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2017 European School of Information Theory, 08-11 May 2017

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 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.

Topics of the school include Shannon Theory, coding theory, source coding, sequential analysis and applied probability, among others.

The school is organised by Alfonso Martínez (DTIC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) and Tobias Koch, Pablo M. Olmos and Gonzalo Vazquez-Vilar (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid).

More details and registration here.