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SUMMARY:Random-Set Theory and its Applications to Wireless Communications 
 - Professor Ezio Biglieri
DTSTART:20080114T140000Z
DTEND:20080114T150000Z
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CONTACT:Taylan Cemgil
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nRandom-set theory (RST) is a probability theory of
  finite sets that exhibit randomness not only in each element\, but also i
 n the number of their elements. RST develops concepts that are not a part 
 of conventional probability theory. In fact\, a central point in RST\nis t
 he generation of "densities" which are not the usual Radon-Nikodym derivat
 ives of probability measures\, but rather "set derivatives" of nonadditive
  "belief functions." RST has considerable generality and flexibility\, is 
 consistent with engineering intuition\, and is easy to use. In this talk\,
  I shall show how RST can provide the tool of choice for the analysis of\n
 a number of problems in wireless communication. Among them\, (a) Multiuser
  detection in which the number of active users is unknown and time-varying
 \, with a hidden Markov model for their appearance and disappearance\, and
  (b) Equalization of multipath channels where the number of paths is not k
 nown a priori.\n\n\n\n\n\nBrief Biography\n\nEzio Biglieri  was born in Ao
 sta\, Italy. He studied electrical engineering at Politecnico di Torino\, 
 Torino\, Italy\, where he received the Dr. Engr. degree in 1967.\n\nHe is 
 presently a Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra\, Barcelona\, Spain\, an
 d an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of Californ
 ia\nLos Angeles (UCLA). Previously he was a Professor at the University of
  Napoli\, Napoli\, Italy\, at Politecnico di Torino\, Torino\, Italy\, and
  at UCLA. He has held\nvisiting positions with the Department of System Sc
 ience\, UCLA\; the Mathematical Research Center\, Bell Laboratories\, Murr
 ay Hill\, NJ\; the Bell Laboratories\,\nHolmdel\, NJ\; the Department of E
 lectrical Engineering\, UCLA\; the Telecommunication Department of the Eco
 le Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications\,\nParis\, France\; the 
 University of Sydney\, Sydney\, Australia\; the Yokohama National Universi
 ty\, Yokohama\, Japan\; the Electrical Engineering Department at Princeton
  University\, Princeton\, NJ\; the University of South Australia\, Adelaid
 e\, Australia\; the University of Melbourne\, Melbourne\, Australia\; the 
 Institute for Communications Engineering\, Munich Institute of Technology\
 , Munich\, Germany\; and the Institute for Infocomm Research\, National Un
 iversity of Singapore.\n\nProf. Biglieri was elected three times to the Bo
 ard of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Society\, and he served as
  its President in 1999. He is now the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE TRANSACT
 IONS ON INFORMATION THEORY and of the Journal of Communications and Networ
 ks. Among other honors\, in 2000 he received the IEEE Third-Millennium Med
 al and the IEEE Donald G. Fink\nPrize Paper Award\, in 2001 the IEEE Commu
 nications Society Edwin Howard Armstrong Achievement Award as well as a Be
 st Paper Award from WPMC’01\, Aalborg\, Denmark\, and in 2004 the Journa
 l of Communications and Networks Best Paper Award.\n
LOCATION:LR4\, Engineering\, Department of
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