Supporting Students Attending the Second Annual North American School of Information Theory

第二届信息理论学院年会将于8月9日至13日在西北大学举行。信息论为现代通信系统提供了理论基础。这种丰富的基础使有线和无线通信系统的性能得到了显著提高。近年来，人们对在这些成功的基础上建立和扩展信息理论思想，为日益复杂的网络设计提供基本见解，这些网络对军事和民用都至关重要。示例包括诸如移动自组织网络（manet）、无线网状网络和传感器网络以及生物和社会系统等通信系统。以培养下一代信息理论家为目标，第一届信息理论学院于2008年6月2-5日在宾夕法尼亚州立大学举行。该学院非常成功，为近100名研究生和博士后提供了一个接触信息理论最新技术的绝佳平台。第二届年度信息理论学院将在这一成功的基础上，通过四位信息理论领军人物的讲座，让学生接触到信息理论的前沿研究，并为学生提供讨论自己工作和互动的机会。这项资助提供旅行支持，使美国各地的研究生和博士后能够负担得起就读该校的机会。

The Second Annual School of Information Theory to be held on August 9-13 at Northwestern University. Information theory provides the theoretical foundations for modern communication systems. This rich foundation has enabled dramatic performance improvements in both wire-line and wireless communication systems. In recent years, there has been much interest in building on these successes and extending information theoretic ideas to provide fundamental insight into the design of increasingly complex networks that are of critical importance both for military and civilian uses. Examples include communication systems such as Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs), wireless mesh networks and sensor networks as well as biological and social systems. With the goal of developing the next generation of information theorists, the first Annual School of information theory was held on June 2-5, 2008 at Penn State University. The school was very successful and provided nearly 100 graduate and postdoctoral students with an excellent platform where they were exposed to the state of the art in information theory. The Second Annual School of Information Theory will build on this success by exposing students to leading research in information theory through lectures by four leading figures in information theory and also by providing students the opportunity to discuss their own work and interact. This grant is providing travel support to make attending the school an affordable opportunity for graduate students and post docs from across the US.