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European School of Information Theory ESIT 2012 Antalya, Turkey

Annual event in Antalya offering lectures on network information theory, security, and more. Includes student presentations and sightseeing tours.

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European School of Information Theory ESIT 2012 Antalya, Turkey

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  1. European School of Information Theory ESIT 2012Antalya, Turkey

  2. Organization • General Chairs: • DenizGunduz (CTTC, Spain) • Gerhard Kramer (TUM, Germany) • Local Organization • AlkanSoysal (Bahcesehir University, Turkey) • Dates: April 16-20, 2012 • Location: Antalya, Turkey

  3. Location • Hotel Papillon AYSCHA, Belek, Antalya • 450 Euros fordoubleroom, 590 Euros for single room • Packageincludedall-inclusive hotel accommodation, airporttransfers, half-dayexcursion, twocoffeebreaks per day.

  4. Students • Highesteverparticipation • 74 studentsattended • From 25 institutions in 13 countries • AnnualEuropeanschoolseemstobe a good idea!

  5. Program • Lecturers and LecureTitles: • FransWillems (EindhovenUniversity of Technology, Netherlands) Introductionto Universal SourceCoding and Biometrics • Michael Gastpar (UC Berkeley, USA and EPFL, Switzerland) AlgebraicStructure in Network InformationTheory • SennurUlukus (University of Maryland, USA)   InformationTheoretic Security • Gerhard Kramer (TechnischeUniversitätMünchen, Germany) Network Flow and Network Coding • Amos Lapidoth (ETHZ, Switzerland)  (90 minute lecture) TwobyGel'fand and Pinsker • Alex Dimakis (University of Southern California, USA) Network CodingforDistributed Storage (MeirFederhadto cancel for personal reasons. Gerhard Kramerkindlyagreedtoreplacehim.) • 4 hours morning lecture + Student presentations in the afternoon

  6. Sightseeing • Triptonearbyhistoricalsites

  7. StudentFeedback: Satisfactionwith ….

  8. Feedback • Studentsmostlysatisfiedwiththevariety and thedepth of thelectures. • Studentpresentationsconsideredtobetoo short (~13 minutes). • Forfutureorganizations: Poster presentationswouldbebetterifpossiblelogistically.

  9. Budget • Received16K Euros from IEEE IT Society • 5K Euros for the accommodation of lecturers and organizers • 1.5K for travel expenses (most lecturers paid for their travel expenses)

  10. THANKS! • Tothelecturersfortheirvaluable time and effort (almostallfundedtheirowntravel). • ToITSOCforthevaluablefinancialsupportwhichmadetheeventpossible. • Tothestudentsfortheir active participation. • ToMatthieuBlochforhelpingwiththewebsite. • ToAngel Lozanoforvaluablefeedbackfromthepreviousorganization. • ToNowPublishersforproviding 4 issues of theFoundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory to each participant.

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