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itsoc/people/committees/student/2009-school-of-it

Report on the Second Annual School of Information Theory BoG meeting, ITW 2009 October 13, 2009 Aylin Yener & Gerhard Kramer. http://www.itsoc.org/people/committees/student/2009-school-of-it. Summary. The school took place at Northwestern University, Aug 10-13

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  1. Report on the Second Annual School of Information Theory BoG meeting, ITW 2009October 13, 2009Aylin Yener & Gerhard Kramer Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  2. Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  3. http://www.itsoc.org/people/committees/student/2009-school-of-ithttp://www.itsoc.org/people/committees/student/2009-school-of-it Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  4. Summary • The school took place at Northwestern University, Aug 10-13 • Over 140 students attended: a 40% increase in student attendance as compared to last year! • Our budget is balanced:we were tight until 2 weeksbefore the school but thenreceived extra funding fromDARPA/ARO and NSF Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  5. Organizing Committee and Local Volunteers • General Organization:Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer • Local Organization and Program:Randall Berryand Donging Guo • Applications and Program:Daniela TuninettiandNatasha Devroye • Web Site: Matthieu Bloch Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  6. Organizing Committee and Local Volunteers (cont’d) • Publicity: Yalin Sagduyu • Student volunteers: Jieying Chen, Hang Zhou, Jun Luo, Suvarup Saha, Ka Hung Hui, Lei Zheng, Changxin Shi, Echo Yang, Songqing Zhao, and Yang Weng • Special thanks to Stephano Rini for wonderful photographs • Maurice Parris, Northwestern University Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  7. Thank You to our Instructors For great lectures and your willingness to take the time to interact with the student attendees. Dan Costello, Bruce Hajek, Abbas El Gamal(Padovani Lecture), Bob Gallager(Keynote) Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  8. Thank You to our Financial Supporters • IEEE Information Theory Society • DARPA- ITMANET and ARO • NSF • Northwestern • USC • Notre Dame • Roberto Padovani Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  9. Program Overview All lecture videos are available online, as well as many photos http://www.itsoc.org/people/committees/student/2009-school-of-it Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  10. Posters • Due to the large number of students, we had posters only (no student talks) • Poster sessions held every day after the lectures • Before each poster sessionstudents presenting linedup and introduced theirwork with a 1-minute slide Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  11. What the school provided • Registration Package: campus map, other local information • Food: Breakfast, Coffee Break, Snacks, Lunch • Picnic on Tuesday • Wireless LAN accounts • Poster boards/easels • New addition this year:Dorm rooms for all studentsfully paid! This added almost$30k to the budget, costs similar to 2008 withmany more students! Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  12. Travel Grants • Encourage commitment: collected $100 from each student staying in the dorms • Thanks to our sponsors, we could refund this money ($12,600 in total):free accommodations for allnon-local student attendees • We also awarded modesttravel supplements totalingabout $3,000 to 31 students Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  13. Fundraising: $58k • Information Theory Society $20k • DARPA- ITMANET and ARO $20k • NSF $10k • Northwestern $5k • USC $2k • Notre Dame $1k • Padovani Lecture Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  14. Budget Details (almost finalized) + Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  15. Anonymous Feedback • Verbal feedback positive re lectures, peer interactions, and student-instructor interactions • We conducted an anonymous survey(56 responses) • “Will you recommend School of IT to your colleagues: YES: 53; no: 0; maybe: 3 • “Will you attend a future Schoolof IT?” YES: 35; no: 0; maybe: 21 • Other questions: see next chart Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  16. Survey results Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  17. Outlook for 2010 • We plan the 2010 School to be at USC • Tentative dates: Thu-Sun, Aug 5-8, 2010. • Organizing Team:Aylin (PSU), Gerhard (USC)Michael Neely (USC)Alex Dimakis (USC)Sriram Vishwanath (UT Austin)Matthieu Bloch (Georgia Tech) Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  18. Preparations • USC Dorm rates: $50/night130 beds blocked • USC Conference Servicesrequests 10% deposit within3 weeks to sign contract≈ 0.1(130)(4)($50)=$2,600 Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

  19. Request for Funds • We respectfully ask for • Approval to hold the2010 School of IT at USC • the amount to cover the USC Conference Services deposit (expected to be between$2,500 and $3,000) Aylin Yener and Gerhard Kramer

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