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2008 School of IT 
Sponsors
  • Information Theory Society
  • Northwestern University - Master of Science in Information Technology Program.
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University of Southern California
Providing support
  • DARPA - IT MANET Program
  • ARO
  • NSF
 

Program Overview


Monday 08/10
Tuesday 08/11
Wednesday 08/12
Thursday 08/13
8:30am Breakfast &
Registration (at 8:15am)
Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
9:00am Daniel J. Costello Jr.
Foundations and Trends in Coding Theory
Part 1: The Genesis of Coding Theory
Bruce Hajek
A Sampling of Network Theory
Part 1

Abbas El Gamal
Achievability for Discrete Memoryless Systems
Part 1

Keynote
Robert G. Gallager
The Early Development of Information Theory, and What It Means
for Today

10:30am Break Break Break Break
11:00am Daniel J. Costello Jr.
Foundations and Trends in Coding Theory
Part 2: Modern Coding Theory
Bruce Hajek
A Sampling of Network Theory
Part 2

Abbas El Gamal
Achievability for Discrete Memoryless Systems
Part 2

Student Poster Presentations
12:30pm Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
2:00pm Daniel J. Costello Jr.
Foundations and Trends in Coding Theory
Part 3: An Introduction to LDPC Codes
Bruce Hajek
A Sampling of Network Theory
Part 3

 Abbas El Gamal
Achievability for Discrete Memoryless Systems
Part 3

Student Poster Presentations
3:30pm Break Break Break School Ends
4:00pm
6:00pm
Student Poster Presentations
Student Poster Presentations
Student Poster Presentations

6:30pm Picnic Picnic
(rain date)

 The school is expected to finish around 3:30pm on August 13.