
- Rengaswamy N, Pfister HD. On the Duality between the BSC and Quantum PSC. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2021. p. 2232u20137.
- Assaad S, Zeng S, Pfister H, Li F, Carin L. Hu00f6lder Bounds for Sensitivity Analysis in Causal Reasoning. 2021 Jul 9;
- Buchberger A, Hager C, Pfister HD, Schmalen L, Graell I Amat A. Pruning and Quantizing Neural Belief Propagation Decoders. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 2021 Jul 1;39(7):1957u201366.
- Rengaswamy N, Seshadreesan KP, Guha S, Pfister H. A Belief Propagation-based Quantum Joint-Detection Receiver for Superadditive Optical Communications. In: 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021 - Proceedings. 2021.
- Rengaswamy N, Seshadreesan KP, Guha S, Pfister H. A Belief Propagation-based Quantum Joint-Detection Receiver for Superadditive Optical Communications. In: 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021 - Proceedings. 2021.
- Cou015fkun MC, Pfister HD. An Information-Theoretic Perspective on Successive Cancellation Listn Decoding and Polar Code Design. 2021 Mar 30;
- Rengaswamy N, Pfister HD. A Semiclassical Proof of Duality Between the Classical BSC and then Quantum PSC. 2021 Mar 16;
- Butler RM, Hager C, Pfister HD, Liga G, Alvarado A. Model-Based Machine Learning for Joint Digital Backpropagation and PMD Compensation. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 2021 Feb 15;39(4):949u201359.
- Buchberger A, Hu00e4ger C, Pfister HD, Schmalen L, I Amat AG. Learned decimation for neural belief propagation decoders (invited paper). In: ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings. 2021. p. 8273u20137.
- Hager C, Pfister HD. Physics-Based Deep Learning for Fiber-Optic Communication Systems. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 2021 Jan 1;39(1):280u201394.
- Rengaswamy N, Seshadreesan KP, Guha S, Pfister H. A belief propagation-based quantum joint-detection receiver for superadditive optical communications. In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. 2021.
- Reeves G, Pfister HD. Understanding Phase Transitions via Mutual Information and MMSE. In: Information-Theoretic Methods in Data Science. 2021. p. 197u2013228.
- Buchberger A, Hu00e4ger C, Pfister HD, Schmalen L, Amat AGI. Learned Decimation for Neural Belief Propagation Decoders. 2020 Nov 4;
- Can T, Rengaswamy N, Calderbank R, Pfister HD. Kerdock Codes Determine Unitary 2-Designs. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2020 Oct 1;66(10):6104u201320.
- Cou015fkun MC, Liva G, Amat AGI, Lentmaier M, Pfister HD. Successive Cancellation Decoding of Single Parity-Check Product Codes:n Analysis and Improved Decoding. 2020 Aug 16;
- Rengaswamy N, Calderbank R, Newman M, Pfister HD. On optimality of css codes for transversal t. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory. 2020 Aug 1;1(2):499u2013514.
- Coskun MC, Pfister HD. Bounds on the List Size of Successive Cancellation List Decoding. In: SPCOM 2020 - International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications. 2020.
- Oliari V, Goossens S, Hager C, Liga G, Butler RM, Hout MVD, et al. Revisiting Efficient Multi-Step Nonlinearity Compensation with Machine Learning: An Experimental Demonstration. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 2020 Jun 15;38(12):3114u201324.
- Brandsen S, Lian M, Stubbs KD, Rengaswamy N, Pfister HD. Adaptive Procedures for Discriminating Between Arbitrary Tensor-Product Quantum States. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2020 Jun 1;2020-June:1933u20138.
- Brandsen S, Stubbs KD, Pfister HD. Reinforcement Learning with Neural Networks for Quantum Multiple Hypothesis Testing. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2020. p. 1897u2013902.
- Thangaraj A, Pfister HD. Efficient Maximum-Likelihood Decoding of Reed-Muller RM(m-3,m) Codes. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2020. p. 263u20138.
- Buchberger A, Hager C, Pfister HD, Schmalen L, I Amat AG. Pruning Neural Belief Propagation Decoders. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2020 Jun 1;2020-June:338u201342.
- Coskun MC, Neu J, Pfister HD. Successive Cancellation Inactivation Decoding for Modified Reed-Muller and eBCH Codes. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2020 Jun 1;2020-June:437u201342.
- Rengaswamy N, Calderbank R, Newman M, Pfister HD. Classical Coding Problem from Transversal T Gates. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2020 Jun 1;2020-June:1891u20136.
- Lian M, Hager C, Pfister HD. Decoding Reed-Muller Codes Using Redundant Code Constraints. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2020. p. 42u20137.
- Rengaswamy N, Seshadreesan KP, Guha S, Pfister HD. Quantum Advantage via Qubit Belief Propagation. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2020. p. 1824u20139.
- Hu00e4ger C, Pfister HD, Bu00fctler RM, Liga G, Alvarado A. Model-based machine learning for joint digital backpropagation and PMD compensation. In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. 2020.
- Rengaswamy N, Calderbank R, Kadhe S, Pfister HD. Logical Clifford Synthesis for Stabilizer Codes. IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering. 2020 Jan 1;1.
- Carpi F, Hager C, Martalo M, Raheli R, Pfister HD. Reinforcement Learning for Channel Coding: Learned Bit-Flipping Decoding. 2019 57th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2019. 2019 Sep 1;922u20139.
- Pfister HD, Urbanke RL. Near-Optimal Finite-Length Scaling for Polar Codes Over Large Alphabets. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2019 Sep;65(9):5643u201355.
- Rengaswamy N, Calderbank R, Pfister HD. Unifying the Clifford hierarchy via symmetric matrices over rings. Physical Review A. 2019 Aug 7;100(2).
- Reeves G, Pfister H. Understanding Phase Transitions via Mutual Information and MMSE. 2019 Jul 3;
- Lian M, Carpi F, Hager C, Pfister HD. Learned Belief-Propagation Decoding with Simple Scaling and SNR Adaptation. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2019 Jul 1;2019-July:161u20135.
- Can T, Rengaswamy N, Calderbank R, Pfister HD. Kerdock Codes Determine Unitary 2-Designs. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2019 Jul 1;2019-July:2908u201312.
- Tal I, Pfister HD, Fazeli A, Vardy A. Polar Codes for the Deletion Channel: Weak and Strong Polarization. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2019 Jul 1;2019-July:1362u20136.
- Reeves G, Pfister HD. The Replica-Symmetric Prediction for Random Linear Estimation With Gaussian Matrices Is Exact. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2019 Apr 1;65(4):2252u201383.
- Schmidt C, Pfister HD, Zdeborovu00e1 L. Minimal sets to destroy the k-core in random networks. Physical review E. 2019 Feb;99(2u20131):022310.
- Yoo I, Imani MF, Sleasman T, Pfister HD, Smith DR. Enhancing Capacity of Spatial Multiplexing Systems Using Reconfigurable Cavity-Backed Metasurface Antennas in Clustered MIMO Channels. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 2019 Feb 1;67(2):1070u201384.
- Hu00e4ger C, Pfister HD, Bu00fctler RM, Liga G, Alvarado A. Revisiting multi-step nonlinearity compensation with machine learning. IET Conference Publications. 2019 Jan 1;2019(CP765).
- Luo Y, Pfister H. Adversarial Defense of Image Classification Using a Variationaln Auto-Encoder. 2018 Dec 6;
- Fougstedt C, Hu00e4ger C, Svensson L, Pfister HD, Larsson-Edefors P. ASIC Implementation of Time-Domain Digital Backpropagation with Deep-Learned Chromatic Dispersion Filters. European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC. 2018 Nov 14;2018-September.
- Hu00e4ger C, Pfister HD. Wideband Time-Domain Digital Backpropagation via Subband Processing and Deep Learning. European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC. 2018 Nov 14;2018-September.
- Reeves G, Pfister HD, Dytso A. Mutual Information as a Function of Matrix SNR for Linear Gaussian Channels. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2018. p. 1754u20138.
- Santi E, Hager C, Pfister HD. Decoding Reed-Muller Codes Using Minimum- Weight Parity Checks. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2018 Aug 15;2018-June:1296u2013300.
- Hager C, Pfister HD. Deep Learning of the Nonlinear Schru00f6dinger Equation in Fiber-Optic Communications. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2018 Aug 15;2018-June:1590u20134.
- Rengaswamy N, Calderbank R, Pfister HD, Kadhe S. Synthesis of Logical Clifford Operators via Symplectic Geometry. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2018 Aug 15;2018-June:791u20135.
- Lian M, Hu00e4ger C, Pfister HD. What can machine learning teach us about communications? 2018 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2018. 2018 Jul 2;
- Sheikh A, GraellAmat A, Liva G, Hu00e4ger C, Pfister HD. On Low-Complexity Decoding of Product Codes for High-Throughput Fiber-Optic Systems. International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC. 2018 Jul 2;2018-December.
- Hager C, Pfister HD. Approaching Miscorrection-Free Performance of Product Codes with Anchor Decoding. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 2018 Jul 1;66(7):2797u2013808.
- Hager C, Pfister HD. Nonlinear interference mitigation via deep neural networks. In: 2018 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition, OFC 2018 - Proceedings. 2018. p. 1u20133.
- Hu00e4ger C, Pfister HD. Nonlinear interference mitigation via deep neural networks. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. 2018 Jan 1;Part F84-OFC 2018.
- Hu00e4ger C, Pfister HD. Approaching Miscorrection-free Performance of Product and Generalizedn Product Codes. 2017 Nov 21;
- Hu00e4ger C, Pfister HD. Miscorrection-free Decoding of Staircase Codes. European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC. 2017 Sep 21;2017-September:1u20133.
- Charbonneau P, Li YC, Pfister HD, Yaida S. Cycle-expansion method for the Lyapunov exponent, susceptibility, and higher moments. Physical review E. 2017 Sep;96(3u20131):032129.
- Jian YY, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. Approaching Capacity at High Rates with Iterative Hard-Decision Decoding. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2017 Sep 1;63(9):5752u201373.
- Hu00e4ger C, Pfister HD, GraellAmat A, Bru00e4nnstru00f6m F. Density evolution for deterministic generalized product codes on the binary erasure channel at high rates. 2017.
- Kudekar S, Kumar S, Mondelli M, Pfister HD, Sasou01e7lu E, Urbanke RL. Reed-muller codes achieve capacity on erasure channels. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2017 Jul 1;63(7):4298u2013316.
- Sabag O, Permuter HH, Pfister HD. A single-letter upper bound on the feedback capacity of unifilar finite-state channels. In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2017. p. 1392u2013409.
- Sabag O, Permuter HH, Pfister HD. Single-letter bounds on the feedback capacity of unifilar finite-state channels. In: 2016 IEEE International Conference on the Science of Electrical Engineering, ICSEE 2016. 2017.
- Kumar S, Calderbank R, Pfister HD. Beyond double transitivity: Capacity-achieving cyclic codes on erasure channels. In: 2016 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2016. 2016. p. 241u20135.
- Hager C, Amat AGI, Pfister HD, Brannstrom F. Density evolution for deterministic generalized product codes with higher-order modulation. In: International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC. 2016. p. 236u201340.
- Sanatkar MR, Pfister HD. Increasing the rate of spatially-coupled codes via optimized irregular termination. In: International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC. 2016. p. 31u20135.
- Kudekar S, Kumar S, Mondelli M, Pfister HD, Urbankez R. Comparing the bit-MAP and block-MAP decoding thresholds of reed-muller codes on BMS channels. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2016. p. 1755u20139.
- Sabag O, Permuter HH, Pfister HD. A single-letter upper bound on the feedback capacity of unifilar finite-state channels. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2016. p. 310u20134.
- Pfister HD, Urbanke R. Near-optimal finite-length scaling for polar codes over large alphabets. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2016. p. 215u20139.
- Reeves G, Pfister HD. The replica-symmetric prediction for compressed sensing with Gaussian matrices is exact. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2016. p. 665u20139.
- Kumar S, Calderbank R, Pfister HD. Reed-muller codes achieve capacity on the quantum erasure channel. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2016. p. 1750u20134.
- Hager C, Pfister HD, Graell I Amat A, Brannstrom F. Deterministic and ensemble-based spatially-coupled product codes. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2016. p. 2114u20138.
- Hager C, Pfister HD, Amat AG, Brannstrom F. Density evolution and error floor analysis for staircase and braided codes. In: 2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2016. 2016.
- Kudekar S, Pfister HD, Kumar S, u015eau015fou01e7lu E, Mondelli M, Urbanke R. Reed-Muller codes achieve capacity on erasure channels. In: Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing. 2016. p. 658u201369.
- Lian M, Pfister HD. Belief-propagation reconstruction for compressed sensing: Quantization vs. Gaussian approximation. In: 2015 53rd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2015. 2016. p. 1106u201313.
- Kumar S, Vem A, Narayanan K, Pfister HD. Spatially-coupled codes for write-once memories. In: 2015 53rd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2015. 2016. p. 125u201331.
- Hamidi-Sepehr F, Chamberland JF, Pfister HD. On the Performance of Block Codes over Finite-State Channels in the Rare-Transition Regime. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 2015 Nov 1;63(11):3974u201390.
- Pfister HD, Emmadi SK, Narayanan K. Symmetric product codes. In: 2015 Information Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA 2015 - Conference Proceedings. 2015. p. 282u201390.
- Rengaswamy N, Pfister HD. Cyclic polar codes. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2015. p. 1287u201391.
- Li S, Huang YC, Liu T, Pfister HD. On the limits of treating interference as noise for two-user symmetric Gaussian interference channels. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2015. p. 1711u20135.
- Hamidi-Sepehr F, Pfister HD, Chamberland JF. Delay-Sensitive Communication over Fading Channels: Queueing Behavior and Code Parameter Selection. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 2015 Sep 1;64(9):3957u201370.
- Hager C, Amat AGI, Pfister HD, Alvarado A, Brannstrom F, Agrell E. On parameter optimization for staircase codes. In: Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series. 2015.
- Hu00e4ger C, i Amat AG, Pfister HD, Alvarado A, Bru00e4nnstru00f6m F, Agrell E. On parameter optimization for staircase codes. In: Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2015. 2015.
- Hu00e4ger C, i Amat AG, Pfister HD, Alvarado A, Bru00e4nnstru00f6m F, Agrell E. On parameter optimization for staircase codes. In: Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2015. 2015.
- Kumar S, Young AJ, Macris N, Pfister HD. Threshold saturation for spatially coupled LDPC and LDGM codes on BMS channels. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2014 Dec 1;60(12):7389u2013415.
- Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. An introduction to spatially-coupled codes via practical examples. In: 2014 31th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, URSI GASS 2014. 2014.
- Jian YY, Pfister HD. Convergence of weighted min-sum decoding via dynamic programming on trees. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2014 Jan 1;60(2):943u201363.
- Vem A, Huang YC, Narayanan KR, Pfister HD. Multilevel lattices based on spatially-coupled LDPC codes with applications. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2014. p. 2336u201340.
- Yedla A, Jian YY, Nguyen PS, Pfister HD. A simple proof of maxwell saturation for coupled scalar recursions. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2014 Jan 1;60(11):6943u201365.
- Kumar S, Vem A, Narayanan K, Pfister HD. Spatially-coupled codes for side-information problems. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2014. p. 516u201320.
- Pfister HD, Vontobel PO. On the relevance of graph covers and zeta functions for the analysis of SPA decoding of cycle codes. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2013. p. 3000u20134.
- Obata N, Jian YY, Kasai K, Pfister HD. Spatially-coupled multi-edge type LDPC codes with bounded degrees that achieve capacity on the BEC under BP decoding. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2013. p. 2433u20137.
- Tunali NE, Narayanan KR, Pfister HD. Spatially-coupled low density lattices based on construction a with applications to compute-and-forward. In: 2013 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2013. 2013.
- Kumar S, Chamberland JF, Pfister HD. First-passage time and large-deviation analysis for erasure channels with memory. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2013 Aug 28;59(9):5547u201365.
- Yedla A, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. Code design for the noisy Slepian-Wolf problem. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 2013 Jun 1;61(6):2535u201345.
- Parag P, Chamberland JF, Pfister HD, Narayanan K. Code-rate selection, queueing behavior, and the correlated erasure channel. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2013 Jan 7;59(1):397u2013407.
- Jian YY, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR, Rao R, Mazahreh R. Iterative hard-decision decoding of braided BCH codes for high-speed optical communication. In: Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM. 2013. p. 2376u201381.
- Kumar S, Young AJ, Macris N, Pfister HD. A Proof of Threshold Saturation for Spatially-Coupled LDPC Codes on BMS Channels. 2013.
- Narayanan KR, Pfister HD. Iterative collision resolution for slotted ALOHA: An optimal uncoordinated transmission policy. In: International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC. 2012. p. 136u20139.
- Yedla A, Jian YY, Nguyen PS, Pfister HD. A simple proof of threshold saturation for coupled scalar recursions. In: International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC. 2012. p. 51u20135.
- Nguyen PS, Yedla A, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. Threshold saturation of spatially-coupled codes on intersymbol-interference channels. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications. 2012. p. 2181u20136.
- Hamidi-Sepehr F, Chamberland JF, Pfister HD. On the performance of random block codes over finite-state fading channels. In: 2012 50th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2012. 2012. p. 17u201325.
- Kumar S, Young AJ, Maoris N, Pfister HD. A proof of threshold saturation for spatially-coupled LDPC codes on BMS channels. In: 2012 50th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2012. 2012. p. 176u201384.
- Yedla A, Jian YY, Nguyen PS, Pfister HD. A simple proof of threshold saturation for coupled vector recursions. In: 2012 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2012. 2012. p. 25u20139.
- Hamidi-Sepehr F, Pfister HD, Chamberland JF. On the queueing behavior of Gilbert-Elliott channels in the rare-transition regime. In: 2012 46th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, CISS 2012. 2012.
- Nguyen PS, Yedla A, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. On the maximum a posteriori decoding thresholds of multiuser systems with erasures. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2012. p. 2701u20135.
- Jian YY, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. Approaching capacity at high rates with iterative hard-decision decoding. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2012. p. 2696u2013700.
- Zhang F, Pfister HD. Verification decoding of high-rate ldpc codes with applications in compressed sensing. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2012 Jul 23;58(8):5042u201358.
- Xia Z, Huff GH, Chamberland JF, Pfister H, Bhattacharya R. Direction of arrival estimation using canonical and crystallographic volumetric element configurations. In: Proceedings of 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012. 2012. p. 1436u20139.
- Hamidi-Sepehr F, Chamberland J-F, Pfister HD. On the performance of random block codes over finite-state fading channels. In: Allerton Conference. IEEE; 2012. p. 17u201325.
- Yedla A, Jian Y-Y, Nguyen PS, Pfister HD. A simple proof of threshold saturation for coupled vector recursions. In: ITW. IEEE; 2012. p. 25u20139.
- Jian Y-Y, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. Approaching capacity at high rates with iterative hard-decision decoding. In: ISIT. IEEE; 2012. p. 2696u2013700.
- Kumar S, Chamberland JF, Pfister HD. Large deviations on empirical service for erasure channels with memory. In: 2011 49th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2011. 2011. p. 1641u20138.
- Yedla A, Nguyen PS, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. Universal codes for the Gaussian MAC via spatial coupling. In: 2011 49th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2011. 2011. p. 1801u20138.
- Kim BH, Pfister HD. Joint decoding of LDPC codes and finite-state channels via linear-programming. IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 2011 Dec 1;5(8):1563u201376.
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- Yedla A, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. Universality for the noisy Slepian-Wolf problem via spatial coupling. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2011. p. 2567u201371.
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- Kim BH, Pfister HD. An iterative joint linear-programming decoding of LDPC codes and finite-state channels. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications. 2011.
- Nguyen PS, Yedla A, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. Spatially-Coupled Codes and Threshold Saturation onn Intersymbol-Interference Channels. 2011.
- Pfister HD. The capacity of finite-state channels in the high-noise regime. Cambridge University Press; 2011.
- Nguyen PS, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. On multiple decoding attempts for Reed - Solomon codes: A rate-distortion approach. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2011 Feb 1;57(2):668u201391.
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- Jian YY, Pfister HD. Convergence of weighted min-sum decoding via dynamic programming on coupled trees. In: 6th International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC 2010. 2010. p. 487u201391.
- Kim BH, Yedla A, Pfister HD. IMP: A message-passing algorithm for matrix completion. In: 6th International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC 2010. 2010. p. 462u20136.
- Yedla A, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. LDPC code design for transmission of correlated sources across noisy channels without CSIT. In: 6th International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC 2010. 2010. p. 467u201371.
- Wilson MP, Narayanan K, Pfister HD, Sprintson A. Joint physical layer coding and network coding for bidirectional relaying. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2010 Nov 1;56(11):5641u201354.
- Parag P, Chamberland JF, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. On the queueing behavior of random codes over a gilbert-elliot erasure channel. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2010. p. 1798u2013802.
- Nguyen PS, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. A rate-distortion exponent approach to multiple decoding attempts for Reed-Solomon codes. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2010. p. 1095u20139.
- Kim BH, Pfister HD. On the joint decoding of LDPC codes and finite-state channels via linear programming. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2010. p. 754u20138.
- Zhang F, Pfister HD, Jiang A. LDPC codes for rank modulation in flash memories. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2010. p. 859u201363.
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- Kim B-H, Yedla A, Pfister HD. Message-Passing Inference on a Factor Graph for Collaborative Filtering. 2010.
- Nguyen PS, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. A rate-distortion exponent approach to multiple decoding attempts for Reed-Solomon codes. In: ISIT. IEEE; 2010. p. 1095u20139.
- Nguyen PS, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. On Multiple Decoding Attempts for Reed-Solomon Codes. 2010.
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- Kim B-H, Pfister HD. On the joint decoding of LDPC codes and finite-state channels via linear programming. In: ISIT. IEEE; 2010. p. 754u20138.
- Kim B-H, Pfister HD. An Iterative Joint Linear-Programming Decoding of LDPC Codes and Finite-State Channels. 2010.
- Yedla A, Pfister HD, Narayanan KR. Can iterative decoding for erasure correlated sources be universal? In: 2009 47th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2009. 2009. p. 408u201315.
- Maduike D, Pfister HD, Sprintson A. Design and implementation of physical-layer network-coding protocols. In: Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers. 2009. p. 781u20137.
- Zhang F, Pfister HD. Modulation codes for flash memory based on load-balancing theory. In: 2009 47th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2009. 2009. p. 1039u201346.
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- Zhang F, Pfister HD. On the Iterative Decoding of High-Rate LDPC Codes With Applications inn Compressed Sensing. 2009.
- Wang CW, Pfister HD. Upper bounds on the MAP threshold of iterative decoding systems with erasure noise. In: 2008 5th International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Related Topics, TURBOCODING. 2008. p. 7u201312.
- Zhang F, Pfister HD. Compressed sensing and linear codes over real numbers. In: 2008 Information Theory and Applications Workshop - Conference Proceedings, ITA. 2008. p. 558u201361.
- Zhang F, Mao X, Zhou W, Pfister HD. Girth-10 LDPC codes based on 3-D cyclic lattices. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 2008 Mar 1;57(2):1049u201360.
- Pfister HD, Siegel PH. Joint iterative decoding of LDPC codes for channels with memory and erasure noise. In: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 2008. p. 320u201337.
- Zhang F, Pfister HD. Compressed Sensing and Linear Codes over Real Numbers. In: 2008 INFORMATION THEORY AND APPLICATIONS WORKSHOP. IEEE; 2008. p. 278u201381.
- Diggavi S, Mitzenmacher M, Pfister HD. Capacity upper bounds for the deletion channel. In: IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 2007. p. 1716u201320.
- Fan Z, Pfister HD. List-message passing achieves capacity on the q-ary symmetric channel for large q. In: GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference. 2007. p. 283u20137.
- Pfister HD, Sason I. Accumulate-repeat-accumulate codes: Capacity-achieving ensembles of systematic codes for the erasure channel with bounded complexity. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2007 Jun 1;53(6):2088u2013115.
- Soriaga JB, Pfister HD, Siegel PH. Determining and approaching achievable rates of binary intersymbol interference channels using multistage decoding. In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2007. p. 1416u201329.
- Zhang F, Pfister HD. List-Message Passing Achieves Capacity on the q-ary Symmetric Channel for Large q. In: GLOBECOM. IEEE; 2007. p. 283u20137.
- Sason I, Pfister HD. Recent results on capacity-achieving codes for the erasure channel with bounded complexity. In: IEEE Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, Proceedings. 2006. p. 339u201343.
- Hou J, Smee JE, Soriaga JB, Chen J, Pfister HD. Link-level modeling and performance of CDMA interference cancellation. In: GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference. 2006.
- Hou J, Smee JE, Pfister HD, Tomasin S. Implementing interference cancellation to increase the EV-DO Rev A reverse link capacity. IEEE Communications Magazine. 2006 Feb 1;44(2):96u2013102.
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- Pfister HD. Finite-length analysis of a capacity-achieving ensemble for the binary erasure channel. In: Proceedings of the IEEE ITSOC Information Theory Workshop 2005 on Coding and Complexity, ITW2005. 2005. p. 166u201370.
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- Pfister HD, Sason I. Accumulate-repeat-accumulate codes: Systematic codes achieving the binary erasure channel capacity with bounded complexity. In: 43rd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing 2005. 2005. p. 30u201344.
- Pfister HD, Sason I. Capacity-Achieving Ensembles of Accumulate-Repeat-Accumulate Codes for the Erasure Channel with Bounded Complexity. 2005.
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- Pfister H, Sason I, Urbanke R. Bounds on the decoding complexity of punctured codes on graphs. 2004.
- Soriaga JB, Pfister HD, Siegel PH. On the low-rate shannon limit for binary intersymbol interference channels. In: IEEE Transactions on Communications. 2003. p. 1962u20134.
- Hou J, Siegel PH, Milstein LB, Pfister HD. Capacity-Approaching Bandwidth-Efficient Coded Modulation Schemes Based on Low-Density Parity-Check Codes. In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2003. p. 2141-2155+2322.
- Pfister HD, Siegel PH. The serial concatenation of rate-1 codes through uniform random interleaves. In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2003. p. 1425u201338.
- Askar NK, Lin SC, Pfister HD, Rogerson GE, Furuno DS. Spectral keying/spl trade/: A novel modulation scheme for UWB systems. In: 2003 IEEE Conference on Ultra Wideband Systems and Technologies, UWBST 2003 - Conference Proceedings. 2003. p. 418u201322.
- Soriaga JB, Pfister HD, Siegel PH. On Approaching the Capacity of Finite-State Intersymbol Interference Channels. In Springer US; 2002. p. 365u201378.
- Pfister HD, Soriaga JB, Siegel PH. On the achievable information rates of finite state ISI channels. In: Conference Record / IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference. 2001. p. 2992u20136.
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- Hou J, Siegel PH, Milstein LB, Pfister HD. Design of low-density parity-check codes for bandwidth efficient modulation. In: Proceedings - 2001 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2001. 2001. p. 24u20136.
- Oberg M, Pfister HD, Siegel PH. Parity-accumulate codes for magnetic recording. In: Digests of the Intermag Conference. 2000.
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