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Charting the Path to Bifröst: competition report published in IEEE BITS
Our report on Charting the Path to Bifröst has been published in IEEE BITS the Information Theory Magazine. It covers the first Data-to-Information (D2I) competition held in conjunction with the European School of Information Theory, ESIT 2026, in Nordfjordeid, Norway. The competition brought students together to work on wireless localization, robust learning, and machine unlearning, connecting information theory with practical problems in data science and machine learning.
I am grateful to Alejandro Lancho, Khac-Hoang Ngo, and Stefano Rini for their leadership, and to Ricardo Vázquez Álvarez for his close collaboration. Thanks also to Chunlei Li, Hsuan-Yin Lin, and the ESIT 2026 organizing team for their hospitality and support.
Congratulations to the winning KUDFI team—Esraa Fahmy Othman, Yu Tian, and Hang Zou—as well as the other finalist teams and all participants. Contributing to this initiative was an opportunity to learn from colleagues across the IEEE Information Theory Society and to support research training through practical experience, scientific exchange, and international collaboration.
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我们关于“Charting the Path to Bifröst（通往彩虹桥之路）”的报告已在《IEEE BITS the Information Theory Magazine》发表。报告介绍了首届与欧洲信息理论学校联合举办的D2I（Data-to-Information，数据到信息）大赛。大赛与在挪威Nordfjordeid举办的ESIT 2026相结合，邀请学生围绕无线定位、稳健学习和机器遗忘等问题展开探索，将信息理论与数据科学和机器学习中的实际问题联系起来。
衷心感谢Alejandro Lancho、Khac-Hoang Ngo和Stefano Rini的领导，特别感谢Ricardo Vázquez Álvarez的密切合作。同时，感谢李春雷、Hsuan-Yin Lin及ESIT 2026组织团队的热情接待与支持。
祝贺由Esraa Fahmy Othman、Yu Tian和Hang Zou组成的获胜团队KUDFI，以及其他入围决赛的团队和所有参赛者。参与这项工作，让我有机会向IEEE信息理论学会的同行学习，并为通过实践开展科研训练、促进科学交流和国际合作贡献一份力量。