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Membership & Chapters Committee Report Review

This report outlines the 2011-2012 members and upcoming schools and DL programs. Feedback on events and suggestions for improvement are provided from the MCC. Discussion on future DL speakers and location approvals. Available for meetings and inquiries.

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Membership & Chapters Committee Report Review

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  1. Membership and Chapters Committee ReportGerhard KramerPresented at the BoG meetingOct 17, 2011, Paraty, Brazil 1

  2. 2011 Members • Outgoing Members (2010-2011) • Max Costa, Michelle Effros, Amin Shokrollahi, Raymond Yeung, LizhongZheng • Continuing Members (2011-2012) • ShragaBross, Nick Laneman, EmanueleViterbo, Liang-Liang Xie

  3. Item: Schools and DL Program • Schools of Information Theory • 2011: Taiwan, Europe School (Barcelona), Wireless School (Oulu), North America School (Austin) ✔ • 2012: North America (Cornell), Europe (Turkey) • 2013: North America suggestion is PurdueMCC suggests approval of location but to work on the format and consider funding issue again in 2012 • Distinguished Lecturer Program • Looking for five new DLs for 2012-2013 (suggestions welcome) • Outgoing: Michael Gastpar, Andrea Goldsmith, Alon Orlitsky,Amin Shokrollahi, Sergio Verdú • Ongoing: Toby Berger, Max Costa, Alex Grant, David Tse,Raymond Yeung • Could be used more frequently to invite speakers!

  4. 2013 North America School at Purdue • MCC is supportive of location • MCC concerns: differences to past IT Schools • Speakers outside of Center of Science of Information should also be considered • Most organizers do not seem to be from ITSOC • No junior ITSOC faculty involved • Diversity of committee • Feedback: Organizers will address issues • Motion: approve location

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