2020 IEEE International Symposium
on Information Theory

Live Program

All times noted are according to Los Angeles time zone (PDT)


Monday, 22 June
08:30 - 09:30
Conference Opening and ITSoc President address
09:30 - 10:30
Plenary PLEN-1: Max Welling - "Neural Augmentation In Wireless Communication"
10:30 - 11:30
Panel/Tutorial PT-1: Machine-learning based approaches to coding

Tuesday, 23 June
08:00 - 09:00
WithITS Networking Event
09:00 - 10:00
Plenary PLEN-2: Venkat Anantharam - "Gone Fishin'"
10:00 - 11:00
Awards Ceremony

Wednesday, 24 June
09:00 - 10:00
Shannon Lecture PLEN-3: Charles H. Bennett - "Quantum Information's Birth, Growth, and Significance"
10:00 - 11:00
Panel/Tutorial PT-2: Coded Computing

Thursday, 25 June
09:00 - 10:00
Plenary PLEN-4: Olgica Milenkovic - "Coded String Reconstruction Problems"
10:00 - 10:15
Jack K. Wolf Student Paper Award Announcement
10:15 - 10:20
Claude E. Shannon Award Announcement

Friday, 26 June
09:00 - 10:00
Plenary PLEN-5: Pablo Parrilo - "Sum of Squares — Where are We, and Where to Go?"
10:00 - 11:00
Panel/Tutorial PT-3: Fundamentals of Blockchain Systems
11:00 - 11:10
Farewell Los Angeles, hello Melbourne
11:10 - 13:10
World Wide Web Premiere of the Shannon Documentary “The Bit Player”

Plan Ahead

2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

11-16 July 2021 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia