This volume documents the proceedings of the inaugural French-Israeli Workshop on Algebraic Coding, held in Paris in July 1993. The workshop, a successor to a 1991 French-Soviet meeting, brought together researchers to present advancements in the field. The collected papers, rigorously peer-reviewed, explore diverse areas including convolutional codes, covering codes, cryptography, sequences, graphs, sphere packings, lattices, and bounds for codes, reflecting the state of algebraic coding theory at the time.

This collection of papers represents a snapshot of research in algebraic coding theory from a 1993 workshop. The topics covered, such as convolutional codes, cryptography, and coding bounds, indicate a focus on theoretical and applied aspects of the field. The inclusion of peer-reviewed papers suggests a standard of academic rigor. The workshop's continuation from a previous Franco-Soviet event highlights ongoing international collaboration in this specialized area of computer science and mathematics.