Call for papers - CWIT 2011
The 12th Canadian Workshop on Information Theory (CWIT) will be held on the campus of the University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia in the scenic Okanagan Valley from Wednesday May 18 to Friday May 20, 2011.
Oct 16, 2010

The 12th Canadian Workshop on Information Theory (CWIT) will be held on the campus of the University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia in the scenic Okanagan Valley from Wednesday May 18 to Friday May 20, 2011. Papers in (but not exclusive to) the following fields of research are solicited:

  • Shannon Theory
  • Application of Information Theory
  • Multiuser Information Theory
  • Quantum Information Processing
  • Coding Theory and Practice
  • Coded Modulation
  • Data Compression and Source Coding
  • Communication Systems
  • Cooperative Communication
  • Cryptology and Data Security
  • Information Theory and Statistics
  • Signal Processing
  • Pattern Recognition and Learning
  • Sequences and Complexity
  • Multi-terminal Information Theory
  • Data Networks
  • Detection and Estimation
  • Cognitive Radio

Authors wishing to have papers considered for the workshop should electronically submit their full papers (maximum four pages) in PDF format by   January 15, 2011 through EDAS ( http://edas.info/index.php ) using the standard IEEE two-column format. Accepted papers will be published on IEEE Xplore website and in the proceedings of the workshop. Paper acceptance will be announced on March 15, 2011. Authors of papers accepted for the workshop will be requested to submit a four-page camera-ready paper no later than April 1, 2011.

For the first time, Canadian Society of Information Theory (CSIT) will sponsor a School of Information Theory immediately prior to or after the CWIT 2011. The goal of the School of Information Theory is to bring graduate students and senior researchers together to participate in a stimulating and informative tutorial program related to information theory and its applications.

Coference inquiries regarding the workshop should be addressed to either of two workshop co-chairs:

Dr. Robert Schober
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of British Columbia
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
Phone: 604-822-3515
Fax: 604-822-5949
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Julian Cheng
School of Engineering
University of British Columbia Okanagan
Kelowna BC V1V 1V7
Tel: 250-807-8808
Fax: 250-807-9850
Email: [email protected]