2006 SEMINARS

"Lessons on stability of rate control mechanisms in the presence of feedback delays"
abstract
Prof. Richard La
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
University of Maryland, College Park

March 31, 2006

2005 SEMINARS

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"Distributed and Layered Codes for Relaying"
abstract
Dr. Gerhard Kramer
Bell Laboratories
Lucent Technologies

December 1, 2005

"Thermoacoustic Tomography - Reconstruction of Data Measured under Clinical Constraints"
abstract
Prof. Sarah Patch
Department of Physics
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

November 21, 2005

"Computing Sparse Solutions to Linear Inverse Problems"
abstract
Prof. Bhaskar Rao
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, San Diego

August 12, 2005

"Quantization of Multiple Sources Using Nonnegative Integer Bit Allocation"
abstract
Dr. Benjamin Farber
Fair Isaac Corp.
San Diego, CA

July 13, 2005

"Control, delay, and the nature of information"
abstract
Prof. Anant Sahai
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

May 13, 2005

"Spectrum Sharing Games"
abstract
Prof. Randy Berry
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northwestern University

April 22, 2005

"Robust MSE Estimation: New Methods for Old Problems"
abstract
Dr. Yonina Eldar
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa, ISRAEL

March 14, 2005

"Recent Results in Non-asymptotic Shannon Theory"
abstract
Dr. Dror Baron
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Rice University

February 3, 2005

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2004 SEMINARS

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"Cross-layer design of wireless ad-hoc networks"
abstract
Prof. Andrea Goldsmith
Departmentof Electrical Engineering
Stanford University

October 8, 2004

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"Parametric Estimation of Multi-Dimensional Homeomorphis Transformations: Solving a Group Theory Problem as a Linear Problem"
abstract
Prof. Joseph M. Francos
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ben-Gurion University, Israel

September 24, 2004

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"A new source-splitting approach to Slepian-Wolf problem"
abstract
Dr. Todd Coleman
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

July 8, 2004

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"Simulation-based learning for partially observable Markov decision processes and games"
abstract
Dr. Rahul Jain
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

July 6, 2004

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"Efficient Variable Length Channel Coding for Unknown Discrete Memoryless Channels"
Abstract
Prof. Stark Draper
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Toronto

April 19, 2004

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"Algorithms and Rate-Distortion bounds in Data Compression for Multi-User Communications
Abstract
Dr. Michelle Effors
Department of Electrical Engineering
California Institute of Technology

March 12, 2004

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2003 SEMINARS

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"Partially Channel Optimized Quantization"
abstract
Dr. Benjamin Farber
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
University of California - San Diego

November 25, 2003

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"Adaptive Space-Time Codes for high Speed Wireless Communication Systems"
Abstract
Prof. Branka Vucetic
School of Electrical Engineering
University of Sydney, Australia

February 17, 3003

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2002 SEMINARS

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"Resolution and noise characterisation of iterative reconstruction algorithms for PET that are regularised with inter-filtering"
Abstract
Dr. Kris Thielmans
Imaging Research Solutions, Ltd.
Hammersmith, UK

November 19, 2002

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"Suprathreshold Visual Psychophysics and Applications to Image Compression"
Abstract
Prof. Sheila Hemami
Electrical Engineering
Cornell University

October 25, 2002

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"Statistical signal modeling and estimation using multiple wavelet bases and the maximum entropy principle"
Abstract
Dr. Prakash Ishwar
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

March 13, 2002

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"Electromagnetic Wavelets as Extended Hertz Dipoles"
Abstract
Dr. Gerald Kaiser
The Virginia Center for Signals and Waves

April 22, 2002

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2000 SEMINARS

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"Ad-hoc Networks for Multi-vehicle Systems"
Abstract
Raja Sengupta
Research Scientist
California PATH Program
University of California Berkeley

October 16, 2000

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"Information-Theoretic Analysis of Neural Recordings"
Abstract
Professor Don H. Johnson
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Rice University

May 9, 2000

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"Cut-off Rate and Signal Design for the Rayleigh Fading Space-Time Channel"
Abstract
Professor Alfred O. Hero
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

April 20, 2000

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"Towards a scientific theory of information"
Abstract
Dr. Mark R. Titchener
Centre for Image Technology and Robotics
Department of Computer Science
The University of Auckland, New Zealand

April 13, 2000

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"Adaptive Communication under Measurement Uncertainty"
Abstract
Professor Dennis L. Goeckel
Electrical and Computer Science Department
University of Massachusetts - Amherst

March 2, 2000

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1999 SEMINAR LISTING

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"Joint source-channel coding: The view from the decoder"
Abstract
Professor Tom Fuja
Notre Dame University

December 9, 1999

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"Future Research Directions in Ultrawideband (Impulse Radio) Communications
Abstract
Dr. James A. Freebersyser
Communications and Networks
Office of Naval Research

November 18, 1999

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"PART I: An overview of NIST Wireless Communications Technologies Group"
"PART II: A framework for throughput and stability analysis of a DS-CDMA network"
Abstract
Dr. Nader Moayeri
Wireless Communications Technologies Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology

November 3, 1999

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"A multiresolution form of the SVD and its applications to image analysis"
Abstract
Dr. Ramakrishna Kakarala
University of Aukland
New Zealand

October 14, 1999

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"8-VSB The Modulation for Terrestrial Broadcast of Digital Television"
Abstract
Dr. Mark L. Grabb
General Electric
Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady, NY

October 7, 1999

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"Iterative Viterbi Decoding Algorithm-
A way to achieve near Shannon limit decoding for current standard"
Abstract
Dr. Lei Wei
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Australian National University

October 4, 1999

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"Codes for Data Synchronization and Timing"
Abstract
Professor David L. Neuhoff
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

June 15, 1999

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"Interference Cancellation for TDMA Digital Cellular Systems"
Abstract
Dr. Karl Molnar
Ericsson Company
SWEDEN

"Physical Layer of W-CDMA"
Abstract
Dr. Yi-Pin Eric Wang
Ericsson Company
SWEDEN

April 15, 1999

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"Entropy estimation and clustering via pruned minimal spanning trees"
Abstract
Professor Alfred O. Hero
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

April 8, 1999

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"Information Retrieval from Databases"
Abstract
Professor Sean Coffey
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

April 6, 1999

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"Emerging Satellite Systems"
Abstract
Dr. Amer Hassan
Teledesic Corporation

April 1, 1999

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"Regularization methods for 3D PET"
Abstract
Mr. J. Web Stayman
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

March 25, 1999

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"Nonlinear System Identification of Hydraulic Actuator Friction Dynamics"
Abstract
Mr. Byung-jae Kwak
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

March 18, 1999

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"Iterative estimation and decoding for channels with memory"
Abstract
Mr. Joseph Kang
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

March 11, 1999

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"Detection Strategies for Multi-rate DS/CDMA Systems"
Abstract
Dr. Urbashi Mitra
Electrical Engineering Department
Ohio State University

March 2, 1999

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"Circuits and Coding for Low Power Communications"
Abstract
Dr. Oliver M. Collins
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana

February 25, 1999

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"Trellis Based Algorithms for Equalization and Multiuser Detection"
Abstract
Mr. Abdulrauf Hafeez
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

February 18, 1999

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1998 SEMINAR LISTING

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"Human Brain Mapping with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging"
Abstract
Dr. Victor Solo
Statistics Department
Macquarie University
Australia

December 7, 1998

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"Signal Processing in Canonical Coordinates"
Abstract
Dr. Louis F. Scharf
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Colorado at Boulder

November 23, 1998

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"Multiscale Modeling and Estimation of Poisson Processes with Application to Photon-limited Imaging"
Abstract
Dr. Robert D. Nowak
Electrical Engineering Department
Michigan State University

November 19, 1998

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"Synchronization with Timing Information"
Abstract
Mr. Navin Kashyap
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

October 22, 1998

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"Segmentation of road edges from a vehicle-mounted imaging radar"
Abstract
Dr. Mila Nikolova
URF Mathématiques et Informatique
Université Paris V
France

October 15, 1998

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"On Codes over Asymmetric PSK and Multidimensional Uniform Signal Set"
Abstract
Dr. L. Venkata Subramaniam
Solutions Research Center
I.B.M.
Delhi, India


September 17, 1998

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3-D Segmentation and Restoration of Medical Images Using MRF Models
Abstract
Dr. Yves Goussard
Biomedical Engineering Institute
Ecole Polytechnique
Montreal, Canada

May 21, 1998

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Ultrasound Thermal Imaging: Guidance for Noninvasive Thermotherapy
Abstract
Mr. Claudio Simon
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

April 2, 1998

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Accelerated Monotonic Algorithms for Transmission Tomography
Abstract
Mr. Hakan Erdogan
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

March 19, 1998

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Limited diffraction beams - their principles and applications
Abstract
Dr. Jian-yu Lu
Department of Bioengineering
University of Toledo

March 12, 1998

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Image Rendering for the Desktop: Color Transformations and Digital Halftoning
Abstract
Dr. Jan P. Allebach
School of Electrical Engineering
Purdue University

February 20, 1998

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1997 SEMINAR LISTING

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Scale and translation invariant pattern recognition of time-frequency representation
Abstract
Professor William J. Williams
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

November 13, 1997

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Two dimensional non-invasive temperature estimation using diagnostic ultrasound and its application to thermotherapy
Abstract
Mr. Claudio Simon
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

October 30, 1997

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Locating signals by linking auto-and cross-correlation functions in the time domain
Abstract
Professor John L. Spiesberger
Department of Meteorology
Pennslyvania State University

October 16, 1997

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Image formation through highly scattering media using electronic holography
Abstract
Professor Emmett N. Leith
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

October 9, 1997

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Robust, edge-preserving methods for image restoration
Abstract
Professor Jeffrey A. Fessler
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

September 18, 1997

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Advance Presentations of papers given at the
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

• A. O. Hero, "Robust Estimation of Point Process Intensity Features using K-Minimal Spanning Trees"
  
• D. Hui and D. L. Neuhoff, "When is Overload Distortion Negligible in Uniform Scalar Quantization"
  
• D. L. Neuhoff, "Polar Quantization Revisited"
  
• P. W. Moo, and D. L. Neuhoff, "Optimal Compressor Functions for Multidimensional Companding"
  
• D. L. Neuhoff and P.C. Shields, "A Simplistic Universal Lossy Source Code"
  

June 23, 1997

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Image Guided Phased Array Systems for Ultrasound Thermotherapy
Abstract
Mr. Philip Van Baren and
Mr. Claudio Simon
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

April 10, 1997

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Regularization Functions and Estimators
Abstract
Dr. Mila Nikolova
UFR Mathématiques et Informatigue
Université Paris, France

April 8, 1997

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The Maximum Gain of BCMIM Systems over Corresponding BCM Systems Without Interblock Memory
Abstract
Mr. Chia-Ning Peng
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

April 1, 1997

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A Markov Random Field Model for Textures
Abstract
Professor Yingnian Wu
Department of Statistics
University of Michigan

March 18, 1997

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Adaptive Aberration Correction in Clinical Ultrasound Imaging
Abstract
Mr. Sriram Krishnan
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

March 13, 1997

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Object Detection and Recognition in Noisy Images: Part II, Robust Detection Techniques
Abstract
Professor Alfred O. Hero, III
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

February 25, 1997

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Parametric Ultrasonics Imaging: Mean Scatterer Spacing Estimation
Abstract
Mr. Claudio Simon
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

February 13, 1997

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1996 SEMINAR LISTING

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Object Detection and Recognition in Noisy Images: Part I, Noise Subspace Processing
Abstract
Professor Alfred O. Hero, III
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

December 3, 1996

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Optimal Signal Estimators Based on the Method of Cross-Validation
Abstract
Professor Robert Nowak
Department of Electrical Engineering
Michigan State University

November 19, 1996

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Intersymbol Interference Due to Mismatched Raised Cosine Filters and the Taylor-Series Approximation
Abstract
Professor Sangsin Na
Department of Electronics Engineering
Ajou University, Korea

October 25, 1996

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Tomographic Image Reconstruction Using The Distorted Born Iterative Method
Abstract
Osama S. Haddadin
Biomedical Ultrasonics Laboratory
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

October 22, 1996

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Recent Standardization Activities of the JPEG Committee
Abstract
Professor Nasir D. Memon
Computer Science Department
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115

July 30, 1996

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An approach to service provisioning with Quality of Service (QoS) requirements in ATM networks.
Abstract
Professor Demosthenis Teneketzis
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

March 19, 1996

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Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Methods for Statistical Image Reconstruction
Abstract
Professor Jeffrey A. Fessler
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

March 12, 1996

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A Filter-Based Approach to Real-Time 3D Pulse-Echo Imaging Using Ultrasound Arrays
Abstract
Mr. Jian Shen
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

February 29, 1996

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Cohen's Class of Time-Frequency Distributions for Discrete Signals
Abstract
Mr. Jeffrey O'Neill
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

February 27, 1996

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Stochastic Flows and Resource Allocation Problems in Communication Networks
Abstract
Professor Kimberly Wasserman
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

February 13, 1996

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Coherence Imaging Methods for Formation through Optical Fibers and Highly Scattering Media
Abstract
Professor Emmett Leith
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

February 6, 1996

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Spread Slotted ALOHA System for Low Earth-Orbital (LEO) Statellite Communication Systems and Effects of Nonuniform User Distribution
Abstract
Professor Masaaki Katayama
Nagoya University, Japan

January 23, 1996

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1995 SEMINAR LISTING

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Recovering Structured Information from Images
Abstract
Professor Sridhar Lakshmanan
Department of ECS
University of Michigan - Dearborn Campus

December 5, 1995

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Optimal Bit Allocations for Motion-Compensated Video Coding
Abstract
Mr. Jordi Ribas-Corbera
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

November 30, 1995

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Feasibility Conditions for Impulse Reflection Response Data for Inverse Scattering of 2-D and Absorbing 1-D Media
Abstract
Professor Andrew Yagle
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

November 14, 1995

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Mobile Satellite System Analysis and Simulation
Abstract
Dr. Michael I. Mandell
Hughes Space and Communications
El Segundo, California

October 26, 1995

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Random Field Theory of Local Averages and Applications
Abstract
Professor P. G. Madhavan
Purdue University School of Engineering
and Indiana University School of Medicine

October 3, 1995

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Common Randomness in Information Theory
Abstract
Dr. I.Csiszar
Budapest, Hungary

September 12, 1995

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