2nd AFRICAN WINTER SCHOOL ON INFORMATION THEORY AND COMMUNICATIONS


2nd AFRICAN WINTER SCHOOL ON INFORMATION THEORY AND COMMUNICATIONS
August 16-21, 2015
Protea Hotel Kruger Gate Skukuza, South Africa

Call for Participation

It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2nd African Winter School on Information Theory and Communications to be held
at the Kruger National Park from 16 to 21 August, 2015. The goal of the winter school is to increase co-operation and knowledge
sharing between African students and universities. Doctoral students and young staff members, from Africa and other continents,
are encouraged to present and discuss their ongoing research with international experts. Students are welcome to make
presentations irrespective of the phase of their research. All submitted abstracts will be scrutinized by the technical chairs for
suitability. The number of topics will not be limited and we hope to have a wide range of presentations in the Information Theory
and Communications field. Study leaders are also encouraged to attend in order to establish more high-level co-operation
between African and other universities.

This event will be held in parallel with the First IEEE Seminar on Future Directions in Information Theory and Communications
(see previous post for details).

Speakers

  • Jian Song, Tsinghua University, P. R. China
  • Yuan Luo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China
  • Jos H. Weber, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • Ivan Fair, University of Alberta, Canada
  • Bella Bose, Oregon State University, USA
  • Luca Tallini, University of Teramo, Italy

Important Dates

If you would like to participate in this event, please send a short one-page paper (using the IEEE template) of your work in
progress to [email protected] by 18 May 2015. Notification of acceptance will be on or before 22 May 2015.

Organizing Committee

Conference Co-Chairs:
Theo Swart (University of Johannesburg)
Ling Cheng (University of the Witwatersrand)

TPC Co-Chairs:
Jos H. Weber (Delft University of Technology)
Ulrich Speidel (The University of Auckland)
Ivan Fair (University of Alberta)

Local Arrangements:
Wendy Smith (University of Johannesburg)
Allan Emleh (University of Johannesburg)
Lucia Pelser (University of Johannesburg)

University of Johannesburg IEEE

Sponsored by the University of Johannesburg and the IEEE South Africa Information Theory Section

For more information go to http://telecoms.uj.ac.za/ieee-2015-kruger/