2019 Information Theory and ApplicationsWorkshop
Sunday–Friday, February 10–15
Catamaran Resort, Pacific Beach, San Diego
A casual gathering of researchers applying theory to diverse areas in science and engineering
Plenary Sessions
This year, plenary talks will be replaced by plenary sessions, each devoted to an important emerging topic.
Tuesday
Distributed Learning
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Wednesday
Mining Higher-Order Structures in Networks
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Thursday
Algorithmic Fairness
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Friday
Denial in Machine Learning
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Schedule Outline
| Sunday, February 10th, 2019 | |
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| 6:30 PM | Opening Ceremony: reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres and personal caricature drawing in the Aviary room |
| Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Default Schedule | |
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| 8:15 AM | Breakfast (included with registration) |
| 9:00 AM | Sessions |
| 10:20 AM | Break |
| 10:40 AM | Sessions |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch break (catered on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; other days on your own) |
| 1:30 PM | Plenaries |
| 2:55 PM | Break |
| 3:10 PM | Sessions |
| 4:10 PM | Break |
| 4:30 PM | Sessions |
| Monday, February 11th, 2019 | |
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| 9:00 AM | Sessions: LDPC 1, Coding Theory, Shannon Theory, Multiple Access and Distribution Systems, Machine Learning in Wireless Communications |
| 10:40 AM | Sessions: LDPC 2, Information Theoretic Privacy, Statistical Learning, Signal Processing 1, Deep Learning and Applications |
| 12:00 PM | |
| 1:30 PM | Plenary Session: 6-G — Jeff Andrews, Andrea Goldsmith, Yury Polyanskiy, John Smee |
| 3:10 PM | Sessions: Error Correction, Caching, Blockchains 1, Uncoordinated Multiple Access, Statistics |
| 4:30 PM | Sessions: Coded Computation, Estimation and Detection, Topics in Communications, Neuroscience , Reinforcement Learning 1 |
| Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 | |
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| 9:00 AM | Sessions: Data Storage, Information-Related, MIMO, Source Coding, Private Learning, Machine Learning Theory 1 |
| 10:40 AM | Sessions: Topics in Coding 1, Interference, 5G, Network Information Theory and Secrecy, Statistical Learning , Machine Learning |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch (on your own), soccer and volleyball by the beach (see registration desk for lunch purchase) |
| 1:30 PM | Plenary Session: Distributed Learning — Nati Srebro, Alex Dimakis, Brendan McMahan, Ayfer Özgür |
| 3:10 PM | Sessions: Private Information Retrieval , Sequences and Sparsity, Millimeter Wave, Feedback and Channel Coding, Federated Learning, Bandits and Matrix Decomposition |
| 4:30 PM | Sessions: Topics in Coding 2, DNA-Based Storage and Coded Computing, Wireless Networks, Age of Information, Distributed Learning, Algorithms for Testing and Learning |
| 6:30 PM | Fun With Your Creative Brain: Playful exercises designed to spark your creativity and exercise your sense of humor |
| Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 | |
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| 9:00 AM | Graduation Day talks, part 1 |
| 10:20 AM | Break |
| 10:40 AM | Graduation Day talks, part 2 |
| 12:00 PM | Graduation Day posters and catered lunch |
| 2:00 PM | Plenary Session: Mining Structures in Networks — Olgica Milenkovic, David Gleich, Jiawei Han, Jure Leskovec |
| 3:30 PM | Group photo |
| 3:50 PM | The ITALENT Show — The unexpected talent of ITA participants, with prizes and surprises (till 5pm) |
| 6:15 PM | Banquet reception at the Aviary (ticket required) and fire show on the lawn |
| 7:00 PM | Banquet and Luau show (ticket required) |
| Friday, February 15th, 2019 | |
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| 9:00 AM | Plenary Session: Denial in Machine Learning — Dimitris Achlioptas, Edo Liberty, Christopher Ré, Benjamin Recht |
| 10:40 AM | Sessions: Neuroscience 2, On Fairness, Optimization, Topics in Coding 3, Theory of Deep Learning, Learning and Estimation |
| 10:20 AM | Break |
| 12:00 PM | Student posters and lunch |
| 1:40 PM | Sessions: Neuroscience 3, Learning and Prediction, Reinforcement Learning 2, Game Theory 2, Machine Learning Theory 2, Learning Theory 1 |
| 2:40 PM | Break |
| 3:00 PM | Sessions: Neuroscience 4, Scheduling and Queuing , Blockchains 2, Age of Information 2, Learning Theory 2, Fairness and Privacy |
| 4:00 PM | Closing Ceremony and Farewell Bash |
Location Location Location
Catamaran Resort, Pacific Beach, San Diego
The Catamaran kindly gave us the same rates as last year: Garden view: $142, Ocean/bay view studio: $154, Ocean/bay view suite: $169. Parking at Catamaran lot available for $25/day. In past years we ran out of rooms, so please book soon.
EATA
Sun 6:30
Sun 6:30
Mon 12:30 - 2
Wed 12
Wed 6:30
Fri 12:30
Fri 4:30
Special Events
Information Theory Society
Light Lunch Served
Graduation Day
Research Overview Presentations
Viva Valentine
Evening Food and Fun
Student Posters
Show off your research!
Code of Conduct
The ITA workshop and community are built upon the core values of collegiality, support, and dignity for all, and we endorse the conference codes of conduct adopted by the ACM, IEEE, and the Information Theory Society. Disrespectful, offensive, and inappropriate behavior is not welcome at our events. If you observe such behavior, please inform one of our staff or email us at ita@ucsd.edu.