CIF: Student Travel Support for the 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

IEEE信息理论国际研讨会（IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory，简称ISIT）是信息理论的主要国际会议，信息理论是研究高效、可靠和安全通信的数学基础的科学学科，包括电话、电视、无线、光学和数据存储系统。 就其本质而言，通信和存储的基本限制不依赖于技术，并且不会随着硬件或软件的改进而过时。事实上，信息论提供的性能基准已经成功地指导工程师设计出更高效的编码系统，这些系统利用技术进步来接近基本极限。研讨会通常吸引约1000篇论文提交，约600篇论文被接受，850名参与者，包括约350名学生，他们受益于ISIT提供的良好学习和网络机会。该奖项为学生提供参加研讨会的旅费。学生是信息论社区不可或缺的一部分。在过去的几年里，IEEE信息理论学会已经开展了一些活动，以促进学生的参与。其中包括在五大洲建立信息理论学校，ISIT Jack Keil Wolf最佳学生论文奖，信息理论学会学生委员会和ISIT教程系列。ISIT Jack Keil Wolf学生论文奖颁发给最多3篇优秀论文，其中一名学生是主要作者和演讲者。该作者必须在提交论文时是教育机构的注册学生才有资格。奖项的标准包括内容和呈现。此外，ISIT的一个突出的好处是信息理论的高级和初级研究人员之间的密切的个人互动，这鼓励了思想和批评意见的自由交流。交流的机会是巨大的，至关重要的是，那些谁是新的领域，并带来新的想法是目前讨论他们的工作与那些更有经验的人。

The IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) is the premier international conference on information theory, the scientific discipline that studies the mathematical foundations of efficient, reliable, and secure communications, including telephony, television, wireless, optical, and data storage systems. By their nature, the fundamental limits of communication and storage are not technology-dependent, and do not become obsolete with improvements in hardware or software. In fact, the performance benchmark provided by information theory has successfully guided engineers in the design of ever more efficient coding systems that leverage the technological advances to closely approach the fundamental limits. The symposium typically attracts around 1000 paper submissions with about 600 papers accepted and 850 participants, including about 350 students who benefit from the excellent learning and networking opportunity that ISIT provides. This award provides travel funds for students to attend the symposium.Students form an integral part of the Information Theory community. Over the past few years the IEEE Information Theory Society has undertaken several activities to promote student participation. These include the establishment of Schools of Information Theory on five continents, the ISIT Jack Keil Wolf Best Student Paper Award, the Information Theory Society Student Committee, and the ISIT tutorial series. The ISIT Jack Keil Wolf Student Paper Award is given to up to 3 outstanding papers for which a student is the principal author and presenter. This author must be a registered student of an educational institution at the time of paper submission to be eligible. The criteria for the award includes both content and presentation. In addition, an outstanding benefit of the ISIT is the close personal interaction between senior and junior researchers in information theory, which encourages the liberal exchange of ideas and critical comments. The opportunities for cross-fertilization are immense and it is vital that those who are new to the field and bring fresh ideas be present to discuss their work with those who are more experienced.