2002 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland June 30-July 5, 2002

General Co-Chairs Bixio Rimoldi James L. Massey Program Co-Chairs Amos Lapidoth Emre Telatar Local Arrangements Rüdiger Urbanke Sponsor Liaisons Anthony Ephremides (US Gov.) David Tse (NSF) Martin Vetterli Finance Serge Vaudenay Travel Grant Coordinator Anthony Ephremides Publications Hans-Andrea Loeliger Publicity Michael Gastpar Ueli Maurer

What's new? The Recent Results Summaries are now available. They can also be found in the links in the menu on the left. The conference photos and the list of participants are available in the menu on the left. General Information The 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory was held at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland, from Sunday, June 30, through Friday, July 5, 2002. It covered recent advances in all relevant areas of Information Theory. The technical program as well as detailed information on travel, accommodations, getting around, special events, etc. can be found by clicking the appropriate link on the left of this page. Plenary Speakers Five distinguished speakers gave plenary presentations: Toby Berger, Cornell University Michael Berry, Bristol University Stephen Boyd, Stanford University Shafi Goldwasser, Weizmann Institute of Science and MIT Sergio Verdú, Princeton University General Address ISIT 2002 Prof. Rimoldi EPFL - I&C - LCM Building INR CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland We acknowledge the support of the following sponsors: