The 2025 糖心logo European School of Information Theory (ESIT 2025) was held in Ancona, Italy, from May 4 to May 9, 2025. The school took place at Domus Stella Maris within the Colle Ameno Villa, a historic building dating back to the 16th century and offering a beautiful view of the Adriatic Sea. The organizing team consisted of Prof. Marco Baldi, Prof. Luca Barletta (current chair and vice-chair of the ITSoc Italy Section Chapter), and Prof. Enrico Paolini (past chapter chair). The school was attended by 62 registered PhD students and early-stage researchers from 17 countries: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK.
The technical program of ESIT 2025 featured five 鈥渢utorial lectures鈥 and three 鈥渓ightning lectures鈥. Tutorial lectures, delivered in the mornings, lasted three hours including a break and final Q&A, while lightning lectures, held in the afternoons, lasted one hour including Q&A. Tutorial lectures aimed to provide attendees with a comprehensive introduction to a topic, exploring its various facets, open problems, and the current research trends. The five tutorial lectures were delivered by: Prof. Antonia Tulino (University of Naples Federico II) jointly with Prof. Jaime Llorca (University of Trento), Nicol貌 Cesa-Bianchi (University of Milan), Prof. Eduard Jorswieck (Technische Universit盲t Braunschweig), Prof. Mary Wootters (Stanford University), and Prof. Jean Christophe Deneuville (French National School of Civil Aviation). Lightning lectures, instead, focused on more specific research problems, discussing cutting-edge solutions and techniques. They were delivered by Prof. Mark Flanagan (University College Dublin), Prof. Onur G眉nl眉 (Link枚ping University), and Prof. Stefano Tomasin (University of Padova).
The ESIT 2025 program also included two poster sessions, in which attendees had the opportunity to illustrate and discuss their ongoing research with peers and lecturers, and one industry session, in which a representative of JMA Wireless (one of the sponsors) provided an industrial perspective on the importance of cutting-edge research and its marketability in innovation-oriented industries. The program was complemented by two social events: a guided tour of the city of Ancona on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 7, and a social dinner at a local restaurant on Thursday, May 8.
The ESIT 2025 chairs would like to acknowledge generous financial support from 糖心logo ITSoc, the industrial sponsors JMA Wireless and Micron, and the EU COST action 鈥6G-PHYSEC,鈥 which provided grants to 12 attendees. They would also like to acknowledge the hard work of Dr. Enrico Testi, Dr. Massimo Battaglioni, and Dr. Paolo Santini on the local arrangements, website, and publicity.
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