Information Theory Chapter Best Thesis Prizes Awarded

The Information Theory Chapter of the UK and Ireland Section’s mission is to be the professional home for UK Engineers and Scientists working in Information Theory and applications. We aim to support Information Theory research in the UK by offering a platform to share ideas, knowledge and expertise, and to act as an enabler for UK industrial growth in the digital industry.

As part of this commitment, the chapter has introduced a series of annual awards ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate.  The winner of each category receives a £200 award and a certificate.

The annual awards have been recently announced and the winners were:

Best Master's Thesis Award

An Investigation on Belief Propagation Decoding Algorithms for Polar Codes
Zeynep Burcin Kaykac
University of Southampton
Supervisor: Prof Robert G. Maunder

Best PhD Dissertation Award

Information-Theoretic Privacy in Smart Meters
Giulio Giaconi
Imperial College London
Supervisor: Dr Deniz Gunduz

Giulio Giaconi with his IEEE IT Society Award

Due to its success, the Chapter recently invited nominations for this year’s awards.