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2015 Iran Workshop on Communication and Information Theory
(IWCIT)
6-7 May 2015, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
www.iwcit.org
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General Information

The 3rd Iran Workshop on Communication and Information Theory (IWCIT) will take place at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran on Wednesday May 6th and Thursday May 7th, 2015. IWCIT intends to bring together researchers in communication and information theory for exchanging their research results and latest developments.

Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality, original, and unpublished contributions to IWCIT 2015. All submitted papers will be subject to peer review. This workshop is included in the IEEE Conference Publications Program (CPP). The scope of the workshop includes the following topics:

Shannon Theory
- Complexity theory
- Information theoretic security
- Multi-terminal information theory
- Quantum information theory

Communication Theory
- Cognitive radio systems
- Cooperative communications
- Network resource sharing and scheduling
- Molecular and Nano communications
- Optical and Quantum communication theory

Coding Theory
- Compressed sensing
- Data compression
- Network coding

Applications of Information Theory
- Information theoretic learning
- Information theory and data mining
- Information theory and signal processing
- Information theory and statistics
- Information theory in biology
- Information theory in networks
- Information theory in practice

General Co-Chairs
Mohammad R. Aref ------ Sharif University of Technology
Farrokh Marvasti ------ Sharif University of Technology

Technical Program Chair
Jawad A. Salehi ------ Sharif University of Technology

Executive Co-Chairs
Amin A. Gohari ------ Sharif University of Technology
Babak Seyfe ------ Shahed University

Keynote Speakers
Abbas El Gamal ------ Stanford University
Imre Csiszár------ Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Gerhard Kramer ------ Technische Universität München (TUM)
Giuseppe Caire ------ Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Khaled Ben Letaief ------Hong Kong University of Science and Technology


Important Dates
------Paper Submission: 25 January 2015
------Notification of Acceptance: 15 March 2015
------Camera Ready Submission: 15 April 2015

Contact: iwcit@sharif.ir
www.iwcit.org

IWCIT 2015
Room 503, Department of Electrical Engineering
Sharif University of Technology
Tehran , Iran
Tel: +98 21 66165910
www.iwcit.org

Technical Program Committee

Salehi, Jawad [Chair] ---------- Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Aazhang, Behnaam ---------- Rice University, USA
Ahmadian, Mahmoud ---------- K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran
Akhbari, Bahareh ---------- K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran
Amini, Arash ---------- Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Aref, Mohammad Reza ---------- Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Ashtiani, Farid ---------- Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Avestimehr, Salman ---------- Cornell University, USA
Behroozi, Hamid ---------- Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Beigi, Salman ---------- Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Iran
Biglieri, Ezio ---------- Universtat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Crespo, Pedro ---------- University of Navarra, Spain
Emadi, Mohammad Javad ---------- Amirkabir University of Technology
Farhang, Mahmoud ---------- Shiraz University
Gohari, Amin ---------- Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Gunduz, Deniz ---------- Imperial College, UK
Hodtani, Ghosheh ---------- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Honig, Michael ---------- Northwestern University, USA
Javidi, Tara ---------- University of California San Diego, USA
Kaveh, Mostafa ---------- University of Minnesota, USA
Lahouti, Farshad ---------- University of Tehran, Iran
Maham, Behrouz ----------University of Tehran, Iran
Marvasti, Farokh ---------- Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Mirmohseni, Mahtab ---------- Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Nair, Chandra ---------- Chinese Univesity of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Nasiri-Kenari, Masoumeh ---------- Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Parvaresh, Farzad ---------- University of Isfahan, Iran
Pradhan, Sandeep ---------- University of Michigan, USA
Sadeghi, Parastoo ---------- The Australian National University, Australia
Saeedi, Hamid ---------- Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran
Seyfe, Babak ---------- Shahed University, Iran
Sharafat, Ahmad Reza ---------- Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran
Tadaion, Aliakbar ---------- Yazd University, Iran
Valaee, Shahrokh ---------- University of Toronto, Canada
Yuksel, Melda ----------TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey