Abstract: Maximum distance separable (MDS) codes have the optimal trade-off between storage efficiency and fault tolerance, which are widely used in distributed storage systems. As typical non-MDS ...

Why it matters: Coding is now seen as a must-have skill, but parents want to ensure classes go beyond play to build problem-solving and creation abilities. What’s on offer: Schools like BrightCHAMPS, ...

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Abstract: The first linear programming bound is the best known asymptotic upper bound for binary codes, for a certain subrange of distances. Starting from the work of Friedman and Tillich (2005), ...

A friend texted me last week, “Zak, they’re building another car wash in town—what gives?” It’s a fair question. There are already more than a dozen car washes in Flagstaff. How can yet another be an ...