Chair: Matthew ValentiVice-Chair: Erik PerrinsSecretary: Maite Brandt-Pearce

COMMUNICATION THEORY TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

GLOBECOM 2016DEC. 5, 2016 WASHINGTON

1. Welcome and Introduction2. Approval of Minutes from 2016 IEEE ICC meeting

(available at http://committees.comsoc.org/comt/)3. Chair Remarks4. 2016 CTTC Awards5. Communication Theory Symposium Reports:

§ GLOBECOM 2016 (Petar Popovski)§ ICC 2017 (Fulvio Babich) § GLOBECOM 2017 (Marco Di Renzo)

6. Workshop Reports:§ CTW 2017 (Jeff Andrews for Stephen Hanly)§ CTW 2018 (Erik Perrins)§ CTW 2019 proposal (Petar Popovski)

7. Election of New Chair8. New Business

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AGENDA

¡ We hold meetings twice per year:§ At ICC and GLOBECOM.

¡ Become a member by joining the mailing list.§ http://committees.comsoc.org/comt/mailinglist.html

¡ You are an active member if:§ Attend 2 of the past 5 meetings; or§ Attend last two CTWs; or§ Provide significant service to the committee.

¡ Currently, ~600 members, ~185 of which are active.

¡ Be sure to SIGN IN, so that we log your attendance.

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WHAT IS CTTC?

¡ Chair§ Matthew Valenti § West Virginia University

¡ Vice-Chair§ Erik Perrins§ University of Kansas

¡ Secretary§ Maite Brandt-Pearce§ University of Virginia

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OFFICERS

Standards Liaison§ George Alexandropolous§ Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Student Competition Program§ Hideki Ochiai§ Yokohama National University

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OTHER POSITIONS

Communication Theory Technical Committee (CTTC)ICC 2016, Kuala Lumpur24 May, 2016ATTENDANCE = 56

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. The minutes from the GC 2016 meeting were approved.

2. Workshop reports were given for CT W 2016, CT W 2017, and CT W 2018.

3. Conference reports were given for ICC 2016, GLOBECCOM 2016, and ICC 2017.

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MINUTES

¡ The Communication Theory Technical Committee (CTTC) of theIEEE Communications Society is primarily interested infundamental problems associated with the transmission ofinformation.

¡ Oversight of the Communication Theory Workshop¡ Sponsorship of GLOBECOM and ICC symposia

§ Primary symposium: Comm Theory § Secondary: Signal Proc. for Comm; and Wireless Comm.

¡ Recognize member accomplishment through:§ IEEE Fellow and Senior Member endorsement§ IEEE Distinguished Lecturer endorsement§ Nomination for other IEEE and ComSoc awards§ CTTC Awards in Technical Achievement, Outstanding Service, and

Early Achievement

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WHAT DOES CTTC DO?

¡ Raviraj Adve¡ Mike Buehrer¡ Huaiyu Dai¡ Stephen Hanly¡ Amir Khandani¡ Witold Krzymien¡ TJ Lim¡ Nallanathan Arumugam¡ Michael Rice¡ Wenye Wang¡ Xianbin Wang¡ Rui Zhang

CONGRATULATIONSNEW IEEE FELLOWS

NEW WEBPAGEHTTP://COMT.COMMITTEES.COMSOC.ORG

¡ Over the past few months, we have cleaned up the list¡ Email list is comm-theory@ieee.org

§ Must be subscribed to send§ Moderated: Must be approved by an officer

¡ Is a “quiet” list with few postings per year¡ Standard acceptable uses:

§ CTTC-business: Meeting announcements, minutes, etc.§ CFP for CTTC sponsored events: CTW and CT Symposia

¡ Special uses:§ CT-related job openings posted by CT members: Postdoc & faculty§ Niche workshops targeted to the CT community

¡ Not-acceptable:§ CFP’s for conferences and workshops that are widely known§ Advertising of graduate programs and announcements of fellowships

MAILING LIST UPDATES

¡ Best Readings is a curated collection of previously published books, articles, and papers on a featured topic§ Published quarterly at http://www.comsoc.org/best-readings§ Links to the source reference with short descriptions§ Helpful to those who wants to acquire a background on the topic

¡ Examples§ Massive MIMO (UPDATED!)§ Cognitive Radio§ Multi-Tier Cellular§ Green Communication§ Nanoscale Communication§ Device-to-Device (NEW!)§ Internet of Things (NEW!)

¡ Matt is EiC§ Let him know if you would like to guest edit

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¡ Volunteer to be on the TPC for an upcoming Comm Theory Symposium§ GC’17: Contact Marco Di Renzo: Marco.Di.Renzo@gmail.com

¡ Volunteer to be a symposium chair§ We have made nominations through GC’18§ We have a (short) waiting list --- could use more volunteers§ Contact Matt, and include your bio

¡ Standards liaison or student award rep¡ Get involved w/ the organization of a CTW

§ Need proposals for CTW’19 onwards¡ Organize a Best Readings

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WANT TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED?

¡ CTTC gives out 3 distinct awards:§ Technical Achievement Award§ Outstanding Service Award§ Early Achievement Award

¡ Usually 1, sometimes 2, of each award given annually¡ Nominations are due on June 30th

§ A short sentence on the outstanding contribution and one page of supporting material.

§ Send nomination to the CTTC Vice Chair (who serves as Awards Chair)¡ Awarded at following GLOBECOM, ICC, or CTW.

AWARDS

CTTC AWARDS COMMITTEE

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Angel Lozano

Andrea Goldsmith

Reinaldo Valenzuela

Larry Milstein

Erik Perrins, Chair

EARLY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

¡ Recognizes young members of the CTTC who haveachieved early career visibility in the field throughresearch and service and who (i) have participated in theCTTC (e.g., attended CTTC meetings, attended CTW, servedthe CTTC in a significant capacity, been a member of theTPC for ICC/GLOBECOM) and (ii) are within 10 years oftheir Ph.D.

¡ Officially adopted in 2011 (ICC, Kyoto), but has never been given until this year.

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EARLY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Marios KountourisPrincipal EngineerHuawei TechnologiesFrance

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for contributions to MIMO, limited feedback, and analysis of cellular and ad hoc networks.

OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD

¡ Recognizes members of the CTTC who have adistinguished record of service to the communicationtheory community, including CTTC-sponsoredsymposia and workshop organization, leadershiproles within the committee, and promotingcommittee activities and interests in the broaderresearch community.

¡ Past recipients:§ 2015: Sergio Benedetto§ 2014: Ender Ayanoglu§ 2013: Michael Rice§ 2012: Costas Georghiades§ 2011: Len Cimini§ 2010: Richard Gitlin and Larry Milstein

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OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD

Behnaam AazhangJ.S. Abercrombie ProfessorRice University

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for innovative leadership that elevated the quality and success of the Communication Theory Workshop

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

¡ Recognizes members of the CTTC who have been involvedwith the committee, have done outstanding work incommunication theory, and have achieved a high degreeof visibility in the field.

¡ Past recipients:§ 2015: John Proakis§ 2014: Reinaldo Valenzuela and Norm Beaulieu§ 2013: Andrea Goldsmith§ 2012: Larry Milstein§ 2011: Sergio Benedetto§ 2010: Gerald Foschini and Dariush Divsalar

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TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Jack WintersManaging MemberJWC, LLC

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for pioneering contributions on the use of antenna arrays in wireless communications

Conference Location Date

ICC’17 Paris 21-25 May 2017

GC’17 Singapore 4-8 Dec 2017

ICC’18 Kansas City 20-24 May 2018

GC’18 Abu Dhabi 9-13 Dec 2018

ICC’19 Shanghai 20-24 May 2019

GC’19 Hawaii (Waikoloa, Big Island) 9-13 Dec 2019

ICC’20 Dublin 7-11 June 2020

GC’20 Taipei 7-11 Dec 2020

ICC’21 Montreal or New York City

UPCOMING CONFERENCE VENUES

¡ Co-chairs§ Petar Popovski (Aalborg U., Denmark)§ Philippa Martin (U. Canterbury, New Zealand)§ Jinhong Yuan (U. NSW, Australia)

¡ Statistics§ Submissions: 142 (6% increase compared to ICC’16)§ Accepted Papers: 54 § Acceptance rate: 38 %§ TPC members: 127§ Average TPC member load = 4.5 papers

¡ Sessions§ 10 oral sessions (5 papers each) & 1 interactive session (4 papers)

GLOBECOM 2016 CT SYMPOSIUM

The Best Paper Award in the Communication Theory Symposium

Hua Sun and Syed Ali Jafar“The Capacity of Private Information Retreival”

Session CTS.9: “Information Theory” Wednesday 14:00-15:30

Columbia 6, Terrace Level

GLOBECOM 2016 CT SYMPOSIUM BEST PAPER AWARD

¡ ICC 2017 Communication Theory Symposium¡ Co-chairs

§ Ender Ayanoglu (UC Irvine, USA)§ Fulvio Babich (U Trieste, Italy)§ Steven Weber (Drexel U, USA)

¡ Stats§ # Submissions: 165§ # TPC members: 143§ Average TPC member load = 4.5 papers§ Anticipated acceptance rate: 37-40%

¡ Dates§ Review deadline (initial): Dec. 18, 2016§ Acceptance notification: Jan. 27, 2017§ Camera Ready: Feb. 24, 2017§ Conference: May 21-25, 2017

¡ Notes§ Only 30 declined reviews.

Very responsive and committed TPC.

ICC 2017 CT SYMPOSIUM

GLOBECOM 2017 CT SYMPOSIUM

¡ Co-chairs§ Marco Di Renzo (Paris-Saclay University / CNRS, France)§ Lifeng Lai (University of California Davis, USA)§ Wei Chen (Tsinghua University, China)

¡ Dates§ Submission Deadline: April 1, 2017§ Conference: 4-8 December, 2017

¡ To volunteer for serving as a TPC member, please send an email to Marco: marco.direnzo@l2s.centralesupelec.fr

GLOBECOM 2017 CT SYMPOSIUM

Deadlines Due DatePaper Submission April 1, 2017Paper Review Assignment April 6 - 10, 2017Paper Review Completion June 25, 2017Initial Decisions July 10, 2017Acceptance Notification July 25, 2017Camera-Ready Paper Upload September 4, 2017Session Assignment September 25, 2017

à Deadline extension ? à Paper deadline for workshops ?

Conference Location Date

CTW’17 Natadola Bay, Fiji 11-14 June 2017

CTW’18 Puerto Rico

CTW’19 Reykjavik, Iceland (PROPOSED)

UPCOMING CTW VENUES

2017 IEEE CTWJune 11-14

Intercontinental Fiji Natadola Bay, FIJI

LOCATION & DATE

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• CTW 2017 will be held June 11-14, 2017 at the superb Intercontinental Resort on the beautiful Natadola bay in tropical Fiji

2 weeks AFTER ICC1 week after VTC/Sydney2 weeks PRIOR to ISIT

CTW 2017 VENUE

• Intercontinental Fiji Golf Resort and Spa (5*)

– Conference Rooms (theatre style)• 72 m2, 50 people OR• 151.2 m2, 110 people

– Posters in smaller room

– Private open-air breakout area

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CTW 2017 FUNCTIONS

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Welcome Reception

Banquet

Entertainment

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION

• Garden rooms: – Double occupancy : $485 FJ / night = $231 US/night– Single occupancy : $425 FJ/night = $203 US/night

• All rates include breakfast, taxes and fees, and in-room WiFi

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HOTEL ACCOMMODATION UPGRADES• Single occupancy Upgrade Rate

– Pool King View Room Single FJ$525/Double FJ$585.00– Lagoon King View Room Single FJ$625/Double FJ$685.00– Lagoon King View Suite Single FJ$725/Double FJ$785.00– Beachfront King Room Single FJ$825/Double FJ $885.00– Beachfront King View Suite Single FJ$925/Double FJ$985.00

• Luxury club suites are also available

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Organizing Committee:General Chair: Stephen Hanly (Macquarie University)

Technical Program Co-Chairs: - Iain Collings (Macquarie University)- Phil Whiting (Macquarie University)

Finance: Robby McKilliam (Myriota)

Fundraising: Salman Avestimehr (USC)

Poster Session:- Jamie Evans (Monash University)- Philippa Martin (University of Canterbury)

Publicity:- Harpreet Dhillon (Virginia Tech)- Chunshan Liu (Macquarie University)

Advisory Board: - Jeff Andrews, David Gesbert, Robert Heath, Angel Lozano,

Matthew Valenti

TECHNICAL PROGRAM• Sun, June 11

• Welcome Reception

• Mon, June 12• 1 Plenary, 2 Sessions, 1 Panel, Poster (drinks + light

dinner)

• Tue, June 13• 1 Plenary, 2 Sessions,1 Panel, Banquet

• Wed, June 14• 1 Plenary, 1 Session

TECHNICAL PROGRAMDay 1 - Mon, June 12

• PLENARY 1: Reinaldo Valenzuela

• SESSION 1: Communication-theoretic aspects of big data infrastructure - Salman Avestimehr

• SESSION 2: Machine Learning for use in future communications networks - David Gesbert

• PANEL 1: Challenges in M2M - Petar Popovski• POSTER SESSION + drinks + light dinner

TECHNICAL PROGRAMDay 2 - Tuesday, June 13

• PLENARY 2: Michael Honig

• SESSION 3: Starting-up with Communication Theory - Anton Monk

• SESSION 4: Quantum Communications - Jack Winters

• PANEL 2: Challenges in Spectrum Sharing - Randall Berry

• BANQUET

TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Day 3 - Wednesday, June 14

• PLENARY 3: Alex Gorokhov

• SESSION 5: New Frontiers in Wireless Networks - Andrea Goldsmith

Registration Fees• IEEE ComSoc, early : $450 • IEEE ComSoc, late: $550• IEEE Student member, early: $300

ORGANIZATION PROGRESS• Resort contract – nearly there! • Sponsors: Qualcomm + Alcatel-Lucent

– actively searching for more!

• Website is online

• CFP is ready (copies placed on GC’16 stands)

• Poster Abstract Submission Deadline: February 10, 2017

Notification acceptance: February 24, 2017

There is now a direct flight to San Francisco also

GETTING TO FIJI: Centrally situated in the South Pacific, Fiji is one of the main airline hubs of the Pacific region.

Fiji (Nadi) is serviced by major carriers in the Pacific region including its national carrier Fiji Airways, Air New Zealand, Jetstar, Korean Airlines, Qantas, Pacific Blue, Air Niugini and Aircalin.

GETTING TO THE HOTEL:

• Natadola Bay is 60 km from Nadi International airport– By TAXI: ~ 1h, cost: $100 FJD = $47 USD– By Express shuttle ~ 1h, $200 FJD = $94 USD (if more

than 4 people, $50 FJD pp)

Communication Theory Workshop 2018

Co-Chairs:Erik Perrins, KansasDavid Love, Purdue

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Overview• Globecom 2015 presented proposal for CTW 2018 in Puerto Rico• CTW last in PR in 2006• In talks with El Conquistador-Waldorf Astoria Resort• Contract has not been finalized yet. • Tourism in PR seems depressed right now, hoping for a good deal

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When and Where

• Tentatively Monday, May14 – Wednesday, May 16, 2018 • Note: ICC 2018 May 19 – 25 in Kansas City, MO• El Conquistador, Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Puerto Rico• Rooms $179 per night (18% tariff, 9% tax, $20 maid fee)

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Organizing Committee

General Co-Chairs: David Love (Purdue) and Erik Perrins (Kansas)

Technical Program Co-Chairs: Bert Hochwald (Notre Dame) and Petar Popovski(Aalborg)

Poster Co-Chairs: Chih-Chun Wang (Purdue) and Bruno Clerckx (Imperial)

Publicity Co-Chairs: Taejoon Kim (CityU-Hong Kong) and Besma Smida (U of Illinois-Chicago)

Finance Chair: Vasanth Raghavan (Qualcomm)

Fundraising Chair: Junil Choi (POSTECH) and Lingjia Liu (Kansas)

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Puerto Rico Overview• Puerto Rico, Spanish and English are the official languages; most

Puerto Ricans speak English • Puerto Rico is a U.S. commonwealth-U.S. citizens don’t need a

passport to travel• U.S. dollar is official currency• Puerto Rico has a population of approx 2M• San Juan is the capital• CTW last in PR in 2006

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Puerto Rico Tourism Overview• 270 miles of coastline• More than 70% of the rum sold in the U.S. comes from Puerto

Rico; sample our favorite local brands and enjoy a tour of our rum distilleries.

• Toro Verde features one of the longest Zip Lines on Earth: La Bestia

• Bioluminescence exists around the world, but there are only a few biobays on our planet. Puerto Rico has three of them, a kayak or boat-ride away from our shores, they must be seen to be appreciated.

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Puerto Rico Travel• Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU), conveniently

located 9 mi (14km) northeast of San Juan. • Many flights:

• New York (nonstop) ~$300• Chicago (nonstop) ~$350• Atlanta (nonstop) ~$350• Miami (nonstop) ~$300• Dallas (nonstop) ~$500• Philadelphia (nonstop) ~$400• Boston (nonstop) ~$400• Madrid (nonstop) ~$800• San Francisco (1 stop) ~$350• Stockholm (1 stop) ~$1300• Berlin (1 stop) ~$800• Beijing (1 stop) ~$1600• Seoul (1 stop) ~$2000

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El Conquistador - Location

• Approx 45 min drive from airport• Shuttle service provided by hotel available

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El Conquistador – View of Hotel and Beach

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El Conquistador – Hotel Water Park

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El Conquistador – Meeting Rooms

IEEE CTW 2019 IN ICELAND

IEEE CTW 2019 IN ICELAND: GOLDEN CIRCLEGolden Circle

IEEE CTW 2019 IN ICELANDWATERFALLWaterfall

Some flights:¡ San Francisco: 8h40m¡ New York: 5h40m¡ Dallas: 12h¡ Boston: 5h5m¡ Stockholm: 3h10m¡ Copenhagen:3h10m¡ Berlin:3h45¡ Munich: 3h55m¡ Barcelona: 4h30m¡ Rome: 8h¡ Paris: 3h30m

IEEE CTW 2019 IN ICELAND: FLIGHTS

¡ Reykjavik hotels (40 min from the Blue lagoon)§ Radisson Blu§ Hilton

¡ Silica hotel next to Blue lagoon§ 35 rooms only, new hotel in 2017

¡ Hotel Selfoss§ 1 hour drive to the Blue Lagoon§ 40 min drive to Reykjavik

IEEE CTW 2019 IN ICELAND: VENUE/HOTEL

¡ Chair§ Petar Popovski (Aalborg U., Denmark)§ ...

¡ TPC Chair§ Erik Larsson (Linkoping U., Sweden)§ ...

¡ Local Chair§ TBD

IEEE CTW 2019 IN ICELAND: COMMITTEES

¡ Offices are for two-year terms§ Current terms expire Dec. 2016

¡ Chair is the only elected office§ Vice Chair and Secretary are appointed by the chair

¡ Chair election procedure§ A Nomination and Election (N&E) committee was formed§ Nominations (including self-nominations) were given to N&E

committee by Oct. 31§ Committee endorsed one nominee for Chair: Erik Perrins§ Election at the GLOBECOM 2016 meeting (today)§ Nominations from the floor taken in addition to N&E candidate§ Candidates leave the room to allow for discussion§ Vote by show of hands unless secret ballot requested

OFFICER ELECTION

¡ See you in Paris¡ Tentatively, our meeting will be:

§ Monday, May 22, at 6:30 PM.§ http://icc2017.ieee-icc.org

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ADJOURNMENT