Complex sentence: In computer science, Luby transform codes (LT codes) are the first class of practical fountain codes that are near optimal erasure correcting codes invented by Michael Luby in 1998 and published in 2002.
Split into simpler sentences: In computer science, Luby transform codes (LT codes) are the first class of practical fountain codes that are near-optimal erasure correcting codes. They were invented by Michael Luby in 1998 and published in 2002.