2016 IEEE European School on Information Theory (ESIT)

The European School of Information Theory (ESIT) is an annual educational event, organized by the IEEE Information Theory Society, for graduate students from institutes throughout Europe and beyond. The objective of the school is to provide the students with the opportunity (i) to learn from distinguished lecturers by attending long-format (3 hour) tutorials, (ii) to present their own work to obtain feedback and to start up collaborations, (iii) to hear about applications of information theory in industry, and (iv) to participate in a stimulating and inviting forum of scientists.

This year topics include wireless networks, distributed-storage systems, fiber-optical systems, modern coding theory, and nonasymptotic Shannon theory. Tutorial lectures will be given by

Gerhard Kramer, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Frank R. Kschischang, University of Toronto, Canada
Vijay Kumar, IISc Bangalore, India
Yury Polyanskiy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA
Henry D. Pfister, Duke University, NC, USA
Emanuele Viterbo, Monash University, Australia
Applications of information theory in industry will be covered in a dedicated session sponsored by Ericsson. Finally, poster sessions will give the opportunity to the attendees to present their scientific work, obtain feedback, and initiate novel collaborations in a largely informal setting.