News & Events 2001-2006

News Items

• [November 2006] Our members Prof.dr.ir. Inald Lagendijk and Prof.dr.ir. Peter de With have been elected Fellow of the IEEE. Please see the list of new IEEE Fellows for more information.
• [June 2006] A Workshop on Algorithms and Mathematical Methods in Networking will be held on June 30, 2006, at IEM, ESSEN. You are invited to participate or present!
• [May 2005] The Fifth Asian-European Workshop on Information Theory (AEW5) will be held in Jeju, Korea, October 25-27, 2006, just before the ISITA. For more information, see here.
• [April 2006] Our member Han Vinck received the IEEE ISPLC2006 Achievement award in Orlando (FL, USA, 28.03.2006): For the fundamental role in creating what is today the most important technical conference in the field of power-line communications and for facilitating the transition of ISPLC to a fully financially and technically sponsored IEEE Communications Society conference
• [April 2006] Han Vinck is nominated for the position of IEEE Division IX delegate-elect/director-elect, 2007. His statement can be found at http://www.exp-math.uni-essen.de/~vinck/division%20director-elect.pdf.
• [April 2006] The WIC announces that the preliminary program is available for the 27th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, June 8-9, 2006.
• [November 2005] The Preface, complete Table of Contents and complete categorized References of the jubilee book on Information Theory in the Benelux are now available on the jubilee book page.
• [July 2005] The 17th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS 2006) will be held in Kyoto, Japan, July 24th through 28th, 2006.
• [March 2005] On the occasion of the retirement of Prof. Eric Backer from TU-Delft, the ICT Group organizes a symposium on APRIL 18, 2005, entitled The Art and Science of Pattern Recognition. To participate in this event or to submit a poster presentation to the symposium, please see the announcement and call for posters.
• [January 2005] The annual WIC midwinter meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. The theme of the meeting is Wireless Communications. The latest information is available here.
• [January 2005] There is a (Ph.D.) position available in the group of Prof. Han Vinck at the Institute for Experimental Mathematics, University of Essen. Please look here for more information.
• [December 2004] The WIC announces that the 26th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on May 19 and 20, 2005. The latest information, including the call for papers, is available here.
• [December 2004] Our members prof.dr.ir. Han Vinck and dr.ir. Frans Willems have been elected Fellow of the IEEE. Please read the announcement by dr. Arthur Winston, President of the IEEE.
• [December 2004] The 2005 International Symposium on PowerLine Communications and its Applications (ISPLC2005) will be held in Vancouver, Canada, April 6-8, 2005. This will be the 9th ISPLC! See here for more information, or ask Han Vinck.
• [October 2004] Highlights (including new pictures!) of the 25th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux are available here.
• [October 2004] Our member prof.dr.ir. Kees Schouhamer Immink has been awarded the SMPTE Progress Medal for the central role he has played in research and development of audio and video recording products. More information can be found on the SMPTE awards page.
• [March 2004] PhD positions are available at Twente university for grip-pattern recoginition and security architectures; see here.
• [September 2003] The 2004 Asia-Europe Workshop on Information theory (AEW4) will be held in Viareggio, Italy from Wednesday October 6 through Friday, October 8, 2004, just before the ISITA. For more information, see here.
• [October 2003] The 16th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems(MTNS 2004) will be held at the Catholic University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven-Belgium), from July 5-9, 2004. See the conference homepage.
• [October 2003] The WIC announces that the 25th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux will take place in Abdij Rolduc, Kerkrade, The Netherlands, on June 2, 3, and 4, 2004. In order to celebrate its 25th aniversary, the symposium will start with a get-together in the late afternoon or early evening of June 2. The latest information is available here.
• [September 2003] The 2004 International Symposium on PowerLine Communications and its Applications (ISPLC2004) will be held in Zaragoza, Spain, from Wednesday March 31 through Friday, April 2, 2004. This will be the 8th ISPLC! See here for more information.
• [November 2003] On Monday, January 19, 2004, the WIC organizes its annual midwintermeeting in the "Blauwe Zaal" of the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. The topic will be Biometrics. See here for the meeting programme and registration information.
• [September 2003] Our prominent member Prof.emer.dr. F.L.H.M. (Louis) Stumpers, dr. h.c. passed away on September 27, at age 92. A.o., he was chairman of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) held in Brussels in 1962, as well as the IEEE ISIT in Noordwijk in 1970. A curriculum vitae (in Dutch), published by the KNAW, is available here.
• [March 2003] The WIC organizes the 24th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux to be held on Thursday & Friday May 22-23, 2003, at the conference center "De Koningshof" in Veldhoven. Information about the technical program and registration can be found here.
• [February 2003] The 3rd Asia-Europe Workshop on Information Theory Fundamental Concepts in Information Theory will be held just before ISIT. For more information, please see the announcement.
• [November 2002] We deeply regret having to inform you that our member Cees Kamminga deceased on November 1, 2002. An obituary (in Dutch) can be found here.
• [November 2002] The WIC announces the Midwinter Meeting on Can we trust networks? Trends in Network Infrastructure and Applications Security to be held on Monday January 20, 2003, in the "Blauwe Zaal" of Eindhoven University of Technology.
• [August 2002] The IEEE German Chapter on Information Theory and the Digital Communications Group of the Institute for Experimental Mathematics (Essen University) organized a "Mini Workshop on TOPICS IN INFORMATION THEORY". For the report of this activity see the report by Han Vinck.
• [June 2002] The German Chapter on Information Theory organized the "Second European Asian Workshop on Concepts in Information Theory". A report and the program can be found at http://www.exp-math.uni-essen.de/~vinck/call-june-2002.htm.
• [May 2002] Organised by the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, the 23rd Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux, taking place place in Louvain-la-Neuve on May 29 - 31, is open for registration! Find more information on hotels and how to register on http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/crypto/benelux2002 or on http://uclcrypto.org/benelux2002.
• [March 2002] Since January 1, 2002, Dr. Hans van Tilburg is the IEEE Section chair for the Central Coast.
• [January 2002] The Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium organises the 23rd Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux. This year the symposium will take place in Louvain-la-Neuve, May 29 - 31. Read the 1st call for paperson http://uclcrypto.org/benelux2002 or read more on the WIC Events Page.
• [January 2002] Read more about the 2nd Asian-European Workshop on Concepts in Information Theory here.
• [December 2001] The 2001 International Symposium on Information Theory was held in Washington DC. Some photographs taken at the symposium can be found here.
• [December 2001] We deeply regret having to inform you that our member Erik DeWin deceased on April 14, 2001
• [November 2001] The WIC sponsored Midwinter Meeting on Multimedia Retrievalis now open to registration! Check the web page.
• [October 2001] 50 Years of Information Theory in The Netherlands. Delft University organises the Symposium "Mind Information" on November 12. More info...
• [October 2001] The IEEE German Chapter on Information Theory organized a workshop on Convolutional codes at the Institute for Experimental Mathematics, October 3-5, 2001. Han Vinck reports.
• [September 2001] Registration is now open for the IEEE Eighth Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux (SCVT2001), which will be held in Delft on October 18, 2001.
• [September 2001] On September 18 2001, The K.U. Leuven, Belgium, awarded the degree of Doctor in Applied Sciences posthumously to ir. Johan Borst. Announcement in Dutch.
• [April 2001] The 5-th International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications, SPLC 2001, was held in Malmö, Sweden, on April 3-6. A summary on Han Vinck's Web Pages.
• [April 2001] Jean Cardinal (ULB) attended the 2001 IEEE Data Compression Conference in Snowbird, Utah. Read his report here.
• [February 2001] Claude Shannon, Father of Information Theory, Dies at 84 Read more...
• [February 2001] We deeply regret having to inform you that our member Johan Borst deceased on October 19, 2000.
• [January 2001] An announcement for the 22nd Symposium on INFORMATION THEORY in the BENELUX is available now.

Symposia announcements

• The 27th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux has been held in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, on June 8 and 9, 2006.
• A Workshop on Algorithms and Mathematical Methods in Networking will be held on June 30, 2006, at IEM, ESSEN. You are invited to participate or present!
• The 17th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS 2006) will be held in Kyoto, Japan, July 24th through 28th, 2006.
• The Fifth Asian-European Workshop on Information Theory (AEW5) will be held in Jeju, Korea, October 25-27, 2006, just before the ISITA. For more information, see here.
• The 26th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on May 19 and 20, 2005. The latest information, including the call for papers, is available here.
• On the occasion of the retirement of prof. Eric Backer from TU-Delft, the ICT Group organizes a symposium on APRIL 18, 2005, entitled The Art and Science of Pattern Recognition. To participate in this event or to submit a poster presentation to the symposium, please see the announcement and call for posters.
• The 2005 International Symposium on PowerLine Communications and its Applications (ISPLC2005) will be held in Vancouver, Canada, April 6-8, 2005. This will be the 9th ISPLC! See here for more information, or ask Han Vinck.
• The annual WIC midwinter meeting took place on Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. The theme of the meeting was Wireless Communications. The presentations are available here.
• The 2004 Asia-Europe Workshop on Information theory (AEW4) will be held in Viareggio, Italy from Wednesday October 6 through Friday, October 8, 2004, just before the ISITA. For more information, see here.
• The 16th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems(MTNS 2004) will be held at the Catholic University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven-Belgium), from July 5-9, 2004. See the conference homepage.
• The WIC 25th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux took place in Abdij Rolduc, Kerkrade, The Netherlands, on June 2, 3, and 4, 2004. Highlights are available here.
• The 2004 International Symposium on PowerLine Communications and its Applications (ISPLC2004) will be held in Zaragoza, Spain, from Wednesday March 31 through Friday, April 2, 2004. This will be the 8th ISPLC! See here for more information.
• On Monday, January 19, 2004, the WIC organized its annual midwintermeeting in the "Blauwe Zaal" of the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. The topic was be Biometrics. See here for the meeting programme.
• The WIC organizes the 24th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux to be held on Thursday & Friday May 22-23, 2003, at the conference center "De Koningshof" in Veldhoven. Information about the technical program and registration can be found here.
• The 3rd Asia-Europe Workshop on Information Theory: Fundamental Concepts in Information Theory will be held just before ISIT. For more information, please see the announcement.
• The WIC announces the Midwinter Meeting on Can we trust networks? Trends in Network Infrastructure and Applications Security to be held on Monday January 20, 2003, in the "Blauwe Zaal" of Eindhoven University of Technology.
• Under auspices of the WIC the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium organises the 23rd Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux. The Symposium will take place in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, May 29 - 31. Invited lectures will be given by Robert Calderbank, Philippe Delsarte, Pierre Moulin, Neil Sloane and Madhu Sudan. Download the 1st Call for Papers in pdf-format here.
• The WIC and the IEEE Benelux Section organize the Midwinter Meeting on Multimedia Retrieval on 14 January 2002 at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Participants should preregister before 31 December 2001 to Alan Hanjalic by sending a fax (+31 15 278 1843) or by sending an e-mail to A.Hanjalic@its.tudelft.nl (subject: Midwinter Meeting).
• Delft University organises the Symposium "Mind Information" on November 12, 2001 to commemorate the fact that 50 years ago prof.dr.ir. J.L. van Soest started the first course in Information Theory in The Netherlands.
• The 4th International EURASIP Conference on source and channel coding is being held in Berlin, January 28-30, 2002.
• Call for Participation and Contributions to a Mini-Workshop on Convolutional Codes in Essen, Germany, October 3-5, 2001.
• Organised in Delft: The 8th Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux
• The 2001 IEEE Workshop on SiGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS (SiPS) Design and Implementation, September 26-28, 2001, Antwerp, Belgium.

Event reports

• A meeting report of the IEEE Benelux Chapter and the Eindhoven Embedded Systems Institute (EESI) about the Int. Workshop on Embedded Video Streaming Technology (MPEG-4) and the Internet held on December 20, 2001 at EESI, University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands, by Peter de With.
• A report on the 2001 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Cairns, Australia 2-7 September 2001 by Han Vinck.
• A report on the 5-th International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications, SPLC 2001 in Malmö, Sweden, by Han Vinck.
• Read the report on the 2001 IEEE Data Compression Conference in Snowbird, Utah, by Jean Cardinal (ULB).
• The 6th Winterschool on Coding and Information theory was held in the Reisensburg
  Castle (Germany) on December 17-20, 2000. Han Vinck offers you a report.
• Dr. V.B. Balakirsky wrote a report on the 2000 International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA2000).
• Han Vincks report on SITA 2000 can be read from his WEB pages.
• This brief personal report on ISIT 2000, Sorrento, Italy is another effort by Han Vinck.

Past Symposia announcements

Past symposia announcements and reports (if available) can be found here.