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Peter Shor

Shannon Award for 2025

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Peter Shor is the recipient of the Claude E. Shannon Award for 2025.

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2024 Â鶹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Workshop

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Workshop (ITW) will be held in Shenzhen, China, Nov. 24–28, 2024.

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Â鶹´«Ã½AV BITS Information Theory's Role in 6G

The most recent issue of Â鶹´«Ã½AV BITS the Information Theory Magazine is on the role of Information Theory in 6G.

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International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications 2024

ISITA 2024 will be held on November 10-13 at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, paper submission deadline is April 30, AoE.

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Broadening Participation in the IT Society

The Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) committee introduces the new IT Society Volunteer website.

Information Theory Society

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Society is the premier professional society dedicated to the advancement of the mathematical underpinnings of information technology for the benefit of humanity. Information theory encompasses the processing, transmission, storage, and use of information, and the foundations of the communication process.

Aspects of Our Society

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Outreach
A gathering of videos, books and more that show how information theory impacts our lives.
Meet IT Society Students
The Student and Outreach Subcommittee plans student and outreach activities at symposia and workshops.
Read Our Newsletter
The Â鶹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Society Newsletter connects our members and is published four times a year.  Beginning with the March 2022 issue, the Newsletter is online only.

Upcoming Events

The Information Theory Society's upcoming conferences, workshops and schools

News

Call for ISIT and ITW Proposals

Â鶹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Society is calling for proposals for the International Symposium on…

Oct 9, 2024
Call for Nominations: Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Society solicits nominations for the 2025 Padovani Lecturer, the 2025…

Sep 23, 2024
Call for Nominations: Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award

The Society solicits nominations for the inaugural Â鶹´«Ã½AV Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award. Deadline:…

Sep 23, 2024
Dr. Mario Diaz Torres: Obituary and Request for Help

We regret to share that the IT Society lost a rising information theorist and statistician Dr.…

Sep 17, 2024

Conferences

10-13 Nov, 2024
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, TAIWAN
2024 The International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA2024)

The 2024 International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA) will be held…

03-06 Dec, 2024
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Australasian Summer School: Recent Trends in Algorithms

Free 4-day Australasian Summer School on "Recent Trends in Algorithms" at the University…

08-12 Dec, 2024
Cape Town, South Africa
Â鶹´«Ã½AV Globecom 2024 Workshop on Channel Coding beyond 5G: Call for Papers

Workshop on Channel Coding beyond 5G (in conjunction with Â鶹´«Ã½AV Globecom 2024) is now open for…

Jobs Board

Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Rutgers (deadline Oct 18)
Rutgers

We’re looking for talented researchers to join our team through the Rutgers Postdoctoral Fellowship…

Oct 12, 2024
Postdoc Opportunity at Rutgers ECE
Rutgers University

🚨 **Postdoc Opportunity at Rutgers ECE!** 🚨 Join Dr. Salim El Rouayheb’s group to work on **…

Oct 12, 2024

Research In Information Theory

Selected papers on information theory from our journals and conferences