2019 European School of Information Theory
The 2019 European School of Information Theory (ESIT) was held in the French Riviera during April 15-19
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. The objective of the school is to provide the students with the opportunity (i) to learn from distinguished lecturers by attending long-format 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.
The scheduled tutorial lecturers for 2019 are:
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Venue
The School of 2019 will be held in the French Riviera.ÌýThe lectures will be given in the new amphitheater atÌýÌýin Sophia Antipolis. Housing will be provided in the beautiful town ofÌý, with convenient bus connections to EURECOM and to the airport ofÌýNice Cote d'Azur.
Arriving by plane: the closest airport isÌý.
Arriving by train: connections to Antibes can be found atÌý.
Registration
Registration for the school has closed. For any further requests, please contact us atÌýthe email address below.
Technical Program
Abstracts of the lectures can be found here.
Special Note:ÌýOn Thursday, 18 April, at 16:30 (immediately after the poster session), Dr. Paul Vixie will give a talk at Eurecom on "Past, Present, and Future on DNS Resolution." Please registerÌýÌýif you would like to attend. (This talk isÌýnotÌýpart of the School.)
Opening Ceremony
Mari Kobayashi: Joint State Sensing and Communication
Luca Barletta:ÌýInformation Rates for Phase Noise Channels
Poster Session 1
Ido Tal: A Tutorial on Polar Codes
Elsa Dupraz:ÌýDesign of Energy-Efficient LDPC Codes and Decoders
Poster Session 2
Matthieu Bloch:ÌýInformation-Theoretic Security
Deniz Gündüz:ÌýJoint Source and Channel Coding
Malcolm Egan:ÌýStability and Sensitivity of the Capacity in Continuous Channels
Poster Session 3
Tara Javidi: ÌýSequential Acquisition of Information
Social Events
Monday evening - Aperitif on the beach
We shall have a drink and some snacks during 18:30-20:30, on Plage de la Salis, at the restaurant Casa Gianni, 52 Boulevard James Wyllie, Antibes.
If weather is good, we may play beach volleyball in front of the restaurant!
Wednesday afternoon - Guided tours in Nice
We shall organize two 2-hour guided tours in Nice, starting at 14:00 and 16:00, respectively, atÌýPlace Massena, near the fountain.
There will be a shuttle bus for those who wish to go to Nice directly after the lecture.
Registration is required for the tours and for the bus.
Wednesday evening - Banquet
The conference banquet will be at the restaurantÌý, 13 Cours Saleya,ÌýNice. It will start at 19:30.
Two shuttle buses leaving at 22:30 and 23:30, respectively, will bring participants from the restaurant back to Antibes.
Organizing Committee
- Ìý(Eurecom), General Chair
Ìý - Ìý(CNRS), Publicity
Ìý - Ìý(University of Cergy-Pontoise), Finance
Ìý - Ìý(Télécom ParisTech), Technical Program
Sponsors
