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The IT Student sub-committee
Report Sriram Vishwanath
Our CommitteeOutgoing 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 co-chair
Recent Past: Event at Allerton 2012
Organized pictionaryPizza 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
PanelistsGiuseppe Caire
Elza Erkip
Dongning Guo
Bobak Nazer
John Smee (Qualcomm)
Proposal: An IT Video Contest
Similar to contest in ComSocDifferent theme
Applicants would post short (<10 min) videos on youtube
Theme of the videoIntro 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 examplesFrom Khan Academy khanacademy.orgFrom ITA’s videosFrom 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 IstanbulAnnouncement to be made on Monday (lunch)Entries solicited by mid June
Judging Criteria:Rating on Youtube
Moderated by student/postdoc co-chairs
3 prizesShannon’s Collected WorksHanded 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 campusOrganization: Stark DraperTentatively schedule for mid June 2014Full proposal to be presented at ISIT BoG meeting in Istanbul