General Theory of Information Transfer
1. Vorbereitungstagung der ZiF: Forschungsgruppe
General Theory of Information Transfer and Combinatorics
18. – 23. Februar 2002
Wissenschaftliche Leitung: Rudolf Ahlswede (Bielefeld)
Anfragen zur Forschungsgruppe General Theory
of Information Transfer and Combinatoric beantwortet der wissenschaftliche
Assistent:
Lars Bäumer, Tel. (0521) 106-27 76, Email
Lars.Baeumer@uni-bielefeld.de
Programm:
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The ZiF – Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Bielefeld – supports the research group "General Theory of Information Transfer and Combinatorics" from October 2001 – August 2004, with its central research year from October 2002 – August 2003. The main goal of the research project is further development of the General Theory of Information Transfer both along theoretical and experimental lines.
The two preparatory workshops serve as a first forum for an exchange of ideas between information theorists and researchers from fields where notions of information play an essential role including scientists from mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, computer science and, to a small extent, humanities. At a later stage, after elaboration of mathematically treatable models and problems, attempts for a solution will be made by researchers with strong mathematical background. Often new combinatorial problems arise, which sometimes can be treated with known methods, but in a lot of cases also require new combinatorial methods. In this sense there is an interplay between information problems from several research fields and combinatorics.
In the first meeting information theorists will provide, in particular for the researchers from other fields, a common language about notions of mathematical information theory and will present basic and new results, especially newer methods from the general theory of information transfer. The list of topics for sessions of this meeting includes: General Theory of Information Transfer, Informational Aspects of Algorithms for Large and Complex Networks, Applications of the Theory of Identification (Prediction, Alarm Systems, Watermarking), Coding Theory, Reconstruction of Sequences and Pool Testing in Natural and Social Sciences, Numbertheoretical Approach to Pseudo – Random – Number Generation.
The second meeting addresses several subjects, some also with more experimental orientation. Here the main goal is to inform about results and open problems from research on questions of an informational character in a very broad interdisciplinary context. There will be survey talks as well as speakers who are asked to highlight informational phenomena from their field, which may or may not be fully theoretically understood. The session topics for this meeting include: Communication of Animals, Pattern Discovery, Language Evolution, Concepts of Information, Information and Complexity in Chemistry and Technology, Physics – Entanglement and Information, Search – Sorting – Ordering.