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Tallinn, Estonia

Tallinn, Estonia. European School of Information Theory April 14-18 th , 2014. The images are courtesy of Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons. Local organizing committee ( University of Tartu ) Vitaly Skachek (chair) Helger Lipmaa (vice chair) Dominique Unruh Sven Laur Juri Lember

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Tallinn, Estonia

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  1. Tallinn, Estonia European School of Information Theory April 14-18th, 2014 The images are courtesy of Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons

  2. Local organizing committee (University of Tartu) • Vitaly Skachek (chair) • Helger Lipmaa (vice chair) • Dominique Unruh • Sven Laur • Juri Lember • Kairit Shor (project manager in Tartu) • Kerli Kangro (Tallinn University Conference Center) Advisory committee • Gerhard Kramer • Petar Popovski • Deniz Gunduz • Marcus Greferath (COST Action) • Mario Pavcevic (COST Action)

  3. Scientific Program (emphasis on Security, Coding and Networks) • Venkatesan GuruswamiList error-correction with information-theoretically minimal redundancy • Camilla HollantiAlgebraic lattices and applications to communications • Yuval IshaiThe complexity of information-theoretic secure computation • Yingbin LiangInformation theoretic security and its applications • Bobak NazerCompute-and-Forward: an explicit link between finite field and Gaussian interference networks • Ruediger UrbankeSpatial Coupling -- What is it, why does it work, and what are the open challenges? • 3-hour lectures in the morning • Poster sessions/lectures in the afternoon • Excursion on Wednesday afternoon

  4. Location • Tallinn, Estonia • Sokos Hotel VIRU • Next to the Tallinn Old Town (UNESCO Heritage List) • 5-10 minutes walk from the major touristic attractions

  5. Fund Raising IEEE ITSoc • Grant of 20,000 USD COST Action IC1104 on Random Network Coding and Designs • Travel expenses of network-coding-related speakers (Hollanti and Nazer) • Local organizer support 2,400 EUR (but asked to cover attendance of chair Greferath and co-chair Pavcevic) • Student travel grant fund of 12,000 EUR (24 scholarships of 500 EUR, can be changed). Only 25 countries-members are eligible. Estonian Center of Excellence in Computer Science (EXCS) • Travel of up to two invited speakers

  6. Registration and Accommodation Registration Fees • IEEE ITSoc Member: 230 EUR • Non-member student/post-doc: 270 EUR • Other: 310 EUR (Late registration after Feb. 10th: extra 50 EUR in each category) Hotel • Single room: 69 EUR pppn • A place in a shared twin room: 39 EUR pppn Price includes:breakfasts and lunches, coffee breaks, excursion

  7. Expenses • Conference room + equipment + poster stands: 2500-2700 EUR • Invited speaker + foreign organizer travel: 4600 EUR • Invited speaker + organizer rooms: 6500 EUR • Consumables: 2500 EUR (memory sticks, T-shirts, bags, badges) • Other local expenses: 2000 EUR (local organizer travel, speaker dinner, unexpected) • Lunches + coffee breaks: ~125 EUR per person • Excursion: 700 EUR Management of registrations is done by Tallinn University Conference Center (different university) • Their fees: 1200-1500 EUR (estimated) • Credit card charges: 800 EUR (5%) Other:we plan to cover attendance of 5-10 local students and post-docs Remaining funds:will be returned

  8. Registration so far • 48 students and early-stage researchers • 17 countries … registration is still open…

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