Hugues Randriambololona

Alain Couvreur, Hugues Randriambololona

This article surveys the development of the theory of algebraic geometry codes since their discovery in the late 70's. We summarize the major results on various problems such as: asymptotic parameters, improved estimates on the minimum distance, and decoding algorithms. In addition, we present various modern applications of these codes such as public-key cryptography, algebraic complexity theory, multiparty computation or distributed storage.