1. Information Theory Student Committee Meeting Agenda Welcome Welcome Introduce steering committee members Introduce steering committee members Discussion of committee goals/actions-to-date - Mailing list (itsoc-students@ece.cornell.edu) - Website (http://itsoc-students.ece.cornell.edu) - Questionnaire Discussion of committee goals/actions-to-date - Mailing list (itsoc-students@ece.cornell.edu) - Website (http://itsoc-students.ece.cornell.edu) - Questionnaire Discussion of possible future events Discussion of possible future events Q&A with BOG members/president Q&A with BOG members/president Open forum Open forum ISIT’05 Adelaide, Australia September 5, 2005

2. Committee Volunteers Steering Committee: Ivana MaricIvana Maric Gareth MiddletonGareth Middleton Cong ShenCong Shen Brooke ShraderBrooke Shrader Mingyan LiMingyan Li Nick LetzepisNick Letzepis Arnab ChakrabartiArnab Chakrabarti Shivaprasad KotagiriShivaprasad Kotagiri Kapil BhattadKapil Bhattad Chris StegerChris Steger Advisory Committee: Andrea Goldsmith (Chair) Behnaam Aazhang Mehul Motani Sergio Servetto Desmond Taylor Website/Mailing List: Sergio Servetto Cong Shen Questionnaire Brooke Shrader Ivana Maric

3. Volunteer Opportunities Volunteer Coordinator Volunteer Coordinator Event Planning Event Planning –Event Coordinator –Committee meetings –Panels –Social Events Website Development Website Development –Identifying books, tutorials, short courses, etc. that might be linked to the website. –Filling in existing links (job resources, dissertation links, tips for getting started on research, etc.) –Adding useful links Committee Outreach Committee Outreach –Advertising the committee and its initiatives –Working with student IT branches