NASIT16

Henry Pfister (chair) (Duke University), Dror Baron (North Carolina State University), Matthieu Bloch (Georgia Tech), Rob Calderbank (Duke University), Galen Reeves (Duke University).

NASIT16 Organizing Committee

<H2>Overview</H2>
<P>The 2016 School of information will be hosted at Duke University, June 21-23.  <SPAN>It is sponsored by the IEEE Information Theory Society, Duke University, and the Center for Science of Information.  </SPAN>The school provides a venue where doctoral and postdoctoral students can learn from distinguished professors in information theory, meet with fellow researchers, and form collaborations.  </P>
<H2>Program and Lectures</H2>
<P><SPAN>There will be a full-day program June 21-22 and the half-day program will end after lunch on June 23.  </SPAN>The daily schedule will consist of morning and afternoon lectures separated by a lunch break with poster sessions. Students from all research areas are welcome to attend and present their own research via a poster during the school.  The school will host lectures on core areas of information theory and interdisciplinary topics.  The following lectures are confirmed: </P>
<UL>
<LI>June 21 AM: <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://wcan.ee.psu.edu/yener" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Aylin Yener</A> (Pennsylvania State University): Information-Theoretic Security</LI>
<LI><SPAN>June 21 PM: </SPAN><A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://krishnanarayanan.wikidot.com/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Krishna Narayanan</A><SPAN> (Texas A&M University): The Peeling Decoder: Theory and Applications</SPAN></LI>
<LI>June 22 AM: <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.ece.uic.edu/bin/view/Devroye/WebHome" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Natasha Devroye</A> (University of Illinois, Chicago): The Interference Channel</LI>
<LI>June 22 PM: <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.nari.ee.ethz.ch/commth/people/show/boelcskei" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Helmut Bölcskei</A> <EM>Padovani Lecturer</EM> (ETH Zurich): The Mathematics of Deep Learning</LI>
<LI>June 23 AM: <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://cis.jhu.edu/~rvidal/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">René Vidal</A> (Johns Hopkins University): <SPAN>Global Optimality in Matrix and Tensor Factorization, Deep Learning, and Beyond </SPAN> </LI>
</UL>
<H2>Logistics</H2>
<P>Accepted students must register by May 15, 2016.  <SPAN>The registration fee of $200 will include food and 3 nights accommodation in a single-occupancy room.  </SPAN>We suggest that attendees fly into the Raleigh-Durham (RDU) airport located about 30 minutes from the Duke campus. Housing will be available for check-in on the afternoon of June 20th.  The main part of the program will conclude after lunch on June 23rd so that attendees can fly home that evening.</P>
<P><SPAN>A list of </SPAN><A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://pfister.ee.duke.edu/nasit16/posters.pdf" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">posters</A><SPAN> and a </SPAN><A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://pfister.ee.duke.edu/nasit16/map.pdf" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">map</A><SPAN> are now available.</SPAN></P>

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