The 2nd Australian School of Information Theory was held at Monash University in Melbourne on January 18 and 19, 2016. The School was a great success, attended by over sixty researchers including thirty-six students. Participants were treated to four fantastic tutorials over the two days.

Invited Speakers

• Prof. Andrew Eckford, York University - Molecular communication: From theory to practice
• Prof. Elza Erkip, New York University - Source communication over fading channels
• Prof. Rüdiger Urbanke, EPFL - Sharp thresholds in coding theory
• Prof. Geoff Webb, Monash University - Scalable learning of graphical models

School Co-chairs

Jamie Evans, Melbourne University
Emanuele Viterbo, Monash University

Finance Chairs

Rajitha Senanayake, Monash University
Katrina He, Monash University

Local Arrangements Chairs

Shuiyin Liu, Monash University
Lakshmi Natarajan, Monash University

Website Chair

Bhatiya Pilanawithana, Monash University