The IT Student subcommittee Report
Sriram Vishwanath
Our Committee
Outgoing co-coordinator Elza: A huge THANK YOU to
her!
Student co-chairs:
Galen Reeves
Mustafa El-Halabi
Alex Dytso
Deniz Gunduz might be interested in joining as a cochair
Recent Past: Event
at Allerton 2012
Organized pictionary
Pizza plus show
Positive: lots of fun
Negative: over 50% ate and left
Holding it in solarium a bad idea
Event at ITA 2013
The Jobs and Mentorship Panel
Aim: To talk about jobs in academia & industry and
what mentorship is available
Joint with the Outreach Committee
Moderated by Salim ElRouayheb
Panelists
Giuseppe Caire
Elza Erkip
Dongning Guo
Bobak Nazer
John Smee (Qualcomm)
Proposal: An IT Video Contest
Similar to contest in ComSoc
Different theme
Applicants would post short (<10 min) videos
on youtube
Theme of the video
Intro to basic information theory concepts
Ex: how your phone works? Basic coding
concepts
Rules & Logistics of Contest
A website created to advertise contest
Website will include good examples
From Khan Academy khanacademy.org
From ITA’s videos
From TED talks
Notification of video posting to be sent to
[email protected]
All video links to be posted on website
Rules and Logistics Continued
Timed to conclude by ISIT in Istanbul
Announcement to be made on Monday (lunch)
Entries solicited by mid June
Judging Criteria:
Rating on Youtube
Moderated by student/postdoc co-chairs
3 prizes
Shannon’s Collected Works
Handed at ISIT during Thursday lunch event
Budget Request: $500 for the awards
IT School Update
2013: Purdue
2014: Upcoming proposal for Toronto
At the University of Toronto campus
Organization: Stark Draper
Tentatively schedule for mid June 2014
Full proposal to be presented at ISIT BoG
meeting in Istanbul