John M. Cioffi

John M. Cioffi

Room 363, David Packard Electrical Engineering
350 Jane Stanford Mall, MC 9515
Stanford, CA 94305-9515
phone: +1 (650) 723-2150
fax: +1 (650) 724-3652
cioffi@stanford.edu

Helen Niu
(Administrative Assistant)

David Packard Electrical Engineering
350 Jane Stanford Mall, MC 9515
Stanford, CA 94305-9515
phone: +1 (650) 723-2681
fax: +1 (650) 724-3652
dashiellcorbett@stanford.edu

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Winter Quarter 2026

EE 379A - Data Transmission Design

Instructor Prof. John Cioffi
Office: Packard 363
Phone: 723-2150
email: cioffi@stanford.edu
Office hours: TTh 4:30-5:30 pm, Packard 363
Teaching Assistant Kami Fardi
kfardi@slanford.edu
Office: Packard 214
Office hours: Tuesday 1:30-2:30
Administrative Assistant Helen Niu
Office: Packard 310
Phone: 723-8121
email: helen.niu@stanford.edu
Lecture Time and Location TTH 3:00 - 4:20
Help Session Office: Lathrop 180
Time: Monday 4:30-5:30
Class Email List If you are registered with Axess to take the class then you are automatically enrolled in the class mailing list.
Class Newsgroup use canvas
Course Reader A Course reader is available for download.
Grading Homework: 30%
Midterm exam: 30%
Final exam: 40%
Midterm Exam Time and Location
Final Exam Time and Location take-home, after last class, 25 hours.
Homework Policy
Other Texts Channel Codes by W.E. Ryan, S. Lin, and S.G. Wilson, 2nd Edition, Cambridge 2025
Digital Communications, 5th edition by J. Proakis and M. Salehi, McGraw-Hill, 2008
Introduction to Digital Communications by W.E. Stark, Cambridge, 2023.