Dr Sarah Johnson

Biography

Sarah Johnson received the B.E. (Hons) degree in electrical engineering in 2000, and PhD in 2004, both from the University of Newcastle, Australia. She then held a postdoctoral position with the Wireless Signal Processing Program, National ICT Australia before returning to the University of Newcastle where she is a senior research fellow. Sarah's research interests are in the field of error correction and information theory, and in particular low-density parity-check codes, repeat-accumulate codes, iterative decoding algorithms and network coding. She is the author of a book on iterative error correction published by Cambridge University Press.

Qualifications

• PhD (Electrical Engineering), University of Newcastle
• Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical), University of Newcastle

Research

Research keywords

• Error Correction Coding
• Iterative error correction
• Low-density parity-check codes
• Network information theory
• Repeat-accumulate codes
• Telecommunications

Research expertise

Research expertise in the fields of error correction coding and information theory, and in particular the area of design and analysis of codes for iterative decoding and network information theory.

Languages

• English

Fields of Research

Centres and Groups

Centre

• PRC - Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-Based Medicine

Appointments

Administrative

Administrative expertise

Technical program committee member for national and international conferences.

Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Computer Engineering
• Telecommunications Engineering

Teaching expertise

Undergraduate teaching in computer and telecommunications engineering including Introduction to Computer Engineering, Introduction to Telecommunications and Advanced Telecommunicaitons

Ssupervision of honors students and postgraduate students.