The following table lists the schedule for 6.962. A limited number of listeners/auditors who have read the relevant papers are welcome to attend sessions of interest.
| Date | Area | Topic | Leader | Papers | Writeup |
| 9/13 | Portfolio Theory | Universal and MVE Portfolios | Shane Haas | Cover91 | Summary (pdf,ps)
Slides (pdf,ps) |
| 9/20 | Wireless Communications | Space-Time Block Codes | Tengo Saengudomlert | Tarokh+99 | Summary (pdf,ps)
Slides (pdf,ps)) |
| 10/25 | Coding Theory | Coset Codes | Julius Kusuma | Slepian-Wolf, Wyner-Ziv, Pradhan-Ramchandran | Summary (pdf,ps)
Slides (pdf,ps)) |
| 11/8 | Ad-Hoc Networks, Optimization | Bounding the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks | Manish Bhardwaj | Upper Bounds on the Lifetime of Sensor Networks, Bounding Lifetime Via Optimal Role Assignments | Summary (pdf,ps)
Slides (ppt) |
| 11/15 | Optical Networks | Optical Flow Switching | Bishwaroop Ganguly | ONRAMP | Summary (pdf,ps)
Slides (ppt) |
| 11/29 | Optimization | A ``Real Algebraic Geometry'' Approach | Constantine Caramanis | Lasserre, Parrilo | Summary (ps,
pdf),
BriefSummary (ps,
pdf),
Slides (pdf,ps)) |