David Salomon is retired professor emeritus of computer science from California State University, Northridge. He is author of numerous articles and books, including Data Compression, Third Edition, Guide to Data Compression Methods, and Data Privacy and Security.

From the reviews: "The book provides a great deal of information in each of the previous aspects of data coding and communication ... . This book is for the general audience of computer scientists and for computer science students and teachers. ... Professors ... may also find it a useful textbook. Readers who are interested in cryptography, data compression and transmission, digital data representation, or simply a new way of looking at information and data using codes and numbers can learn a lot from this book ... ." (Fatima Talib, SIGACT News, Vol. 40 (4), 2009)

• Channel Coding.- Error-Control Codes.- Check Digits for Error Detection.- Source Codes.- Statistical Methods.- Dictionary Methods.- Image Compression.- Secure Codes.- Basic Concepts.- Monoalphabetic Substitution Ciphers.- Transposition Ciphers.- Polyalphabetic Substitution Ciphers.- Stream Ciphers.- Block Ciphers.- Public-Key Cryptography.- Data Hiding.- Data Hiding in Images.- Data Hiding: Other Methods.

David Salomon is retired professor emeritus of computer science from California State University, Northridge. He is author of numerous articles and books, including Data Compression, Third Edition, Guide to Data Compression Methods, and Data Privacy and Security.

From the reviews: "The book provides a great deal of information in each of the previous aspects of data coding and communication ... . This book is for the general audience of computer scientists and for computer science students and teachers. ... Professors ... may also find it a useful textbook. Readers who are interested in cryptography, data compression and transmission, digital data representation, or simply a new way of looking at information and data using codes and numbers can learn a lot from this book ... ." (Fatima Talib, SIGACT News, Vol. 40 (4), 2009)

• Channel Coding.- Error-Control Codes.- Check Digits for Error Detection.- Source Codes.- Statistical Methods.- Dictionary Methods.- Image Compression.- Secure Codes.- Basic Concepts.- Monoalphabetic Substitution Ciphers.- Transposition Ciphers.- Polyalphabetic Substitution Ciphers.- Stream Ciphers.- Block Ciphers.- Public-Key Cryptography.- Data Hiding.- Data Hiding in Images.- Data Hiding: Other Methods.

David Salomon is retired professor emeritus of computer science from California State University, Northridge. He is author of numerous articles and books, including Data Compression, Third Edition, Guide to Data Compression Methods, and Data Privacy and Security.

From the reviews: "The book provides a great deal of information in each of the previous aspects of data coding and communication ... . This book is for the general audience of computer scientists and for computer science students and teachers. ... Professors ... may also find it a useful textbook. Readers who are interested in cryptography, data compression and transmission, digital data representation, or simply a new way of looking at information and data using codes and numbers can learn a lot from this book ... ." (Fatima Talib, SIGACT News, Vol. 40 (4), 2009)

• Channel Coding.- Error-Control Codes.- Check Digits for Error Detection.- Source Codes.- Statistical Methods.- Dictionary Methods.- Image Compression.- Secure Codes.- Basic Concepts.- Monoalphabetic Substitution Ciphers.- Transposition Ciphers.- Polyalphabetic Substitution Ciphers.- Stream Ciphers.- Block Ciphers.- Public-Key Cryptography.- Data Hiding.- Data Hiding in Images.- Data Hiding: Other Methods.