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SUMMARY:The multicast transmission approach to converse theorems - Dr Anel
 ia Somekh-Baruch\, Bar-Ilan University
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CONTACT:Dr Varun Jog
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will present a bounding technique that has be
 en developed through a series of recent works. This technique has led to s
 tate-of-the-art converse bounds for two long-standing open problems in the
  field of Information Theory. The first problem involves determining the f
 undamental limits of channels with sub-optimal decoding\, commonly referre
 d to as "mismatched decoding". This problem has diverse applications acros
 s various domains\, including communications\, Information Theory\, and co
 mputer science\, As an example\, the zero-error capacity can be regrded as
  a special case of a channel with mismatched decoding. The second problem 
 pertains to the establishment of a single-letter formula for the reliabili
 ty function\, also known as the error exponent\, of discrete memoryless ch
 annels.\n\n*Bio*: Anelia Somekh-Baruch\, received her B.Sc. from Tel-Aviv 
 University in 1996 and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Technion-Israel Instit
 ute of Technology\, in 1999 and 2003\, respectively\, all in Electrical En
 gineering. During the period 2004-2009 she held visiting Research Associat
 e appointments with the Electrical Engineering Departments of Princeton Un
 iversity\, Princeton\, NJ\, and the Technion. In 2009 she joined the Facul
 ty of Engineering of Bar-Ilan University\, Ramat-Gan\, Israel\, where she 
 is currently an Associate Professor. Since Oct. 2021 she has been an Assoc
 iate Editor for the Transactions on Information Theory. Her research inter
 ests include topics in information theory\, in particular Shannon theory a
 nd channel coding\, and topics in communication theory. She received the T
 el-Aviv University program for outstanding B.Sc. students scholarship\, th
 e Viterbi scholarship\, the Rothschild Foundation scholarship for postdoct
 oral studies\, and the Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship. 
LOCATION:MR5\, CMS Pavilion A
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