Australian Communications Theory Workshop 2005

Brisbane, February 2-4, 2005

AusCTW 2005 will bring together Australian researchers in physical layer communications and related areas. This 2.5-day Workshop provides an opportunity for researchers and postgraduate students to gather in a largely informal environment to share ideas, make contacts and foster collaborative research links. Previous workshops have been immensely successful in building links and networks between researchers around the country. This year marks the sixth Australian Communications Theory Workshop, which will be held in Brisbane, Qld, from Wednesday, February 2 through Friday, February 4, 2005.

Summary

The AusCTW'05 organisers would like to thank all those who attended the workshop in Brisbane. The feedback we have received has been very positive. The success of the workshop is largely dependent on participants getting involved in interactive discussions. By all accounts this happened to a considerable degree. The on-going success of the workshop is reflected in the final attendance number: 113 this year, with almost all participants presenting their work in oral and/or poster form.

Congratulations to this year's student prize winners:
* Matthew McKay (Uni Sydney) - EmSolutions Best Poster Prize.
* Nick Letzepis (Uni SA) - ITR Best Paper Prize.

A more detailed summary report on the workshop can be viewed at summary .

Sponsors

We would like to thank the following sponsors of AusCTW'05:

NICTA,
Agere Systems,
CohdaWireless,
The University of Queensland,
University of South Australia
EmSolutions.

Overview Speakers

We are happy to announce the following three research overview presentations. Please see the program for more details.

Dr Steve Weller, The Univ. of Newcastle, "Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes: from principles to practice"

Dr Kim Blackmore, The Australian National Univ. "The price of mobility in Adhoc Networks"

Dr John Ness, EmSolutions, "Wireless Communications: taking theory to practice"

Previous Workshops

Since Sydney 2000, AusCTW has grown significantly to attendances exceeding 100. We are looking forward to an exciting sixth workshop in Brisbane

Sydney 2000 (30 attendees)
Adelaide 2001 (59 attendees)
Canberra 2002 (101 attendees)
Melbourne 2003 (120 attendees)
Newcastle 2004 (110 attendees)