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`I, Dr. RamavarapuS. Sreenivas, declare as follows:
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`| am employed by the University ofIllinois 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 61801.
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`I received a B.Tech in Electrical Engr. degree fromthe 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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`fam 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. I also holdseveral 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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`For over 50 years, the University ofIllinois 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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`and computing. All papers presented at the Allerton Conference are
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`published in official Conference Proceedings eachyear.
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`i have been involved with the Allerton Conference in a numberof official
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`capacities since at least 1992, and have attendedthe conference each year
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`since 1992.
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`I have also served as co-chair for the conference twice, in 1999
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`and 2000.
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`From my service as co-chair 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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`Conferenceas they relate to the submission of papers, presentation ofpapers
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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 thefall, typically
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`at the end of Septemberor in early October. The Allerton Conferenceis
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`opento 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 ofthese conferences. Before each
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`Allerton Conference, the conferenceissues a call for papers onparticular
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`areas of technical interest. The deadline forinitial paper submissionsis in
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`the summer before the conference. Toward the end of the summer,at least a
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`monthprior 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 conferenceitself.
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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 stalf 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 shippedto all
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`conference participants and any membersofthe public (including
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`individuals and/orinstitutions) who have ordered a copy ofthe Conference
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`Proceedings. Copies of the Conference Proceedings are also madeavailable
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`for purchase from the conference Secretariat by any memberofthe public as
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`soonas printing is complete.
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`It usually takes no more than fourto five months from the endofthe
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`conferenceto the final publication and shipment of the complete Conference
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`Proceedings. Accordingly, the complete Conference Proceedings are
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`published by no later than February ofthe year following the conference.|
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`am aware ofno instance in which the Conference Proceedings were not
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`published by February ofthe year following the conference — i.e., the
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`Conference Proceedings for the 36th Annual Allerton Conference, held in
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`September 1998, were published no later than February 1999, andthe
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`Conference Proceedings for the 37th Annual Allerton Conference, held in
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`September 1999, were published no later than February 2000.
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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 10 weeksfor the
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`publisher to print and ship the Conference Proceedings. As noted above,
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`any memberofthe public can purchase a copy of the Conference
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`Proceedings from the conference Secretariat as of the date printingis
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`complete.
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`Attached as Exhibit A is a true and accurate copy of a purchase orderletter
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`that I sent (as co-chair of the 1999 Allerton Conference) to Ms. Andersonat
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`the Purchasing Division ofthe University ofIllinois 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 December8, 1999, and I 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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`Conterence records. The Sreenivas Purchase Order confirms that the
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`conference staff sent the assembled papers for the 37" Annual Allerton
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`Conferenceto the local publisher for publication on or about December8,
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`1999.
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`The Sreenivas Purchase Orderis 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 weeksafter the date ofthis letter.
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`Date:
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`| 3 Su 2017
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`Signed:
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`EXHIBIT A
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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
`Purchasing Division
`University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign
`207 Henry Administration Building, MC-364
`Campus Mail
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`Re: Printing of the 37Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control
`and Computing Proceedings
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`Dear Ms. Anderson:
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`| have reviewed the printing quotation, #Q-9192, for the printing of the 37Annual Allerton
`Conference on Communication, Control and Computing proceedings.
`| accept the low bid from Cushing-
`Malloy, option A for $8,417.00 The final page countis 1363. The covercoloris India.
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`Quote #Q-9192 and this memo has been referenced as attachments in the EOS request number.
`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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