IEEE-ITW'24

WA2: Statistics and Learning Theory 2

Session Chair: Shao-Lun Huang (Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China)

The Second-Order Perspectives of Minimax Parameter Estimation in Restricted Space with Weighted Squared Error Loss

Tianren Peng and Xinyi Tong, Tsinghua University, China; Shao-Lun Huang, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China

Neural Estimation of the Information Bottleneck Based on a Mapping Approach

Lingyi Chen, Tsinghua University, China; Shitong Wu, Tsinghua University & Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China; Sicheng Xu, University of Science & Technology of China, China; Wenyi Zhang, University of Science and Technology of China, China; Huihui Wu, Yangtze Delta Region Institute, Huzhou UESTC, China

Information-theoretic Analysis of the Gibbs Algorithm: An Individual Sample Approach

Youheng Zhu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China; Yuheng Bu, University of Florida,United States

A Non-asymptotic Framework for Characterizing Dependency Structures in Multimodal Learning

Weida Wang, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China; Tao Shi, Tsinghua University, China; Yaoyuan Liang and Xinyi Tong, Tsinghua University, China; Shao-Lun Huang, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China

WB2: Security, Privacy, Fairness 3

Session Chair: Kai Wan (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)

Optimal Rate Region for Key Efficient Hierarchical Secure Aggregation with User Collusion

Xiang Zhang, Technical University of Berlin, Germany; Kai Wan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China; Hua Sun, University of North Texas,United States; Shiqiang Wang, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center,United States; Mingyue Ji, University of Florida,United States; Giuseppe Caire, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

PoW Security-Latency under Random Delays and the Effect of Transaction Fees

Mustafa Doger and Sennur Ulukus, University of Maryland, United States; Nail Akar, Bilkent University, Turkey

Existence and Algorithmic Construction of q-ary Secure Codes with List Decoding

Ling Jiang, Shanghai Ocean University, China; Yujie Gu, Kyushu University, Japan; Jinping Fan, Shanghai Normal University, China; Ying Miao, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Secret-Key Generation with PUFs and Biometric Identifiers for Compound Authentication Channels

Vamoua Yachongka and Remi A Chou, University of Texas at Arlington,United States

· Day 4 - Wednesday, Nov. 27
8:00 - 18:00	Registration Desk	1F, Lobby
8:20 - 9:30	Plenary Speaker 3: Yuejie Chi, Sense of Wonder Group Endowed Professor in AI Systems, Carnegie Mellon University Title: Fantastic Diffusion Models and Where to Apply Them	3F, Junior Ballroom
9:40 - 11:00	Morning Parallel Technical Session A:
	WA1: Emerging Applications 1 Session Chair: Lifeng Lai (University of California, Davis,United States) Robust Risk-Sensitive Reinforcement Learning with Conditional Value-at-Risk Xinyi Ni and Lifeng Lai, University of California, Davis, United States Multispectral Band Selection using Correlation Explanation for Identification of Discriminative Bands related to Grapevine Diseases Shurong Zhang and Alban Goupil, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France; Valeriu Vrabie, Universitée de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France; Eric Perrin, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France; Marie-Laure Panon, Comité Champagne, France Maximizing User Admittance for Cognitive Satellite-Terrestrial Networks using ODE-inspired Spectral Radius Estimation Kai Wang and Chee Wei Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Christopher G. Brinton, Purdue University, United States Geometric Analysis of Non-convex Optimization Landscapes for Robust M-Estimation of Location Hongyuan Yang and Ziping Zhao, ShanghaiTech University, China; Ying Sun, The Pennsylvania State University, United States	3F, Meeting Room 1
	WA2: Statistics and Learning Theory 2 Session Chair: Shao-Lun Huang (Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China) The Second-Order Perspectives of Minimax Parameter Estimation in Restricted Space with Weighted Squared Error Loss Tianren Peng and Xinyi Tong, Tsinghua University, China; Shao-Lun Huang, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China Neural Estimation of the Information Bottleneck Based on a Mapping Approach Lingyi Chen, Tsinghua University, China; Shitong Wu, Tsinghua University & Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China; Sicheng Xu, University of Science & Technology of China, China; Wenyi Zhang, University of Science and Technology of China, China; Huihui Wu, Yangtze Delta Region Institute, Huzhou UESTC, China Information-theoretic Analysis of the Gibbs Algorithm: An Individual Sample Approach Youheng Zhu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China; Yuheng Bu, University of Florida,United States A Non-asymptotic Framework for Characterizing Dependency Structures in Multimodal Learning Weida Wang, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China; Tao Shi, Tsinghua University, China; Yaoyuan Liang and Xinyi Tong, Tsinghua University, China; Shao-Lun Huang, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China	3F, Junior Ballroom
	WA3: Information Theory and Machine Learning (Invited Session) Session Chair: Yang Li (Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China) Semantic Markov Chain using Synonymous Mapping Jin Xu, Tanlong Du, Zijian Liang, Kai Niu, Ping Zhang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Task-oriented Digital Semantic Communication with Generalization Ability Xingyu Mao, Qifa Yan, Bin Dai, Xiaohu Tang, Southwest Jiaotong University, China A Theory of Semantic Communication Qi Cao, Xidian University, China; Yulin Shao, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China; Deniz Gunduz, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, Great Britain	3F, Meeting Room 2
11:00 - 11:20	Coffee Break	Coffee Break Area
11:20 - 12:40	Morning Parallel Technical Session B:
	WB1: Shannon Theory 1 Session Chair: Baris Nakiboglu (Middle East Technical University, Turkey) Capacity Bounds on Optical Wireless Relay Channels Meiyun Huang, East China Normal University, China; Longguang Li, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China On the Paley RIP and Paley Graph Extractor Shohei Satake, Kumamoto University, Japan Divergence Inequalities from Multivariate Taylor's Theorem Ian George, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Alice Zheng and Akshay Bansal, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,United States Augustin Information In The Vicinity of Augustin Capacity-Achieving Input Distributions Hao-Chung Cheng, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, China; Baris Nakiboglu, Middle East Technical University, Turkey	3F, Meeting Room 1
	WB2: Security, Privacy, Fairness 3 Session Chair: Kai Wan (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China) Optimal Rate Region for Key Efficient Hierarchical Secure Aggregation with User Collusion Xiang Zhang, Technical University of Berlin, Germany; Kai Wan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China; Hua Sun, University of North Texas,United States; Shiqiang Wang, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center,United States; Mingyue Ji, University of Florida,United States; Giuseppe Caire, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany PoW Security-Latency under Random Delays and the Effect of Transaction Fees Mustafa Doger and Sennur Ulukus, University of Maryland, United States; Nail Akar, Bilkent University, Turkey Existence and Algorithmic Construction of q-ary Secure Codes with List Decoding Ling Jiang, Shanghai Ocean University, China; Yujie Gu, Kyushu University, Japan; Jinping Fan, Shanghai Normal University, China; Ying Miao, University of Tsukuba, Japan Secret-Key Generation with PUFs and Biometric Identifiers for Compound Authentication Channels Vamoua Yachongka and Remi A Chou, University of Texas at Arlington,United States	3F, Junior Ballroom
12:40 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 18:00	Excursions and Sports Activities: Excursion A: City tour in Shenzhen Shenzhen Lianhua Hill Park → Guan Shanyue Art Museum → Shenzhen Museum → Shenzhen Library (Central Library) Excursion B: City tour in Dongguan Visit Huawei Xiliu Beipo Village	Excursion A/B: Shenzhen/Dongguan Pickleball Play Gathering: Big Chill Pickleball Club
20:30 - 22:00	ISIT 2026 Organizing Committee Meeting	Room 1202, Information Building, Tsinghua SIGS