The research area of the CODES project remains focused on Error-Correcting Codes. The project has however a double aim : developing fundamental research in Coding Theory as well as placing oneself intentionally in the area Applications to ``Protecting Information''.
By and large, the studies we are concerned with provide conditions for practical applications of error-correcting coding for transmission and storage of data in modern telecommunication and data storage systems. They include investigations of potential areas of coding applications and of the ways of providing high error-correcting capacity under random and specific noise.