The International Castle Meeting on Coding Theory and Applications is a conference on coding theory and its applications that takes place every three years. This year鈥檚 edition took place in Vihula Manor, Vihula, Estonia, with 38 participants from 13 countries. The conference included a special one-day student workshop, which was devoted to the student works.
There were three invited talks:
- Tor Helleseth, 鈥50 years of cross-correlation of m-sequences鈥
- Raquel Pinto, 鈥淐onvolutional codes over finite rings鈥
- Paul Siegel, 鈥淒ata shaping codes for flash memories鈥
Additionally, Camilla Hollanti gave a tutorial on coded private information retrieval.
The cultural program included an excursion in Vihula and Palmse manors, and a guided tour in the old town of Tallinn, the best preserved medieval city in Northern Europe and the UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.
Additional information about the conference can be found on the web page at 听.
The organizers of 5ICMCTA would like to thank all participants and the scientific committee for making the conference an exciting, enjoyable, and pleasant event.听
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脕ngela Barbero, Vitaly Skachek and 脴yvind Ytrehus