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WELCOME COCKTAIL
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2009
19:00 - 21:00
HOTEL VILLA DIODORO (CONFERENCE VENUE)
BAR LOUNGE
On Sunday evening you can meet your colleagues and socialize with
your friends
during this "Get-Together-Drink" that will take place in the Bar of
the hotel Villa Diodoro.
This drink is for free to all registered participants.
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Terrace of the Hotel Villa Diodoro |
Bar of the hotel Villa Diodoro
GALA DINNER
THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2009
ITW 2009-Taormina is pleased to invite Conference Delegates
at the Gala Dinner that will be held at the
SAN DOMENICO PALACE HOTEL
Built on the site of a 15th century
monastery, still preserved in its original structure,
the 5-star luxury San Domenico Palace Hotel, with its cloisters and
manicured gardens, is framed by a scene of rare beauty, which sweeps
from the ancient Greek theatre to the peak of Mount Etna.
The Gala Dinner will be served in the Mirrors’ Hall, next to the gardens and the sea facing terrace.
San Domenico Palace, Sala Gli Specchi.
San Domenico, Taormina, Major Cloister.
IEEE Donald G. Fink
Prize Paper Award
sponsored by IEEE Life Members Committee
THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2009
Presenter: Andrea Goldsmith (Stanford)
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DANIEL J. COSTELLO, JR. (University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Electrical Engineering) |
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G. DAVID FORNEY, JR. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of EECS) |
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For their paper entitled, “Channel
Coding: The Road to Channel Capacity,” Proceedings of the
IEEE, Vol. 95, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 1150-1177
Presentation Location: : IEEE
Information Theory Workshop (ITW 2009), 15 October 2009, Hotel Via
Diodoro, Taormina, Sicily.
Recognition of Special
Service
Presenter: Andrea Goldsmith (Stanford)
The Information Theory Society recognizes the service and leadership
of
G. David Forney, Jr.
President, IEEE Information Theory Society, 2008
POSTER AWARD BUFFET
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009
13:00
HOTEL VILLA DIODORO (CONFERENCE VENUE)
BAR LOUNGE
The buffet, on schedule on Friday October 16, will be the occasion
to award the author of the selected best poster for 2009
as well as to say goodbye to all participants.
The buffet and the award are sponsored by Nokia.
The Bar "Il Vecchio Carrubo", in the shadow of landscaped
mediterranean gardens,
takes its name from the age-old carobs' tree
that overlooks the charming terrace enjoyable in the summer evenings.
IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW 2009) - October 11-16, 2009,
Taormina - Italy
