Recommended Resources for Data Compression Research

Question

I'm looking for recommended resources on data compression; any studies on techniques, data structure and/or algorithms; any useful resources related to research, any books, organizations or any other information would be helpful.

I know it's kind of a general query, but just interested in expanding my knowledge on the subject matter.

Answer 1

Check this one: http://datacompression.info/ (a portal on data compression)

Some interesting articles:

• Arithmetic coding: http://www.dogma.net/markn/articles/arith/part1.htm
• Huffman coding: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2151/huffman.html
• LZW: http://marknelson.us/1989/10/01/lzw-data-compression/
• BWT: http://marknelson.us/1996/09/01/bwt/

Answer 2

This 1987 survey paper on Data Compression covers the first 40 years or so and seems to be good.

On a side note, in the category of "expanding [your] knowledge on the subject matter" is this BBS Documentary of the .ARC vs. .ZIP controversy of the early 1990s. It's a fascinating look at the human side of these compression "wars."

I was an active BBS user at the time and didn't realize the full story when it was going on.

Answer 3

My 2015 paper A Survey Of Architectural Approaches for Data Compression in Cache and Main Memory Systems (permalink here) reviews many compression algorithms and also techniques for using them in modern processors. It reviews both research-grade and commercial-grade compression algorithms/techniques, so you may find many related compression techniques from the references cited in the paper.