Janak Sodha

Janak Sodha earned his B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, England (UK). He began his career as a Telecommunications Research Engineer at ERA Technology (UK) before transitioning to academia, where he is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. From 2016 to 2020, he served as Head of the Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics. His research interests include synchronization and optimization of...See more

Janak Sodha earned his B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, England (UK). He began his career as a Telecommunications Research Engineer at ERA Technology (UK) before transitioning to academia, where he is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. From 2016 to 2020, he served as Head of the Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics. His research interests include synchronization and optimization of Turbo codes, LDPC codes, Polar codes and novel combined modulation and error-control decoding for a digital communication system. Dr. Sodha has published over 50 peer-reviewed research papers in journals and conferences, with select papers cited in seven patents. In 2021, he was elevated to Senior Member of the IEEE. With more than 27 years of teaching experience in communication theory, this textbook demystifies complex algorithms using examples with supporting simulations and desktop videos. See less