2021 IEEE East Asian School of Information Theory

About the School

The 2021 IEEE East Asian School of Information Theory will be held Tuesday, August 3 through Friday, August 6 2021 at KAIST, Daejeon in South Korea. This will be the Inaugural East Asian School of Information Theory and follows a series of events designed to provide graduate students with opportunities to:

• Learn from senior lecturers in the field who will present long-format tutorials;

• Participate in a stimulating and inviting forum of scientists;

• Present their own work for feedback and potential collaboration;

• Deepen their connections with the community.

News

(Aug. 1) Opening session will be held on Aug. 3, 8:30am–8:50am KST (slides):

• The zoom link to access was sent to registered participants.

• Tutorial A will follow shortly after the opening session in the same zoom session.

(July 31) Poster registration deadline (title, abstract and authors) is extended to Aug. 2, 2021:

• There will be the best poster award that comes with a plaque and an honorarium. It is given to the sole winner.

(July 30) Registration is closed:

• The number of registered participants: 250

Program

The school will be held over four days and will consist of

• Senior lecturers presenting long-format (2*2.5 hours) or standard-format (2.5 hours) tutorials;

• Students presenting their own work in a poster session.

Lecturers

• Prof. Yuejie Chi (Goldsmith Lecturer), Carnegie Melon University

• Prof. Deniz Gunduz (IEEE Information Theory Society Distinguished Lecturer, ITSoc DL), Imperial College London

• Prof. Lingfei Jin, Fudan University

• Prof. Lalitha Sankar (ITSoc DL), Arizona State University

• Prof. Changho Suh (ITSoc DL), KAIST

• Prof. Vincent Tan (Past ITSoc DL), National University of Singapore

Program Organizers

• Prof. Changho Suh (General Chair), KAIST

• Prof. Youngchul Sung (Financial), KAIST

• Prof. Byonghyo Shim (Publicity), Seoul National University

• Prof. Kwang Soon Kim (Industry funding), Yonsei University

• Prof. Sidharth Jaggi, University of Bristol

• Prof. Vincent Tan, National University of Singapore

• Prof. Lingfei Jin, Fudan University

Sponsors

• KAIST

• IEEE, Information Theory Society