Time: 14:00 ~16:00,2010.1.18
Place: Meeting Hall, 4th Floor, ICT, CAS
Speaker: Prof Branka Vucetic, The University of Sydney 

Abstract
In this lecture basic principles and benefits of network coding will be considered. Inherent nature of  the wireless medium will be exploited for applications of network coding in wireless communication systems. A representative set of network based protocols for wireless environments will be discussed. 

Biography of  Prof  Branka Vucetic
Prof Branka Vucetic has held various research and academic positions in Australia and UK. She is currently the Director of The Telecommunications Laboratory at Sydney University and Head of Electrical and Information Engineering School. Her research interests include wireless communications and coding. She has completed a number of industry sponsored projects in wireless communications and taught a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education courses worldwide.
Prof  Vucetic co-authored four books and more than three hundred papers in telecommunications journals and conference proceedings. She has been elected to the grade of IEEE Fellow for contributions to the theory and applications of channel coding.