Journal and Conference Papers

Theses

  • A. Somekh-Baruch “Information Theoretic Analysis of Watermarking Systems,” Ph.D. thesis, Technion I.I.T., August 2003.
  • A. Baruch, “Algorithms for Sequential Decision in the Presence of Noisy Observations,” M.Sc. thesis, Technion--I.I.T, June 1999.

Books/Book Chapters

  • A. Somekh-Baruch, Y. Liang, H. Permuter, and S. Shamai (Shitz), ``Cognitive cooperation and state management: an Information-Theoretic perspective," Chapter in ``Information Theoretic Perspectives on 5G Systems and Beyond," Cambridge University Press, to appear 2020.

  • J. Scarlett, A. Guillén i Fàbregas, A. Somekh-Baruch, and A.Martinez ``Information-Theoretic Foundations of Mismatched Decoding," accepted to Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory, Mar. 2020.

Selected Journal and Conference Papers 

  • M. Yemini, A. Leshem, and A. Somekh-Baruch,  ``Restless Hidden Markov Bandit with Linear Rewards" in Proceedings 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2020.
  • S. Tridenski, A. Somekh-Baruch, R. Zamir, ``Proof of Convergence for Correct-Decoding Exponent Computation," 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT),  June 2020.
  • M. Yemini, A. Somekh-Baruch , R. Cohen, and A. Leshem, ``The simultaneous connectivity of cognitive networks,'' IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 65, no. 11, pp. 6911-6930, Nov. 2019
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, J. Scarlett, and A. Guillén i Fàbregas, "Generalized Random Gilbert-Varshamov Codes," in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 3452-3469, June 2019
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, "Converse Theorems for the DMC With Mismatched Decoding," in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 64, no. 9, pp. 6196-6207, Sept. 2018.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``Ratio list decoding,''  in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory , vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 2179-2189, April 2019.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, J. Scarlett, and A. Guillén i Fàbregas, ``The error exponent of generalized random Gilbert-Varshamov codes,'' 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), 2018.
  • J. Shimonovich, A. {Somekh-Baruch, S. Shamai (Shitz), ``Cognition and cooperation in interfered multiple access channels,'' in Entropy - special issue on Network Information Theory (Entropy 2017, 19(7), 378; https://doi.org/10.3390/e19070378), July 2017.
  • O. Alper, A. Somekh-Baruch, O. Pirvandy, M. Schaps, and G. Yaari, ``Effects of correlations and fees in random multiplicative environments: Implications for portfolio management,'' Physical Review E. 2017 Aug 7;96(2):022305.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch} A. Leshem, and V. Saligrama, ``On the non-existence of unbiased estimators in constrained estimation problems,'' accepted for publication in the IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, 2017.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``Mismatched identification via channels,'' in Proceeding 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 2756--2760, June 2017.
  • M. Yemini, A. Somekh-Baruch, and A. Leshem, ``On the multiple access channel with asynchronous cognition,'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 62, pp. 5643--5663, Oct. 2016.
  • Y. Feldman and A. Somekh-Baruch, ``Channels with state information and mismatched decoding,'' in 2016 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 419--423, Sept. 2016.
  • M. Yemini, A. Somekh-Baruch, R. Cohen, and A. Leshem, ``Simultaneous connectivity in heterogeneous cognitive radio networks,'' in Proceedings 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1262--1266, July 2016.
  • M. Yemini, A. Somekh-Baruch, and A. Leshem, ``Asynchronous transmission over single-user state-dependent channels,'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 61, pp. 5854--5867, Nov. 2015.
  • J. Scarlett, A. Somekh-Baruch, A. Martinez, and A. Guillén i Fàbregas, ``A counter-example to the mismatched decoding converse for binary-input discrete memoryless channels,''  IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 61, pp. 5387--5395, Oct. 2015.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``A general formula for the mismatch capacity,'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 61, pp. 4554--4568, Sept. 2015.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``Multi-letter converse bounds for the mismatched discrete memoryless channel with an additive metric,'' in Proceeding 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 531--535, June 2015.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``On mismatched list decoding,'' in Proceedings 2015 IEEE
    International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 526--530, June
    2015.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``On achievable rates and error exponents for channels with mismatched decoding,''IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 61, pp. 727--740, Feb. 2015.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``On the secure interference channel,'' in 51st Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), 2013}, pp. 770--773, Oct. 2013.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``On coding schemes for channels with mismatched decoding,'' in Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 96--100, July 2013.
  • J. Shimonovich, A. Somekh-Baruch, and S. S. Shitz, ``Cognitive cooperative communications on the multiple access channel,'' in Proceedings Information Theory Workshop (ITW), 2013 IEEE}, pp. 1--5, Sept. 2013.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ‘’Interference channels with oblivious components,” to appear in Proc. of Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA) , San-Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 2013 (invited).
  • M. Yemini, A. Somekh-Baruch, and A. Leshem, "On channels with asynchronous state information at the transmitter," Convention of IEEE 27th Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel (IEEEI), Nov. 2012.
  • Y. Weiss, and A. Somekh-Baruch, "On state dependent channels with non-memoryless state information at the transmitter," Convention of IEEE 27th Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel (IEEEI), Nov. 2012.
  • J. Shimonovich, A. Somekh-Baruch, and S. Shamai (Shitz), "Cognitive aspects in Multiple access channels," Convention of IEEE 27th Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel (IEEEI), Nov. 2012.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and N. Merhav, "Exact random coding exponent for erasure decoding," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 6444-6454, Oct. 2011.
  • H. Permuter, S. Shamai (Shitz), and A. Somekh-Baruch, "Message and state cooperation in multiple access channels," IEEE Trans. Inform.  Theory, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 6379-6396, Oct. 2011.
  • M. Rodrigues, A. Somekh-Baruch, and Mattheieu Bloch, "On Gaussian wiretap Channels With Arbitrary Inputs," European Wireless (EW) 2010, Lucca, Italy, Apr. 2010.
  • Y. Liang, A. Somekh-Baruch, H.V. Poor, S. Shamai (Shitz), and S. Verdú, "Capacity of cognitive interference channels with and without secrecy," IEEE Trans. Inform.  Theory, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 604-619, Feb. 2009.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, S. Shamai (Shitz), and S. Verdú, "Cooperative multiple access encoding with states available at one transmitter," IEEE Trans. Inform.  Theory, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 4448-4469, Oct. 2008.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, S. Sridharan, S. Vishwanath, S. Verdú and S. Shamai (Shitz), "On the Capacity of Cognitive Radios in Multiple Access Networks," Proc. of 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, pp. 695-700 Pacific Grove, CA,  Oct. 2008.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, S. Shamai (Shitz), and S. Verdú, "Cognitive interference channels with state information," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 2008.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and N. Merhav, “Achievable error exponents for the private fingerprinting game,” IEEE Trans.  Inform.  Theory, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 1827-1838, May 2007.
  • T. Weissman, E. Ordentlich, M. Weinberger, A. Somekh-Baruch, and N. Merhav, "Universal filtering via Prediction," IEEE Trans.  Inform.  Theory, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 1253-1264, Apr. 2007.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and S. Verdú, "General relayless networks: representation of the capacity region," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 2408-2412, Seattle, USA, July 2006.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and N. Merhav, "On the capacity game of fingerprinting systems under collusion attacks," IEEE Trans.  Inform.  Theory, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 884-899, Mar. 2005.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and N. Merhav, "On the capacity game of public watermarking systems," IEEE Trans. Inform.  Theory, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 511-524 Mar. 2004.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and N. Merhav, "On the error exponent and capacity games of private watermarking systems," IEEE Trans. Inform.  Theory, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 537-562, Mar. 2003.
  • T. Weissman, N. Merhav, and A. Somekh-Baruch, "Twofold universal prediction schemes for achieving the finite-state predictability of a noisy individual binary sequence," IEEE Trans. Inform.  Theory, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 1849-1866, July 2001.

Conference Proceedings

  • A. Somekh-Baruch, J. Scarlett, and A. Guillén i Fàbregas, ``The error exponent of generalized random Gilbert-Varshamov codes,'' accepted to 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), 2018.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, J. Scarlett, and A. Guillén i Fàbregas, ``A lower bound on the error exponent of generalized random Gilbert-Varshamov codes,'' 2018 International Zurich Seminar (IZS)}, February 2018.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``Mismatched identification via channels,'' in Proceeding 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 2756--2760, June 2017.
  • Y. Feldman and A. Somekh-Baruch, ``Channels with state information and mismatched decoding,'' in 2016 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 419--423, Sept. 2016.
  • M. Yemini, A. Somekh-Baruch, R. Cohen, and A. Leshem, ``Simultaneous connectivity in heterogeneous cognitive radio networks,'' in Proceedings 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1262--1266, July 2016.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``Multi-letter converse bounds for the mismatched discrete memoryless channel with an additive metric,'' in Proceeding 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 531--535, June 2015.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``On mismatched list decoding,'' in Proceedings 2015 IEEE
    International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 526--530, June
    2015.
  • M. Yemini, A. Somekh-Baruch, and A. Leshem, ``On the asynchronous cognitive MAC,'' in Proceedings 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 2929--2933, June 2014.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``A general formula for the mismatch capacity,'' in Proceedings 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 3067--3071, June 2014.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``On the secure interference channel,'' in 51st Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), 2013}, pp. 770--773, Oct. 2013.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ``On coding schemes for channels with mismatched decoding,'' in Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 96--100, July 2013.
  • J. Shimonovich, A. Somekh-Baruch, and S. S. Shitz, ``Cognitive cooperative communications on the multiple access channel,'' in Proceedings Information Theory Workshop (ITW), 2013 IEEE}, pp. 1--5, Sept. 2013.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, ‘’Interference channels with oblivious components,” to appear in Proc. of Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA) , San-Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 2013 (invited).
  • M. Yemini, A. Somekh-Baruch, and A. Leshem, "On channels with asynchronous state information at the transmitter," Convention of IEEE 27th Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel (IEEEI), Nov. 2012.
  • Y. Weiss, and A. Somekh-Baruch, "On state dependent channels with non-memoryless state information at the transmitter," Convention of IEEE 27th Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel (IEEEI), Nov. 2012.
  • J. Shimonovich, A. Somekh-Baruch, and S. Shamai (Shitz), "Cognitive aspects in Multiple access channels," Convention of IEEE 27th Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel (IEEEI), Nov. 2012.
  • H. Permuter, S. Shamai (Shitz), and A. Somekh-Baruch, "Message and state cooperation in multiple access channels," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, July 2011.
  • H. Permuter, S. Shamai (Shitz), and A. Somekh-Baruch, "Message and state cooperation in multiple access channels," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, July 2011.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and N. Merhav, "Exact Random Coding Exponents for Erasure Decoding," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Austin, Texas, June 2010.
  • H. Permuter, S. Shamai (Shitz), and A. Somekh-Baruch, "Cooperation in multiple access channels with states," Convention of IEEE 26th Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel (IEEEI), 2010.
  • M. Rodrigues, A. Somekh-Baruch, and Mattheieu Bloch, "On Gaussian wiretap Channels With Arbitrary Inputs," European Wireless (EW) 2010, Lucca, Italy, Apr. 2010.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, S. Sridharan, S. Vishwanath, S. Verdú and S. Shamai (Shitz), "On the Capacity of Cognitive Radios in Multiple Access Networks," Proc. of 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, pp. 695-700 Pacific Grove, CA,  Oct. 2008.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, S. Shamai (Shitz), and S. Verdú, "Cognitive interference channels with state information," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 2008.
  • N. Merhav and A. Somekh-Baruch "Error exponents of erasure/list decoding revisited via analysis of distance enumerators," Proc. of Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA) , San-Diego, CA, USA, Jan. 2008 (invited).
  • Y. Liang, A. Somekh-Baruch, H.V. Poor, S. Shamai (Shitz), and S. Verdú, "Cognitive interference channels with confidential messages," Proc. of Allerton Conference on Communication Control and Computing, Allerton, IL, USA, Sept. 2007 (invited).
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, S. Shamai (Shitz), and S. Verdú, "Cooperative multiple access encoding with states available at one transmitter,"  Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1556-1560, Nice, France, July 2007.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch, S. Shamai (Shitz), and S. Verdú, "Cooperative encoding with asymmetric state information at the transmitters," Proc. of Allerton Conference on Communication Control and Computing, Allerton, IL, USA, Sept. 2006 (invited).
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and S. Verdú, "General relayless networks: representation of the capacity region," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 2408-2412, Seattle, USA, July 2006.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and N. Merhav, "Achievable error exponents for the private fingerprinting game," Proc. of Canadian Workshop on Information Theory (CWIT), Montreal, Canada, June 2005.
  • E. Ordentlich, T. Weissman, M. Weinberger, A. Somekh-Baruch ,and N. Merhav, "Discrete universal filtering through incremental parsing," Proc. of the Data Compression Conference (DCC), pp. 352-361, Mar. 2004.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and N. Merhav, "On the random coding error exponents of the single-user and multiple-  access Gel’fand-Pinsker channels," Proc. Fourth ETH-Technion Information Theory Workshop, Zurich, Feb. 2004 (invited, also p. 448 Proc. ISIT 2004).
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and N. Merhav, "On achievable information rates for the fingerprinting game under collusion attacks," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), p. 191, Yokohama, Japan, June 2003.
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and N. Merhav, "On the capacity game of public watermarking systems," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), p. 223, Lausanne, Switzerland, June-July 2002. (Also, Proc. 22nd Convention of the Electrical and Electronic Engineers in Israel, pp. 24-26, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Dec. 2002).
  • A. Somekh-Baruch and N. Merhav, "On the watermarking game of the random coding error exponent with large deviations distortion constraints," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), p. 7, Washington, D.C., June 2001.
  • A. Baruch and N. Merhav, "Universal filtering and prediction of individual sequences corrupted by noise using the Lempel-Ziv algorithm," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), p. 99, Sorrento, Italy, June 2000.
  • A. Baruch and N. Merhav, "Universal filtering and prediction of individual sequences corrupted by noise," Proc. of the 37th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton, IL, USA, Sept. 1999 (invited).
  • A. Baruch and N. Merhav, "Universal filtering of individual sequences corrupted by noise," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), p. 331, Aug. 1998.