26th Symposium on INFORMATION THEORY in the BENELUX

                 May 19th-May 20th, 2005, Brussels, Belgium
                       Université Libre de Bruxelles
                     http://www.ulb.ac.be/di/benelux05
    organized under the auspices of Werkgemeenschap voor Informatie- en
                            Communicatietheorie

                              Call for papers

   CONFERENCE AIM AND TOPICS

   The  purpose  of  the  conference  is  to share ideas, experiences and
   information in the following topics:
   -   Shannon theory and applications of information theory,
   -   Multi-user information theory,
   -   Source and channel coding, data compression,
   -   Cryptography and data protection issues, including
          watermarking,
   -   Quantum information and quantum cryptography,
   -   Audio/video signal processing and compression,
   -   Speech/signal processing, pattern recognition,
   -   Signal detection and estimation,
   -   Ubiquitous communications,
   -   Wired and wireless networks,
   -   Mobile multimedia.

   SUBMISSION INFORMATION

   The  program  committee is soliciting papers describing original work.
   Prospective   authors  are  encouraged  to  submit  one-page  summary,
   including   name(s)   and   address   of   author(s),   by  e-mail  to
   it05@ulb.ac.be.  Authors  of accepted papers will receive instructions
   for  the  precise  manuscript format. Each accepted paper will have 20
   minutes  for  presentation and discussion. These papers will appear in
   the symposium's proceedings.

   IMPORTANT DATES

   Deadline for submission of one-page summary:     February 28th, 2005
   Notification of acceptance:                      March 21th, 2005
   Camera ready papers due:                         April 8th, 2005
   Symposium:                                       May 19th and 20th, 2005

   SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZATION

   Jean Cardinal1, Nicolas Cerf^2, Olivier Delgrange^3 and Olivier
   Markowitch1 (co-chairs)
   Email: it05@ulb.ac.be
   1 Université Libre de Bruxelles
   Faculté des Sciences
   Boulevard du Triomphe CP212
   1050 Brussels, Belgium
   Phone: +32 2 650 56 08
   Fax: +32 2 650 56 09
   2 Université Libre de Bruxelles
   Faculté des Sciences Appliquées
   Avenue F. D. Roosevelt CP165/59
   1050 Brussels, Belgium
   Phone: +32 2 650 28 58
   Fax: +32 2 650 29 41 3 Université de Mons-Hainaut
   Faculté des Sciences
   Avenue du Champ de Mars  6
   7000 Mons, Belgium
   Phone: +32 65 37 33 58
   Fax: +32 65 37 34 59