2017 European School of Information Theory
May 8-11, 2017, Madrid, Spain
The European School of Information Theory (ESIT) Ìýis an annual educational event, organized by the Â鶹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Society, for graduate students from institutes throughout Europe and beyond.Ìý This year's school is taking place inÌýMadrid, Spain,Ìýa city offering historical sites, sprawling museumsÌýand traditional restaurants where tourists and locals meet alike.ÌýThe schoolÌý venue Ìýis the Marqués de Villafranca Palace, headquarters of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering, located in the historical center of Madrid.
Topics of this year's school include Shannon Theory, coding theory, source coding, sequential analysis and applied probability, among others. The scheduled tutorial lectures are:
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Spatially coupled LDPC codes: from theory to practice
Daniel J. Costello, Jr. (University of Notre Dame) -
Channel reliability: from ordinary to zero-error capacity
Marco DalaiÌý(University of Brescia) -
Fundamental limits in asynchronous communication
Aslan TchamkertenÌý(Telecom ParisTech) -
Information-theoretic signal processing
Ram ZamirÌý(Tel Aviv University)
Registration
Registration fee includes access to the technical activities and social program.
Registration at an advanced rate can be done before March 31, 2017.
For more information about the school and registration to the event please visit the school's website:
http://www.itsoc.org/conferences/schools/european-school-2017
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