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20172026
most citedA Combinatorial Methodology for Optimizing Non-Binary Graph-Based Codes: Theoretical Analysis and Applications in Data Storage

22 citations · 164 across the 31 of their papers we have counts for

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32 papers

cs.IT2026

Current Should Not Sneak: Constrained Codes for Reliable Memristor Crossbar Arrays

Selahattin Kaan Kırgeç, Yunus Alp Bıyıkoğlu, Ahmed Hareedy

The approach of squeezing more transistors in the same area in order to speed up computing is no longer effective. Currently, researchers and engineers are searching for novel solu…

cs.CV2026

ViGoR-Bench: How Far Are Visual Generative Models From Zero-Shot Visual Reasoners?

Haonan Han, Jiancheng Huang, Xiaopeng Sun +7

Beneath the stunning visual fidelity of modern AIGC models lies a "logical desert", where systems fail tasks that require physical, causal, or complex spatial reasoning. Current ev…

cs.IT2025

Learning to Reconfigure: Using Device Status to Select the Right Constrained Coding Scheme

Doğukan Özbayrak, Ahmed Hareedy

In the age of data revolution, a modern storage~or transmission system typically requires different levels of protection. For example, the coding technique used to fortify data in…

cs.IT2025

Adapt or Regress: Rate-Memory-Compatible Spatially-Coupled Codes

Bade Aksoy, Doğukan Özbayrak, Ahmed Hareedy

Spatially-coupled (SC) codes are a class of low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes that have excellent performance thanks to the degrees of freedom they offer. An SC code is designe…

cs.IT2025

A Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method for Efficient Finite-Length LDPC Code Design

Ata Tanrıkulu, Mete Yıldırım, Ahmed Hareedy

Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes are among the most prominent error-correction schemes. They find application to fortify various modern storage, communication, and computing s…

cs.IT2025★ 3 cited

LOCO Codes Can Correct as Well: Error-Correction Constrained Coding for DNA Data Storage

Canberk İrimağzı, Ahmed Hareedy

As a medium for cold data storage, DNA stands out as it promises significant gains in storage capacity and lifetime. However, it comes with its own data processing challenges to ov…

cs.IT2024★ 1 cited

Probabilistic Design of Multi-Dimensional Spatially-Coupled Codes

Canberk İrimağzı, Ata Tanrıkulu, Ahmed Hareedy

Because of their excellent asymptotic and finite-length performance, spatially-coupled (SC) codes are a class of low-density parity-check codes that is gaining increasing attention…

cs.IT2023★ 7 cited

Protecting the Future of Information: LOCO Coding With Error Detection for DNA Data Storage

Canberk İrimağzı, Yusuf Uslan, Ahmed Hareedy

DNA strands serve as a storage medium for -ary data over the alphabet . DNA data storage promises formidable information density, long-term durability, and ease of…

cs.IT2023★ 2 cited

Eliminating Media Noise While Preserving Storage Capacity: Reconfigurable Constrained Codes for Two-Dimensional Magnetic Recording

Iven Guzel, Doğukan Özbayrak, Robert Calderbank +1

Magnetic recording devices are still competitive in the storage density race thanks to new technologies such as two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR). Error-prone patterns wher…

cs.IT2023

LDPC Decoders Prefer More Reliable Parity Bits: Unequal Data Protection Over BSC

Beyza Dabak, Ece Tiryaki, Robert Calderbank +1

Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes are specified by graphs, and are the error correction technique of choice in many communications and data storage contexts. Message passing de…

cs.IT2023★ 6 cited

Efficient Constrained Codes That Enable Page Separation in Modern Flash Memories

Ahmed Hareedy, Simeng Zheng, Paul Siegel +1

The pivotal storage density win achieved by solid-state devices over magnetic devices recently is a result of multiple innovations in physics, architecture, and signal processing.…

cs.IT2021★ 5 cited

Read-and-Run Constrained Coding for Modern Flash Devices

Ahmed Hareedy, Simeng Zheng, Paul Siegel +1

The pivotal storage density win achieved by solid-state devices over magnetic devices in 2015 is a result of multiple innovations in physics, architecture, and signal processing. O…

cs.IT2021

Breaking the Computational Bottleneck: Design of Near-Optimal High-Memory Spatially-Coupled Codes

Siyi Yang, Ahmed Hareedy, Robert Calderbank +1

Spatially-coupled (SC) codes, known for their threshold saturation phenomenon and low-latency windowed decoding algorithms, are ideal for streaming applications and data storage sy…

cs.IT2021

Hierarchical Hybrid Error Correction for Time-Sensitive Devices at the Edge

Siyi Yang, Ahmed Hareedy, Robert Calderbank +1

Computational storage, known as a solution to significantly reduce the latency by moving data-processing down to the data storage, has received wide attention because of its potent…

cs.IT2021★ 1 cited

GRADE-AO: Towards Near-Optimal Spatially-Coupled Codes With High Memories

Siyi Yang, Ahmed Hareedy, Shyam Venkatasubramanian +2

Spatially-coupled (SC) codes, known for their threshold saturation phenomenon and low-latency windowed decoding algorithms, are ideal for streaming applications. They also find app…

cs.IT2021

Unequal Error Protection Achieves Threshold Gains on BEC and BSC via Higher Fidelity Messages

Beyza Dabak, Ahmed Hareedy, Alexei Ashikhmin +1

Because of their capacity-approaching performance, graph-based codes have a wide range of applications, including communications and storage. In these codes, unequal error protecti…

cs.IT2020★ 12 cited

The Secret Arithmetic of Patterns: A General Method for Designing Constrained Codes Based on Lexicographic Indexing

Ahmed Hareedy, Beyza Dabak, Robert Calderbank

Constrained codes are used to prevent errors from occurring in various data storage and data transmission systems. They can help in increasing the storage density of magnetic stora…

cs.IT2020

Power Spectra of Constrained Codes with Level-Based Signaling: Overcoming Finite-Length Challenges

Jessica Centers, Xinyu Tan, Ahmed Hareedy +1

Constrained codes are used to eliminate error-prone patterns in various practical systems. Recently, we introduced efficient binary symmetric lexicographically-ordered constrained…

cs.IT2020

Hierarchical Coding for Cloud Storage: Topology-Adaptivity, Scalability, and Flexibility

Siyi Yang, Ahmed Hareedy, Robert Calderbank +1

In order to accommodate the ever-growing data from various, possibly independent, sources and the dynamic nature of data usage rates in practical applications, modern cloud data st…

cs.IT2020★ 11 cited

Non-Binary Constrained Codes for Two-Dimensional Magnetic Recording

Beyza Dabak, Ahmed Hareedy, Robert Calderbank

The two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) technology promises storage densities of terabits per square inch. However, when tracks are squeezed together, a bit stored in th…

cs.IT2020★ 11 cited

Managing Device Lifecycle: Reconfigurable Constrained Codes for M/T/Q/P-LC Flash Memories

Ahmed Hareedy, Beyza Dabak, Robert Calderbank

Flash memory devices are winning the competition for storage density against magnetic recording devices. This outcome results from advances in physics that allow storage of more th…

cs.IT2020

Topology-Aware Cooperative Data Protection in Blockchain-Based Decentralized Storage Networks

Siyi Yang, Ahmed Hareedy, Robert Calderbank +1

From currency to cloud storage systems, the continuous rise of the blockchain technology is moving various information systems towards decentralization. Blockchain-based decentrali…

cs.IT2019★ 10 cited

Asymmetric LOCO Codes: Constrained Codes for Flash Memories

Ahmed Hareedy, Robert Calderbank

In data storage and data transmission, certain patterns are more likely to be subject to error when written (transmitted) onto the media. In magnetic recording systems with binary…

cs.IT2019

Hierarchical Coding to Enable Scalability and Flexibility in Heterogeneous Cloud Storage

Siyi Yang, Ahmed Hareedy, Robert Calderbank +1

In order to accommodate the ever-growing data from various, possibly independent, sources and the dynamic nature of data usage rates in practical applications, modern cloud data st…