ESIT 2024

IEEE European School of Information Theory

The IEEE 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 participants with the opportunity

to learn from distinguished lecturers by attending long-format (3 hour) tutorials,
to present their own work to obtain feedback and to start up collaborations,
to hear about applications of information theory in industry, and
to participate in a stimulating and inviting forum of scientists.

Dates

ESIT 2024 starts on Monday (July 1) and ends on Friday (July 5).

Location

ESIT 2024 will be held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Eindhoven is a high-tech city in the south of the Netherlands and home to Philips, NXP Semiconductors, ASML, etc. The second largest airport in the Netherlands in terms of number of served passengers is located in Eindhoven with direct flights to Athens, where ISIT 2024 will be held on July 7-12. Eindhoven is connected to Amsterdam with a direct train (80 minutes).

Program

The program includes a mix of tutorials (two 1.5-hour lectures), seminars (1-hour lectures) and industry sessions (1.5-hour sessions) by experts on topics of current interest in information theory and affiliated fields, e.g., communication and coding theory, machine learning and statistics, quantum information processing, information-theoretic security.

Welcome reception on Sunday (June 30) is sponsored by Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven (CWTe).

The networking dinner on Thursday (July 4) will take place in Mainstreet Eindhoven.

Confirmed tutorial speakers (dates tentative):

Tutorial 1: Prof. Prakash Narayan, University of Maryland, USA
Tutorial 2: Prof. Osvaldo Simeone, King's College, UK
Tutorial 3: Prof. Muriel Medard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, and Prof. Ken Duffy, Northeastern University, USA
Tutorial 4: Prof. Albert Guillén i Fàbregas, University of Cambridge, UK

Confirmed seminar speakers (dates tentative):

Seminar 1: Prof. Marco Secondini, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy
Seminar 2: Prof. Si-Hyeon Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea
Seminar 3: Prof. Laurent Schmalen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Seminar 4: Prof. Mario Berta, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Confirmed high-tech industry speakers:

Dr. Roel Maes, TU/e and Intrinsic ID, the Netherlands
Prof. Andreas Burg, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Dr. Gianluigi Liva, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Germany*

(*tentatively accepted)

Poster Sessions

One of the goals of the ESIT is to promote interaction and collaboration among students. To this end, students are advised to present their work via a poster. Students who have just started their doctoral studies and have not yet obtained publishable results may also present the topic chosen for their thesis (including state-of-the-art and preliminary results). Posters will be presented in two separate sessions. There are no strict requirements for the poster format. Space will be available for hanging up to A0 size posters. You can send the title and a short abstract of your poster to ictlab@tue.nl before June 30.

Venue

The school is hosted by Information and Communication Theory Lab, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). The venue of the school is De Zwarte Doos located on TU/e campus.

Organizing Committee

General chair: Alex Alvarado
Program chair: Hamdi Joudeh
Finance chair: Alexios Balatsoukas-Stimming
Publicity co-chairs: Yunus Can Gültekin and Mehrangiz Ensan
Advisor: Frans Willems
Local arrangements: Emerald Clump-Busser

The 2024 edition of the European School of Information Theory is being organized in collaboration with EuroTech Universities Alliance.

Registration

As of this moment, early bird registration (before April 15th) is closed. The pricing of registration is 150 € (available before June 10th). Students/postdocs from EuroTech Universities can register for free, courtesy of EuroTech's co-organization.

You can register via this link, please note that registration closes on June 10th.

Student Accommodation

A number of subsidized rooms are available for students at The Social Hub Eindhoven. The Social Hub is situated alongside Eindhoven’s central station and enjoys a prime location that offers captivating views of the city.

We are delighted to announce that we have secured 25 fully subsidized rooms for ESIT 2024 participants. These rooms will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis to the registered attendees. For more information on the fully subsidized rooms (and their availability) you can contact us or pre-register for the school. The requirement for obtaining one of these rooms will be shared on demand. As of this moment, all fully subsidized rooms have been booked.

If you would like to book a room at The Social Hub Eindhoven, we have 25 discounted rooms for June 30th-July 5th. You may book your room using this booking link. Please note these rooms are not subsidized.