2016 North-American School of Information Theory
Overview
The 2016 School of information will be hosted at Duke University, June 21-23. ÌýIt isÌýsponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Society, Duke University, and the Center for Science of Information. ÌýThe school provides a venue where doctoral and postdoctoral students can learn from distinguished professors in information theory, meet with fellow researchers, and form collaborations. Ìý
Program and Lectures
The daily schedule will consist of morning and afternoon lectures separated by a lunch break with poster sessions. Students from all research areas are welcome to attend and present their own research via a poster during the school. ÌýThe school will host lectures on core areas of information theory and interdisciplinary topics. The following lectures are confirmed:Ìý
- June 21 AM:Ìý Ìý(Pennsylvania State University):ÌýInformation-Theoretic Security ( , )
- June 21 PM:Ìý Ìý(Texas A&M University):ÌýThe Peeling Decoder: Theory and ApplicationsÌý( , )
- June 22 AM:Ìý Ìý(University of Illinois, Chicago): The Interference Channel ( , , )
- June 22 PM:Ìý Ìý Padovani Lecturer (ETH Zurich): The Mathematics of Deep Learning ( , )
- June 23 AM:Ìý Ìý(Johns Hopkins University): Global Optimality in Matrix and Tensor Factorization, Deep Learning, and BeyondÌý( )
Here are links to the final and a pdf .
Logistics
Applications will be available on March 15 and will be evaluated starting April 1. ÌýAccepted students must register by May 15, 2016. ÌýThe registration fee will include food and 3 nights accommodation in a single-occupancy room. ÌýWe suggest that attendees fly into the Raleigh-Durham (RDU) airport located about 30 minutes from the Duke campus. Housing will be available for check-in on the afternoon of June 20th. ÌýThe main part of the program will conclude after lunch on June 23rd so that attendees can fly home that evening.
A list of and a are now available.
To Apply: Ìýsorry, applications are no longer accepted
Administrative Contact: ÌýKathy Peterson, [email protected]
Organizing Committee
Henry Pfister (chair) (Duke University), Dror Baron (North Carolina State University), Matthieu Bloch (Georgia Tech),ÌýRob Calderbank (Duke University), Galen Reeves (Duke University). Advisors: Gerhard Kramer (Technical University of Munich) and Andrea Goldsmith (Stanford)