2019 IEEE North American School of Information Theory
Schedule
Schedule Overview
Except for the Banquet, all events will be held on the 9th Floor of the Photonics Center, 8 Saint Mary's Street, Boston MA.
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Detailed Schedule
Monday, July 1st
3:00pm Check-in opens for on-campus housing. 10 Buick Street, Boston (Saint Paul Street Stop on the Green B MBTA Line.)
6:00pm - 9:00pm Pizza and Board Games West End Lounge, 9th Floor, Photonics Center, 8 Saint Mary’s Street, Boston
(Except for the Banquet, all of the following events will be held on the 9th Floor of the Photonics Center, 8 Saint Mary's Street, Boston MA.)
Tuesday, July 2nd
8:00am Continental Breakfast, Coffee, and Tea
8:30am Prof. Tara Javidi, University of California, San Diego
Sequential Acquisition of Information: From Active Hypothesis Testing to Active Learning
10:00am Coffee Break
10:30am Prof. Tara Javidi, University of California, San Diego
Sequential Acquisition of Information: From Active Hypothesis Testing to Active Learning
12:00pm Catered Lunch
1:00pm Prof. Kannan Ramchandran, Padovani Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley
On duality, encryption, sampling and learning: the power of codes
2:30pm Coffee Break
3:00pm Prof. Kannan Ramchandran, Padovani Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley
On duality, encryption, sampling and learning: the power of codes
4:30pm Poster Session 1 (see Poster Session Themes and Titles)
6:30pm Dinner on your own (see Local Recommendations)
Wednesday, July 3rd
8:00am Continental Breakfast, Coffee, and Tea
8:30am Prof. Adam Smith, Boston University
Privacy, Stability, and Generalization
10:00am Coffee Break
10:30am Prof. Adam Smith, Boston University
Privacy, Stability, and Generalization
12:00pm Catered Lunch
1:30pm Poster Session 2 (see Poster Session Themes and Titles)
3:30pm Panel: Information Theory in Industry
7:00pm Banquet Dinner at Barcelona Bar, 1700 Beacon Street, Brookline. (30 minute walk, 15 minutes by train, Green C Line)
Thursday, July 4th
8:00am Continental Breakfast, Coffee, and Tea
8:30am Prof. Alexander Barg, University of Maryland, College Park
Erasure codes for distributed storage and related problem
10:00am Coffee Break
10:30am Prof. Alexander Barg, University of Maryland, College Park
Erasure codes for distributed storage and related problem
12:00pm Afternoon off to enjoy July 4th in Boston (see Local Recommendations)
Friday, July 5th
8:00am Continental Breakfast, Coffee, and Tea
8:30am Prof. Maxim Raginsky, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Information, Concentration, and Learning
10:00am Coffee Break
10:30am Prof. Maxim Raginsky, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Information, Concentration, and Learning
12:00pm Catered Lunch
1:30pm Dr. Kalyan Veeramachaneni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hands-on Machine Learning Workshop