AFFIDAVIT OF DR. RAMAVARAPU S. SREENIVAS
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`I, Dr. Ramavarapu S. Sreenivas, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am employed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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`(“UIUC”). My address is 155 Coordinated Science Laboratory MC 228,
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`1308 W. Main St. Urbana Illinois 6180].
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`Id
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`I received a B.Tech in Electrical Engr. degree from the Indian Institute of
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`Technology in 1985, and M.S.E.E and Ph.D degrees in Electrical and
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`Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 1987 and 1990,
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`respectively.
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`3.
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`I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and
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`Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
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`Champaign. [ also hold several professorship positions including positions
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`as Associate Processor of the Information Trust Institute and the
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`Coordinated Science Laboratory.
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`4.
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`For over 50 years, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has
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`hosted the Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and
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`Computing (“Allerton Conference”) at the Allerton Retreat Center. The
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`Allerton Conference includes several days of technical programs by scholars
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`on various technical subjects relating to the fields of communication, control
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`I, Dr. Ramavarapu S. Sreenivas, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am employed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
`
`(“UIUC”). My address is 155 Coordinated Science Laboratory MC 228,
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`1308 W. Main St. Urbana Illinois 6180].
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`Id
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`I received a B.Tech in Electrical Engr. degree from the Indian Institute of
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`Technology in 1985, and M.S.E.E and Ph.D degrees in Electrical and
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`Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 1987 and 1990,
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`respectively.
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`3.
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`I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and
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`Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
`
`Champaign. [ also hold several professorship positions including positions
`
`as Associate Processor of the Information Trust Institute and the
`
`Coordinated Science Laboratory.
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`4.
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`For over 50 years, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has
`
`hosted the Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and
`
`Computing (“Allerton Conference”) at the Allerton Retreat Center. The
`
`Allerton Conference includes several days of technical programs by scholars
`
`on various technical subjects relating to the fields of communication, control
`
`1
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`and computing. All papers presented at the Allerton Conference are
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`published in official Conference Proceedings each year.
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`i have been involved with the Allerton Conference in a number of official
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`capacities since at least 1992, and have attended the conference each year
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`since I992.
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`l have also served as co-chair for the conference twice, in 1999
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`and 2000.
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`6.
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`From my service as eo-ehair of the Allerton Conference, I have become
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`thoroughly familiar with the schedule and practices of the Allerton
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`Conference as they relate to the submission of papers, presentation of papers
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`at the conference, and the publication of the Conference Proceedings.
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`The Allerton Conference is held on an annual basis during the fall, typically
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`at the end of September or in early October. The Allerton Conference is
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`open to the public for attendance. Any person who wants to attend, and is
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`able to pay the attendance fee, can attend the Allerton Conference. The
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`1998 and 1999 Allerton Conferences were among the premiere conferences
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`on the topic of error correction coding theory, and those who were interested
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`in this topic would have been aware of these conferences. Before each
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`Allerton Conference, the conference issues a call for papers on particular
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`areas of technical interest. The deadline for initial paper submissions is in
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`the summer before the conference. Toward the end of the summer, at least a
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`2
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`month prior to the conference, authors are notified whether their papers are
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`accepted for presentation at the Conference Proceedings. Those authors then
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`present their paper during the conference itself.
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`Authors must deposit their final papers with the conference Secretariat on
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`the Friday morning after the conference is over. Conference staff assembles
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`the papers and then sends the assembled papers to a publisher for printing.
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`The printed copies of the Conference Proceedings are shipped to all
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`conference participants and any members of the public (including
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`individuals and/or institutions) who have ordered a copy of the Conference
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`Proceedings. Copies of the Conference Proceedings are also made available
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`for purchase from the conference Secretariat by any member ofthe public as
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`soon as printing is complete.
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`It usually takes no more than four to five months from the end of the
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`conference to the linal publication and shipment ofthe complete Conference
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`Proceedings. Accordingly, the complete Conference Proceedings are
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`published by no later than February of the year following the conference. I
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`am aware of no instance in which the Conference Proceedings were not
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`published by February of the year following the conference — i.e., the
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`Conference Proceedings for the 36th Annual Allcrton Conference, held in
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`September 1998, were published no later than February [999, and the
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`Conference Proceedings for the 37th Annual Allerton Conference, held in
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`September I999, were published no later than February 2000.
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`IO.
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`In addition, from the time that conference staff sends the assembled papers
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`to the local publisher for publication, it only takes about IO weeks for the
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`publisher to print and ship the Conference Proceedings. As noted above,
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`any member of the public can purchase a copy of the Conference
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`Proceedings from the conference Secretariat as of the date printing is
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`complete.
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`ll.
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`Attached as Exhibit A is a true and accurate copy ofa purchase order letter
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`that I sent (as co-chair of the 1999 Allerton Conference) to Ms. Anderson at
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`the Purchasing Division of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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`for the 37th Annual Allerton Conference on Communications Control and
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`Computing Proceedings (“Sreenivas Purchase Order”). The Sreenivas
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`Purchase Order is dated December 8, I999, and l understand that Ms. Angie
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`Marie Ellis (Office Manager, Decision and Control Laboratory University of
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`Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) obtained the purchase order from the Allerton
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`Conference records. The Sreenivas Purchase Order confirms that the
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`conference staff sent the assembled papers for the 37‘h Annual Allerton
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`Conference to the local publisher for publication on or about December 8,
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`1999.
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`12.
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`The Sreenivas Purchase Order is the final order from the conference before
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`printing. Accordingly, printing of the 37th Annual Allerton Conference on
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`Communications Control and Computing Proceedings was complete, and the
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`Conference Proceedings shipped, about 10 weeks after the date of this letter.
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`Date:
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`ls au-
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`20'7__
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` Signed:
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`EXHIBIT A
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`6
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`R. S. Sreenivas
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`217/333—7735
`e—mail: rsree@uiuc.edu
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`December 8, 1999
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`Ms. Joan Anderson
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`Purchasing Division
`University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign
`207 Henry Administration Building, MC—364
`Campus Mail
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`Re: Printing of the 37th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control
`and Computing Proceedings
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`Dear Ms. Anderson:
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`I have reviewed the printing quotation, #Q—9192, for the printing of the 37th Annual Allerton
`Conference on Communication, Control and Computing proceedings.
`I accept the low bid from Cushing—
`Malloy, option A for $8,417.00 The final page count is 1363. The cover color is India.
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`Quote #Q—9192 and this memo has been referenced as attachments in the EOS request number.
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`If
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`you have any questions, please contact either the Allerton Conference secretary, Becky Lonberger,
`becky@contorl.csl.uiuc.edu, phone 3—0282 or myself.
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`Sincerely,
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`R. S. Sreenivas
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