IEEE Atlanta Events for November 2008

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1. November 17: IAS Luncheon

Title: UPS Topologies and Applications
Presented by: Harry Handlin of General Electric

For more information and future schedules:
http://ewh.ieee.org/r3/atlanta/ias/events.htm

To make a reservation:
http://ewh.ieee.org/r3/atlanta/ias/reservation_form.htm

2. November 25: PES Luncheon

At next PES luncheon, Ron Harley will be discussing the System and Method for Determining Harmonic Contributions from Non-Linear Loads Using Neural Networks. The luncheon will be held at Georgia Power Corporation.

A map to the event and the speaker bio can be found here on the PES events page.

Make your luncheon reservation now!

3. November 20: SSCS-CASS 6:00 PM Meeting

Guest Speaker: Prof. Zixiang Xiong from Texas A&M

Seminar Title: Wyner-Ziv and Dirty-paper Coding: Duality, Limit-approaching Code Designs and Applications

Food: Firehouse Subs and Drinks will be served.

Place: Klaus Advanced Computing Building, Room 1116E
Georgia Institute of Technology

Parking and Directions: Please contact Amisha Manek at amisha.manek@ece.gatech.edu for more information.

Abstract: Network information theory, although still partial, generalizes Shannon's classic information theory and offers strong potential gains over conventional point-to-point communication techniques. However, most results in network information theory have remained at the theoretical level and lack of practical code designs for multiterminal networks has limited the potential applications of the theory in practice.

Aiming to change this situation, this talk examines two well-known dual problems in network information theory, namely, quadratic Gaussian Wyner-Ziv coding and dirty-paper coding. An algebraic binning framework is put forth in terms of source-channel coding for both problems that leads to syndrome-based binning for the former and message-based binning for the latter. Practical designs based on TCQ and LDPC/IRA codes show that we are approaching the theoretical limits for both problems. Applications of Wyner-Ziv coding to video compression and receiver cooperation and those of dirty-paper coding to image data-hiding and coding for Gaussian broadcast channels will be highlighted.

Contact for additional information:

Prof. Gabriel A. Rincón-Mora, Ph.D.
Associate Editor, IEEE TCAS II
Chairman, IEEE Atlanta SSCS-CASS Chapter

Georgia Tech Analog, Power, & Energy IC Research School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
rincon-mora@ece.gatech.edu
http://www.rincon-mora.com

Last Update: JimRemich - 2008-11-17