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`Date: February 25, 2015
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`Case: THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY V. HUGHES
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`COMMUNICATIONS, INC., ET AL
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`Apple vs. Caltech
`lPR2017-00210
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`Apple 1040
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`Apple vs. Caltech
`IPR2017-00210
`Apple 1040
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE
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`OF TECHNOLOGY,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`: Case N0.:
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`HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS,
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`INC.,
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`2:13—CV—07245—MRP—JEM
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`HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC,
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`DISH NETWORK CORPORATION,
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`DISH NETWORK, LLC, and DISHNET:
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`SATELLITE BROADBAND, LLC,
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`Defendants.:
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`Videotaped Deposition of RUDIGER L. URBANKE
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`Palo Alto, California
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`Wednesday, February 25, 2015
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`9:57 a.m.
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`Job N0.: 77059
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`Pages:
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`1 — 332
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`Reported by: James Beasley, RPR, CA CSR No. 12807
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`VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF RUDIGER L. URBANKE
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`CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015
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`videotaped Deposition of RUDIGER L. URBANKE,
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`A P P E A R A N C E S
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`C O N T E N T S
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`EXAMINATION OF RUDIGER L. URBANKE
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`By Mr. Dowd
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`E X H I B I T S
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`(Attached.to transcript)
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`URBANKE DEPOSITION EXHIBIT
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`Document entitled:
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`"Curriculum
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`vitae of Prof. Rfidiger Urbanke“;
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`Exhibit
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`Document entitled:
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`"Expert
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`Report of Dr. RUdiger Urbanke
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`Regarding Validity of U.S. Patent
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`Nos. 7,116,710; 7,421,032;
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`7.916.781; and 8.284.833"; 39
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`States Patent No. 7,916,781 82";
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`Materials Considered";
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`Repeat—Accumulate Codes"; eight
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`Codes";
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`Article entitled:
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`Exhibit 15 Article entitled:
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`Codes Recent Results"; 12 pages.
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`Source code; 16 pages
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`Article entitled:
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`Low Density Codes and Improved
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`Designs Using Irregular Graphs“;
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`Exhibit 22
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`Document entitled:
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`"Provisional
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`Application for Patent“; 35 pages.
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`THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Here begins Video No.
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`the matter of The California Institute of Technology
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`versus Hughes Communications,
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`Incorporated, et al.,
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`The case number is
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`2:13-cv—0?245—MRP—JEM.
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`Today's date is February 25th, 2015 and
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`the time on the video monitor is 9:57 a.m.
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`The videographer today is Joseph Mourgos,
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`California.
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`would counsel please voice identify
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`yourselves and state whom you represent.
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`MR. DOWD:
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`Go ahead.
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`MR. GLASS:
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`Sure.
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`James Glass from Quinn,
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`Emanuel, Urquhart,
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`& Sullivan, representing
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`plaintiff Caltech and deponent, Dr. Urbanke. With
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`me today is Robert Kang, also of Quinn, Emanuel.
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`MR. DOWD:
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`Jim Dowd of WilmerHale for the
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`THE VIDEOGRAPHER:
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`The court
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`RUDIGER L. URBANKE,
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`being first duly sworn and/or affirmed by the
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`Let me just go over a few ground
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`BY MR. DOWD:
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`Good morning.
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`Good morning.
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`Thanks for coming.
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`You're welcome.
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`Have you ever been deposed before?
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`No.
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`Your counsel may have already discussed
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`this with you, but because what we say is being
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`taken by a court reporter, it's important that we
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`don't speak over one another.
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`So I'll do my best
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`to do the same. I'd appreciate it;
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`fair?
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`Fair.
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`Okay.
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`You understand that although we're
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`Los Angeles?
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`Yes.
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`Okay.
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`Is there any reason why you can't
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`provide complete and truthful answers today?
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`No.
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`All right. You're not on any medications
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`or suffering from any conditions?
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`Understood.
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`Okay. Could you please state your full
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`A.
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`It's Rudiger L. Urbanke.
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`Where do you work?
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`At —* I'm a full professor at EPFL in
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`Switzerland.
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`What do you do there?
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`I'm a full professor in the department of
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`computer science and communications systems.
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`Do you work in the computer science
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`department?
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`It's a mixed department of communications
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`and computer science.
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`Okay. And so does that mean that that
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`department has professors who are both in the
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`computer science field and in the communications
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`field?
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`That's correct.
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`And you work together?
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`That's correct.
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`MR. DOWD: Let's mark as Exhibit
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`{Urbanke Exhibit
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`transcript.)
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`{Discussion off the record.}
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`DOWD:
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`Do you have before you Exhibit 1?
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`Yes.
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`Do you recognize it?
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`Yes.
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`What is it?
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`It's a CV of —— it's my CV.
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`Is it complete?
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`background that's missing from this CV for the
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`purposes of this case?
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`It's,
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`a fair representation.
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`There is, of COurse, many, many other aspects of my
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`professional life that I could have added, but
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`80 Exhibit 1, was this prepared for
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`this case?
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`Not specifically.
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`It's a standard CV ——
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`And is this ——
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`1 material that you believe
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`I think it would give a fair idea of who I
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`Okay.
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`On Page 3 there's a list of
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`patents; do you see that?
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`Right.
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`Those are all U.S. patents?
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`I believe so, yes.
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`Those are all related to error correction
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`They're perhaps in a wider area, not
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`Is any —— withdrawn.
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`Are any of the patents in the field of
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`computer science?
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`MR. GLASS: Objection to the extent it
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`THE WITNESS:
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`Have you heard —— well, withdrawn.
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`You used the term "computer science"
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`earlier today. When you used that term what did you
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`Professors in computer science.
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`THE WITNESS: Most of these patents would
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`BY MR. DOWD:
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`Physical
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`Mostly, not —— not all of them, but, you
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`Okay.
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`So your area is in the physical
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`It's a fair assessment that most of my
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`work has to do with that aspect, but codes are used
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`in a much wider area of applications.
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`I —— I'm just asking about your
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`experience.
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`So your experience is in the PHY layer?
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`My experience has to do in general with
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`Q.
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`Okay.
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`Now,
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`if we look to the Ph.D. work
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`am I correct that your Ph.D.
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`thesis
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`related to the field of turbo codes?
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`To some degree. This was not
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`that had to do with turbo code.
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`Okay.
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`Now,
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`in addition to turbo codes.
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`you said there were other aspects; what were those?
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`The main aspects had to do with what's
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`multiple—access communication.
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`A simple example of
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`what might —— might be meant with this is if yOu
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`imagine you have Your cell phones and many people
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`tower.
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`the question is how do you do this
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`efficiently.
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`And am I correct that one of the ways that
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`you investigated was a turbo code?
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`Slightly more specifically.
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`I
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`looked at
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`particular ways,
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`infOrmation theOretic ways of how
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`to accomplish that. And when you actually implement
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`such a scheme.
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`there's also coding involved and in
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`that aspect.
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`I apply turbo codes.
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`THE REPORTER:
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`I'm sorry.
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`"And in that aspect" ——
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`Repeat that portion, please.
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`THE WITNESS: Right.
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`So in that aspect
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`when you're actually trying to implement that
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`Have you ever been involved in litigation
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`No.
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`Welcome.
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`Okay. What is Your relationship with
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`Dr. McEliece?
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`Lacks foundation.
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`THE WITNESS: Dr. McEliece is a very, you
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`know, honored colleague.
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`He is someone that, when I
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`a fantastic book.
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`typically never —— never, you know,
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`the pack but would lead, have original ideas, have
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`extremely good presentation skills, and he's one of
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`our most valued luminaries in the field of
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`information theory and coding.
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`Just one example of
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`That's the highest honor that is given by the
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`information field society for people working in that
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`of the conferences. This conference takes place
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`every year in San Diego.
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`It's called ITA,
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`information theory and applications.
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`involves interviewing some of our most, you know,
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`well—known people. And I have done this now with a
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`Have you ever published a paper together?
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`I believe not.
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`Have you ever conducted a research study
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`together?
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`employer?
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`No.
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`Have you ever worked for the same
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`Certainly not at the same time.
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`I don't
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`is —— I was at Bell Labs. Bell Labs is —— you know,
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`has a long history.
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`Bell Labs.
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`with Dr. McEliece?
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`No, other than the one time where I
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`up in —— in Caltech in order to get some material
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`for him, simply some pictures,
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`some other things
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`I believe it was exactly two years ago,
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`around February.
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`30 I must have visited end of
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`January or something like that.
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`And that would be ——
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`I believe that the —— so it
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`Of 2013?
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`Of 2013, yeah.
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`Not
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`subject, but I've been informed that his health is
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`impaired at this point; was he in good health at
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`He had some problems.
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`He did well during
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`the interview. But he had some —— you know, he had
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`Fair enough. Fair enough.
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`during a conference, but
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`Can you recall any specific instance where
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`So we have a yearly conference called
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`International Symposium on Information Theory.
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`almost sure that at some point we must've met during
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`this conferences, because essentially this is a
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`conference involving about a thousand people,
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`thousand participants, and essentially everyone in
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`our field would go to this conference.
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`virtual certainty that we must've met.
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`THE REPORTER: Hold on. You're going to
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`have to slow down for me; Okay? You're going ——
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`THE WITNESS: Okay.
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`Sorry.
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`THE REPORTER:
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`—w too fast.
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`I have a
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`little trouble understanding your accent.
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`THE WITNESS: Okay.
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`THE REPORTER:
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`slow down.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`So there's a conference
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`called the international —— International Symposium
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`of Information Theory.
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`It takes place every year,
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`typically around June.
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`It involves on the order of
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`a thousand participants. And since almost everyone
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`in the field would attend that conference, it's a
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`virtual certainty that at some point
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`I must have run
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`into him, exchanged a few words.
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`I don't recall the
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`Okay. And you mentioned the International
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`familiar with a conference called Ambleside?
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`I —— I've heard the name, although I'm not
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`sure right now where. But I've heard that name
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`before, Ambleside, yes.
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`Q.
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`Have you ever attended the Ambleside
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`A.
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`I don't think so.
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`If you can tell me
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`exactly where that is —— I —_ I've heard the name
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`You probably know better than me ——
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`Okay.
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`—— but my understanding is that it's ——
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`the —— the —— the location is Ambleside and I
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`—— the UK.
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`Yeah,
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`I don't think I've ever been
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`Okay.
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`—— in Ambleside. yeah.
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`How about
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`the Allerton conference; are you
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`familiar with that conference?
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`Yes,
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`I'm familiar with that conference.
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`What is the Allerton conference?
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`The Allerton conference is another yearly
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`It typically takes place around end of
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`It's a
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`And so it's a yearly conference that is
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`mostly visited by invitation; most of the people
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`there go by invitation.
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`Q.
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`And what sorts of folks attend?
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`sessions that are organized, and depending on the
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`typically from UIUC,
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`Have you attended?
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`Yes.
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`When?
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`Perhaps the first time might have been in
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`I started going to this conference.
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`Okay. And -- and have been every year
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`ever since or ——
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`No.
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`I went for a few years in a row, and
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`then I haven't been now in quite a few years. But
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`Okay.
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`So the key kind of time frame here
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`those —— those years?
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`I —— I can't be for sure. There's a
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`I would have to check.
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`Q.
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`Not specifically.
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`All right.
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`You mentioned the IEEE
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`is there an IEEE transactions on
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`communications?
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`Q.
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`Yes.
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`What is that conference about?
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`Oh,
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`that's —— I thought you're referring
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`to a journal.
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`Ah, pardon me.
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`Okay.
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`Is there an IEEE—sponsored conference in
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`this field?
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`A.
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`So the transaction of —— sorry,
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`the
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`IEEE —— International Symposium on Information
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`Theory is sponsored by IEEE.
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`Pardon me.
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`is now the Allerton conference, although I believe
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`Information Theory,
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`the Allerton conference,
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`the ITA
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`conference,
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`it generally the same folks attending these
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`Lacks
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`THE WITNESS: There's some overlap of
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`people, but they're also distinct peOple that would
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`Same objections.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`Some of them;
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`some of
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`these —— some of these people might be at various
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`Q.
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`Okay. Let's return to the inventors.
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`The third named inventor on the patents
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`that we're dealing with is a Dr. Jin; do you know
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`Dr. Jin?
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`A.
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`I must've also met him at some of these
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`him?
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`Do you have a personal relationship with
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`No.
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`time. But I'm sure I must've met him,
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`talked to him at some point. not extensively ——
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`—— and I might have had an occasional
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`that I met him.
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`What did you do to prepare for the
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`MR. GLASS:
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`As phrased I'm going to object
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`It calls for —— potentially
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`calling for attorney—client privileged information
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`THE WITNESS: Could you just please repeat
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`Sure. What did you do to prepare for your
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`MR. GLASS: And the same objection as
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`MR. DOWD: Are you going to follow that
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`THE WITNESS: Yes.
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`MR. DOWD: That's an improper instruction.
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`Sure.
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`improper, but
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`MR. DOWD: There's not supposed to be
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`Now, Dr. Urbanke, did you prepare for your
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`Q.
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`I wrote this expert report.
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`Okay. Other than writing the expert
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`Nothing specific.
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`Okay.
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`In advance of coming to the
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`In advance to meet —— I met with counsel
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`several times also preparing for the report.
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`Okay.
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`So let's talk first about
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`the preparation of the —— preparation for the
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`deposition, okay?
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`When did you first meet
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`deposition?
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`There was no specific time to prepare for
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`this thing. This is a continuation of writing my
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`I'm simply making sure that, you know,
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`Q.
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`Okay.
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`You have a document
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`in front of
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`you;
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`is that your report?
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`Yes.
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`Can you hand over whatever you have there?
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`{Witness complied.)
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`Actually, why don't you hand over the full
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`Great.
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`Thanks.
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`So who selected the documents that you
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`These are documents that are deemed
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`Q.
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`Okay.
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`The last document
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`in the stack is a
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`paper by Dr. MacKay; do you see that?
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`Yes,
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`I see that.
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`Who is Dr. MacKay?
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`Dr. MacKay is originally a physicist in
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`I believe he has
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`Perhaps he was
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`I don't know.
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`Uh—huh.
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`And for some point
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`in time, he got
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`interested in error code decoding.
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`He wrote —— he
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`wrote some papers on it.
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`He then got out and is now
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`in a different area. And he's, you know,
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`located in
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`Q.
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`Okay.
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`Just because I don't remember the
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`title from —— by heart, what was the title of the
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`paper that you have there?
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`This paper is entitled:
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`"Comparison of Constructions of
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`Irregular Gallagher Codes."
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`Why did you select that paper to bring
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`with you today?
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`It's, you know. one paper that deals with
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`the general area that we're talking about.
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`Q.
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`Okay.
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`So MacKay worked in the area that
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`relates to this case?
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`A.
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`Yes.
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`Do you reCOgnize Exhibit 2?
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`Yes.
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`What is it?
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`It's my expert report.
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`Now, when were you first engaged fer this
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`I believe it must have been January,
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`sometime in January.
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`Of 2015?
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`Yes.
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`And how were you contacted?
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`I was contacted by an attorney. His name
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`is Mark Tung who asked me to —~ if I
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`was ——
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`BY MR. DOWD:
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`0.
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Well,
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`let me ask, when in January did
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`. Tong contact you?
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`I don't recall the exact date.
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`Was it around New Year‘s or was it around
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`the end of the month?
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`Q.
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`It was earlier.
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`Okay.
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`Now, did Mr. Tong provide to you
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`any facts that you've relied on in the course of
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`reaching the opinions expressed in Exhibit 2?
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`A.
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`No.
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`Q.
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`What were you asked to do?
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`A.
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`So the general question that was posed to
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`I was asked to
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`give a general opinion about
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`the state—of—the—art
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`and to give some opinions relating to a paper that
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`I'm a co—author with.
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`It's Richardson, et al.
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`And also I added some opinions that have
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`to do with the Luby '?9 and the Luby '98 papers.
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`Q.
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`Is that Luby ‘9??
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`Sorry, what did I say? Yeah, sorry.
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`'97
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`and '98, yeah.
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`Q.
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`And if I refer to the Richardson paper
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`that you're a co—author on as Richardson '99, will
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`that make sense?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Correct.
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`Okay.
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`Now, how long did you spend working
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`on the case between the time that you were
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`originally contacted and the time that the report
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`was produced on February 17th?
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`I don't have the exact hours, but
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`I would
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`guess that, perhaps,
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`it took me on the order of
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`maybe 50 hours or something like that. But that's a
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`rough estimate.
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`I den't have the exact, yOu know,
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`number;
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`I have not tallied up the number.
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`Q.
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`Okay. Who wrote the report?
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`I didn't type every single word, but this
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