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2014 Iran Workshop on Communication and Information Theory
(IWCIT)
7-8 May 2014, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
www.iwcit.org
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General Information

The second Iran Workshop on Communication and Information Theory (IWCIT) will take place at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran from Wednesday May 7th to Thursday May 8th, 2014. IWCIT intends to bring together researchers in all relevant areas of 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Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality, original, and unpublished contributions to IWCIT 2014. This workshop is included in the IEEE Conference Publications Program (CPP).

General Co-Chairs
Mohammad R. Aref ------ Sharif University of Technology
Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari ------ 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

Publications
Amin A. Gohari ------ Sharif University of Technology

Keynote Speakers
Gerhard Kramer ------ Technische Universität München (TUM)
David Tse ------ University of California at Berkeley


Important Dates
------Paper Submission: 11 January 2014
------Notification of Acceptance: 15 March 2014
------Camera Ready Submission: 15 April 2014

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

IWCIT 2014
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
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
Fekri, Faramarz ---------- Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Gohari, Amin ---------- Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Golestani, Seyed Jamaloddin ---------- Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Gunduz, Deniz ---------- Imperial College, UK
Hassibi, Babak ---------- California Institute of Technology, USA
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
Kschischang, Frank ---------- Univesity of Toronto, Canada
Lahouti, Farshad ---------- University of Tehran, Iran
Maddah-Ali, Mohammad Ali ---------- Bell Labs, Alcatel Lucent, USA
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
Salehi, Masoud ---------- Northeastern University, USA
Seyfe, Babak ---------- Shahed University, Iran
Sharafat, Ahmad Reza ---------- Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran
Tadaion, Aliakbar ---------- Yazd University, Iran
Valaee, Shahrokh ---------- University of Toronto, Canada

Prospective authors are invited to submit original manuscripts for presentation at the second Iran Workshop on Communication and Information Theory. Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process and all submissions must be done through EDAS. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of Six (6) printed pages (10-point font) including figures.

Papers should be submitted to one of the following Tracks:

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