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Wednesday, March 28, 2018 
SCV Information Theory (IT)
Subject: An Information-Theoretic Framework for Multi-Hop All-Cast Networks
– framework to characterize the fundamental limits of decode-forward in multi-source, multi-relay, all-cast channels with independent input distributions, extends Shannon’s result… Speaker: Prof. Ponniah, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering department, San Jose State University 
Time: 6:00 pm: Registration, networking, refreshments; 6:30 pm: Presentation 
Cost: Free
Location: Stanford University David Packard Electrical Engineering Building, 350 Serra Mall, Room #202 
Event Details: eventbrite.com/e/an-information-theoretic-framework-for-multi-hop-all-cast-networks-tickets-42968870047 

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 
SCV Information Theorem Society (ITS) 
Subject: From Differential Privacy to Generative Adversarial Privacy
– connectivity and data collection, biggest threats to privacy, staircase mechanisms, novel context-aware notion of privacy called generative adversarial privacy (GAP)…
Speaker: Peter Kairouz, Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University 
Time: 6:00 pm: Registration, networking and refreshments; 6:30 pm: Presentation; 7:30 pm: Adjourn 
Cost: Free 
Location: David Packard Electrical Engineering Building, 350 Serra Mall, Room #202, Stanford
Event Details: eventbrite.com/e/from-differential-privacy-to-generative-adversarial-privacy-tickets-42737831003 

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 
SCV Information Theory Society 
Subject: DNA Sequencing: From Information Limits to Genome Assembly Software
– design assembly algorithms with correctness guarantees, theoretical foundation of our long-read assembly software HINGE, which outperforms existing tools and is currently being employed by genomics research groups and companies … 
Speaker: Ilan Shomorony, PhD., Member Data Science team, Human Longevity, Inc. 
Time: 6:00 pm: Registration, refreshments, and networking; 6:30 to 8:30 pm: Presentation and Questions
Cost: Free 
Location: Stanford University, 350 Serra Mall, Packard Bldg., Room 202 
Event Details: https://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/its/MtgSum/Meeting2017_11.html 

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 
SCV Information Theory (IT) Society 
Subject: Information Theoretic Limits of Molecular Communication and System Design Using Machine Learning
– used for in-body communication, secrecy, networking microscale and nanoscale devices, infrastructure monitoring in smart cities and industrial complexes, as well as for underwater communications, limitations …
Speaker: Nariman Farsad, PhD, EE Department, Stanford 
Time: 6:00 pm: Registration, networking, and refreshments; 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm: Presentation
Cost: Free 
Location: David Packard Electrical Engineering, Room 202, 350 Serra Mall, Stanford University. Parking Generally Free In Nearby Lots After 4:00 pm 
Event Details: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/its/MtgSum/Meeting2017_10.html

Wednesday, June 28, 2017
SCV Information Theory (IT) Society
Subject: OTFS: A New Generation of Modulation Addressing the Challenges of 5G
– simplify system operation and significantly improves performance, particular in systems with high Doppler, short packets, and large antenna arrays…
Speaker: Dr. Anton Monk, VP Strategic Alliances and Standards, Cohere Technologies
Time: 6:00 pm: Registration, refreshments, and networking; 6:30 pm: Presentation
Cost: Free
Location: Stanford University, Packard Bldg., Room 202. Free parking after 4:00 pm
Event Details: https://its20170628.eventbrite.com/

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 
SCV Information Theory (IT) and Magnetics Societies 
Subject: Regenerating Codes For Distributed Storage 
– basic framework of regenerating codes, establishing theoretical limitations regenerating codes from an algebraic perspective… 
Speaker: Mary Wootters, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Time: 6:00 pm: Registration, refreshments, and networking; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm: Presentation 
Cost: Free 
Location: Hacker Dojo, 3350 Thomas Rd, Santa Clara 
Event Details: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/its/MtgSum/Meeting2017_05.html 

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 
SCV Information Theory (IT) and the Photonics Society
Subject: Spacetime Replication of Continuous Variable Quantum Information 
– distributing information in seemingly impossible ways using quantum error correction, new, continuous variable quantum error correcting codes that can efficiently replicate information in spacetime…
Speaker: Grant Salton, PhD Candidate, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics
Time: 6:30 pm: Registration, refreshments, and networking; 7:00 to 8:00 pm: Presentation
Cost: Free
Location: Room 101 in Packard Bldg., Stanford University
Event Details: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/its/MtgSum/Meeting2017_04.html 

Tuesday, May 30, and Wednesday, May 31, 2017
SCV Signal Processing Society (SPS), Communications Society (ComSoc), Information Theory Society (IT), Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), Solid State Circuits Society(SSCS), and Circuits and System Society(CAS)
Subject: IEEE Workshops on Machine Learning and Convolutional Neural Networks
– Tues: Intuitive treatment of the important machine learning approaches; Wed: In-depth treatment of Convolutional neural networks (CNN) …
Instructor: Dr. Kiran Gunnam, Technical Director of Algorithms and DSP, Velodyne LiDAR, Inc.
Time: 4:30 to 5:00 pm: Check In, Networking, Refreshments; 5:00 to 9:00 pm: Workshop
Cost: $40 to $90; discounts to IEEE members, sponsoring chapter members, and TI employees
Location: Texas Instruments Building E Conference Center, 2900 Semiconductor Dr, Santa Clara
Event Details: https://ml_cnn.eventbrite.com

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 
SCV Information Theory Society (ITS) 
Subject: Spacetime Replication of Continuous Variable Quantum Information 
– distributing information in seemingly impossible ways using quantum error correction, continuous variable quantum error correcting codes that can efficiently replicate information in spacetime… 
Speaker: Grant Salton, PhD candidate, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics 
Time: 6:30 pm: Registration, refreshments, and networking; 7:00 pm: Presentation; 8:00 pm: Q&A 
Cost: Free 
Location: David Packard Electrical Engineering, Room 101, 350 Serra Mall, Stanford 
Event Details: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/its/MtgSum/Meeting2017_04.html 

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 
SCV Information Theory Society (ITS), Communications Society (ComSoc), Consumer Electronics(CE), and Solid State Circuits Society (SSCS) 
Subject: Foundations of Energy Harvesting and Remotely Powered Communication Systems 
– Reviews requirements for implementing small low-cost energy-harvesting radios, including information and communication theoretic foundations … 
Speaker: Prof. Ayfer Ozgur Aydin, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University, and Member, ISL 
Time: 6:00 pm: Registration, refreshments, and networking; ; 6:30 pm: Presentation; 7:30 pm: Q&A
Cost: Free 
Location: David Packard Electrical Engineering, Room 202, 350 Serra Mall, Stanford 
Event Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foundations-of-energy-harvesting-and-remotely-powered-communication-systems-tickets-32547386108  

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 
SCV Information Theory (IT) Society and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
Subject: Localizing the Epileptic Seizure Onset Zone via Directed Information Graphs 
– surgical procedure for removal of the seizure onset zone (SOZ), the area in the brain from which the seizures originate, SOZ localization algorithm … 
Speaker: Dr. Yonathan Morin, postdoctoral scholar, Wireless Systems Lab, Stanford University 
Time: 6:00 pm: registration, networking, refreshments; 6:30 pm: Presentation 
Cost: Free 
Location: Room 202 in Packard Bldg., Stanford University
Event Details: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/its/MtgSum/Meeting2017_02.html 
Chapter Website: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/its/index.html 

Sunday, January 29th 2017 
SCV Information Theory (IT) Society 
Subject: Eli Ben Sasson: Towards Transparent and Scalable Computational Integrity
– enhanced privacy and fungibility of Zcash relies on cutting-edge cryptography – zero knowledge proofs and zkSNARKs … 
Speaker: Eli Ben Sasson, Professor, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Zerocash co-inventor, and ZCash co-founder and scientist 
Time: 6:00 pm: registration, networking, refreshments; 6:30 pm: Presentation 
Cost: Free 
Location: Institute for the Future, 201 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
Event Details: https://www.meetup.com/EthereumSiliconValley/events/236764000 
Society Website: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/its/index.html 
Co-sponsored with Silicon Valley Ethereum Meetup 
Food will be sponsored by Jae Kwon and Cosmos 

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 
SCV Information Theory Society (IT)
Subject: Information Theoretic Security 
– inspire new approaches for securing wireless networks at the physical layer, biometric systems, measurement noise, error correction codes, smart-metered systems, rechargeable battery can be used to mask the instantaneous electricity load from a utility company … 
Speaker: Dr. Ashish Khisti, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada 
Time: 6:00 pm: Registration, networking, and refreshments; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm: Presentation 
Cost: Free 
Location: A10 Networks, 3 West Plumeria Drive, San Jose
Event Details: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/its/MtgSum/Meeting2016_1130.html 
Registration Required” https://www.eventbrite.com/e/information-theoretic-security-tickets-29431185468