Applied Algebra Algebraic Algorithms and Error Correcting Codes : 14th International Symposium AAECC 14 Melbourne Australia November 26–30 2001 Proceedings This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Applied Algebra Algebraic Algorithms and Error Correcting Codes AAECC 14 held in Melbourne Australia in November 2001. The 36 revised full papers presented together with four invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on block codes code constructions codes and algebra rings and fields codes and algebra algebraic geometry codes sequences cryptography algorithms algorithms decoding and algebraic constructions