ACoRN Australian-European Workshop on Modern Coding Techniques for Wireless Communications

When: November 20-22, 2007;
Where: The Old Lion Hotel, 161 Melbourne Str. North Adelaide, South Australia;
Organised by: Dr Ingmar Land and Prof. Lars K. Rasmussen, ITR, University of South Australia;

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Scope and Format

The main objective of the workshop is to bring together young researchers from Europe and Australia in the field to explore potential opportunities of collaboration. The workshop is intended to be small and informal with most delegates being mature Ph.D. students or postdocs at the start of their career.

Three leading European researchers and six leading Australian researchers have been invited to give overview talks about past and present activities in the area, as well as detailed technical talks about recent or in-progress work (see program below). The informal format allows for extended discussions during and following talks.

Researchers (senior and junior) and research students working in the area are encouraged to attend the workshop. The small and informal format will require all attending delegates to be actively involved in the success of the workshop. Therefore all delegates must present a 30 minutes talk on recent or (preferable) in-progress work as part of attending the event. As limited slots are available in the program, researchers and research students interested in attending must submit a proposal for a talk (1/2 to 1 A4 page) for potential presentation before 1st November 2007. The proposal is to be emailed to Lars.Rasmussen@unisa.edu.au.

School Program

The workshop program starts at 9.00am. Registration starts at 8.45am Tuesday.

Day One:

Tuesday 20th November 2007

9. 00-10.30

  • Guido Montorsi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
    State-of-the-Art and Open Problems in the design of concatenated codes
    (30 min)
  • Zhenning Shi (National ICT Australia)
    Overview on Research Projects Within the NICTA Networked System Group
    (30 min)

10.30-11.00
Coffee Break

  • Free discussions

11. 00-12.30

  • Gottfried Lechner (FTW, Austria)
    Design and low-complexity decoding of LDPC codes - Theory and Applications
    (30 min)
  • Yonghui Li (University of Sydney)
    Recent Research in Wireless Communications at Sydney University
    (30 min)

12.30-2.00
Lunch Break

  • Free discussions

2. 00-3.30

  • Jinhong Yuan (University of New South Wales)
    Overview of research activities of coding and iterative receivers at UNSW
    (30 min)
  • Vladimir Trajkovic (University of Newcastle)
    Turbo equalization with imperfect decision feedback
    (30 min)

3.30-4.00
Coffee Break

  • Free discussions

4.00- 6.00

  • Rui Li (University of Sydney)
    Iterative Receiver for MIMO-OFDM Systems with Joint ICI and Channel Estimation
    (30 min)
  • Sridhar Karuppasami (University of South Australia)
    LDPC Code Construction and Iterative Receiver Techniques for Channels with Phase Disturbances
    (30 min)
  • Lars K. Rasmussen (University of South Australia)
    Past and Present Iterative Activities
    (30 min)
 

Day Two:

Wednesday 21 th November 2007

9.00-10.00

  • Yonghui Li (University of Sydney)
    Distributed Turbo Coding for Cooperative Wireless Networks
    (45 min)

10.00-10.30
Coffee Break

  • Free discussions

10.30-12.30

  • Guido Montorsi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
    Optimization of CPM encoders for embedding into iterative decoding scheme
    (30 min)
  • Gottfried Lechner (FTW, Austria)
    Open problems in the area of LDPC codes
    (30 min)
  • Björn S. Rüffer (University of Newcastle)
    Dynamics of iterative decoding
    (30 min)

12:30-2.00
Lunch Break

  • Free discussions

2.00-3.30

  • David Shepherd (National ICT Australia)
    Adaptive Optimization of an Iterative Multiuser Detector for Turbo-coded CDMA
    (45 min)
  • Alexandre Graell i Amat (ENST-Bretagne, France)
    Overview of Coding Activities at ENST-Bretagne
    (30 min)

3.30-4.00
Coffee Break

  • Free discussions

4.00-5.00

  • Defeng (David) Huang (University of Western Australia)
    Graph Representation and Belief-Propagation Decoding for Multi-user Codes over Gaussian Multiple-Access Channel
    (30 min)
  • Ingmar Land (University of South Australia)
    Binary Information Combining
    (30 min)

7.30-10.30

  • Workshop Dinner at Fellini’s Cafe
 

Day Three:

Thursday 22 nd November 2007

9.00-10.00

  • Jinhong Yuan (University of New South Wales)
    LDPC code design for relay channels
    (45 min)

10.00-10.30
Coffee Break

  • Free discussions

10.30-12.30

  • Vladimir Trajkovic (University of Newcastle)
    Near capacity turbo equalization using optimized turbo code
    (45 min)
  • Alexandre Graell i Amat (ENST-Bretagne, France)
    Improving the Distance of Turbo Codes Using a Third Component Code: 3D Turbo Codes
    (45 min)

12.30-2.00
Lunch Break

  • Free discussions

2.00-3.30

  • Steven Pietrobon (Small World Communications)
    Advanced Techniques for the Implementation of Turbo Decoders
    (30 min)
  • Ingmar Land (University of South Australia)
    Non-Binary Information Combining
    (45 min)

3.30-4.00
Coffee Break

  • Free discussions

4.00-5.00

  • Sudharshan Srivnivasan (University of South Australia)
    Taking the dual APP decoder towards a fixed point implementation
    (30 min)
  • Lars K. Rasmussen (University of South Australia)
    Recursive LLR Combining over Iterations
    (30 min)

Participation and Registration

Participation in this workshop is open to all to attend. The deadline for registration is 1st November 2007.

Registration Fees

Registration includes lunch, morning/afternoon tea and workshop dinner.

ACoRN/NEWCOM Members AUD$100
Others AUD$200

All prices include 10% GST

ACoRN Members: Remember that you may be eligible for an Attendance Grant.

Registration Form

Please register for the workshop by completing the registration form below and fax it to the ACoRN Network Administrator Christine Thursby at +61 8 8302 3873.

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Registrations will be confirmed via email shortly after the registration deadline.

Refund Policy

  • Registration cancellations up to 15 November 2007: 85% refund
  • Registration cancellations from 15 November 2007: no refund

Venue

The Old Lion Hotel, 161 Melbourne Str. North Adelaide, South Australia.

Accommodation

For hotels where you can get discount bookings, try the links below. Look for hotels in Adelaide or North Adelaide if you want to have a wide selection of cafes/restaurants for breakfast and dinner.

Travel Support

For eligible ACoRN members travel support is available through the ACoRN Domestic Conference/Workshop Attendance Grants.

Additional Information

For more information, please contact ACoRN and the administration staff can either answer your query or pass onto someone who can.