CIF: Travel Grant for the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, July 1 to 6, 2012

IEEE信息理论国际研讨会(ISIT)是信息理论学会最大的年度会议。它从1954年开始连续举办。它几乎涵盖了与信息论研究相关的所有主题，包括编码、压缩、统计、复杂性、推理、密码学，以及许多创新方向，如网络、量子计算等信息论的新兴应用。它被认为是IEEE会议的最高标准。它得到了美国资助机构，特别是NSF的支持，以促进学生和年轻研究人员的参与。今年，ITIT将在马萨诸塞州剑桥麻省理工学院(MIT)校园内举行。选址不仅是因为这里是信息论的发源地之一，还因为校内会议旨在降低参会者的旅行成本。我们预计这次会议的规模将比近几年更大，因此旅行支持对这次会议更加关键。ITIT有一套行之有效的方法来分配所需的旅行资金，方法是选择最有价值和最贫困的学生在研讨会上提交他们的论文。今年，旅行支持与其他形式的当地安排相结合，包括使用麻省理工学院宿舍、有组织的托儿等，以鼓励更多学生参加。

The IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) is the biggest annual conference of the information theory society. It has been held continuously since 1954. It covers almost all the topics related to the studies on information theory, including coding, compression, statistics, complexity, inference, cryptography, as well as many innovative directions such as networking, quantum computing, and other emerging applications of information theory. It is considered the highest standard of IEEE conferences. It has been supported by US Funding Agencies, especially NSF, to facilitate the participation by students and young researchers.This year, ISIT will be held at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The location is chosen not only because it is one of the birth places of information theory, but also an on-campus conference is aimed at reducing the travel costs of attendees. We expect the size of the conference to be larger than in recent years, and thus travel support is more crucial for this conference. ISIT has a well established method of allocating the requested travel funds by selectingthe most meritorious and needy students to present their papers at the symposium. This year, the travel support is combined with other forms of local arrangement including the use of MIT dorm rooms, organized child care, etc., to encourage more student attendance.