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====== Lossless Compression ======
===== Main Idea =====

When storing information in a data format we often find repetitive or information-less fragments in the data.
If the information content is low with respect to the number of characters needed, one might ask if 
a more efficient storing method would be beneficent.
Basically, lossless compression methods try to find repetitions in data and build rules that describe the structure of the repetition.

===== Members and Alumni =====
  * [[staff:fischer|Prof. Dr. Johannes Fischer]]
  * [[staff/dinklage|Patrick Dinklage]]
  * [[staff/loebel|Marvin Löbel]]
  * [[staff:ellert|Jonas Ellert]]
===== Project Tudocomp =====
The [[http://tudocomp.org|Technical University of DOrtmund COMPression Framework]] (tudocomp) is a lossless compression framework 
with the aim to support and facilitate the implementation of novel compression algorithms.