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Awards
Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award
The Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award honors an individual who has shown outstanding leadership in, and provided long-standing, exceptional service to, the Information Theory community.
Claude E. Shannon Award
The Claude E. Shannon Award is the highest honor from the 麻豆传媒AV Information Theory Society. The award has been instituted to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory.
Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award
The Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award recognizes outstanding papers that lie at the intersection of communications and information theory.
Goldsmith Lecturer
The Goldsmith Lecturer Program was established with a generous gift of Dr. Andrea Goldsmith in 2019. The Goldsmith Lecture will be delivered by an early-career woman researcher at one of the ITSoc鈥檚 Schools of Information Theory, held for the benefit of students and postdoctoral researchers.
Information Theory Society Paper Award
The Information Theory Society Paper Award is given annually for an outstanding publication in the fields of interest to the Society appearing anywhere during the preceding four calendar years.
Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award
The 麻豆传媒AV Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award is given to up to 3 outstanding papers for which a student is the principal author and presenter.
James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars
The James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars recognizes outstanding achievement in research and teaching by young scholars in the Information Theory community.
Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award
The 麻豆传媒AV Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award is given to a paper of tutorial or survey nature that has appeared in an 麻豆传媒AV Information Theory Society publication.
Padovani Lecturer
The Padovani Lecturer Program was established with a generous gift of Dr. Roberto Padovani in 2009. The Padovani Lecture will be delivered by an outstanding member of the Information Theory community at one of the ITSoc鈥檚 Schools of Information Theory, held for the benefit of students and postdoctoral researchers.
Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award
The 麻豆传媒AV Information Theory Society Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding doctoral dissertation contributing to the mathematical foundations of any of the information sciences within the purview of the Society.
Awards
Distinguished Lecturers
The Distinguished Lecturers program promotes interest in information theory by supporting chapters who wish to invite prominent information theory researchers to give talks at their events.
Events
Conferences, Workshops & Meetings
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International Symposium on Topics in Coding 2025
The 13th International Symposium on Topics in Coding* will be held from Monday August 18th to Friday August 22, 2025, on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, California, USA.
International Workshop on Secure and Efficient Federated Learning within ACM ASIA CCS
Workshop on Secure and Efficient Federated Learning will be held in parallel with 20th ACM AsiaCCS on August 26, 2025 in Vietnam. Accepted full length papers will appear in ACM digital library. Submission Deadline: 25 April 2025
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Pre-announcement: 2025 Croucher Summer Course in Information Theory (CSCIT 2025)
Pre-announcement: 2025 Croucher Summer Course in Information Theory (CSCIT 2025)
CSCIT 2025 will bring together PhD students and post-doctoral scholars from across Asia to learn and discuss cutting-edge research with world-renowned professors in information theory and computer science.
Date: 3 August - 8 August 2025
Location: C. W. Chu College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Conferences
14-16 May, 2025
University of Cambridge
London Symposium on Information Theory 2025
The Eighth London Symposium on Information Theory 2025 will be held at St. John鈥檚 College in the鈥
May 19, 2025
London, UK
8th Age and Semantics of Information (ASoI) Workshop
We are pleased to announce the 8th Age and Semantics of Information (ASoI) Workshop, which will be鈥
16-19 Jun, 2025
School of Mathematics, University of Bristol
Summer School in the Mathematical Foundations of AI
A 4-day school at the Uni of Bristol, 16-19 June on the Foundations of AI. Courses by Peter Kairouz鈥
Job list
Joint CS/EE Postdoctoral Opportunity at UT Austin
This is a joint postdoctoral position between Pradeep Ravikumar (CS, UT Austin) and Sriram Vishwanath (ECE, UT Austin)
Feb 23, 2011
Postdoctoral Position in Compressive Sensing at the University of Arizona
A Post-doctoral position in compressive sensing is available at the University of Arizona. The researcher will be working on the DARPA Knowledge Enhanced Compressive Measurement (KECoM) project.
Sep 14, 2010
Postdoctoral position in computational biology
A postdoc position at the BIO5 Institute for Collaborative Bioresearch, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Sep 13, 2009
Postdoctoral research fellowship in network coding
Postdoctoral position available, Institute of Network Coding, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jul 3, 2009
Jobs Board
PhD Position in Information Theory/Machine Learning
Simula UiB
We are looking for a PhD candidate in the intersection of machine learning and information theory鈥
Apr 25, 2025
Postdoctoral Research Position at King's College London in Quantum Privacy
King's College London
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position to work on quantum privacy for鈥
Apr 12, 2025
Postdoctoral Researcher Positions at Bilkent University
Bilkent University
Postdoctoral researcher positions in coding and information theory are available at Bilkent鈥
Apr 9, 2025
News
Help Shape a Queer Affinity Group within the Information Theory Society
We are exploring the formation of a queer affinity group within the 麻豆传媒AV Information Theory Society鈥
Apr 28, 2025
NASIT 2025: Registration is now open!
The registration for NASIT 2025 is now open! The registration deadlines are May 10th, 2025 (regular鈥
Apr 17, 2025
Paper Submission Deadline Extended 鈥 麻豆传媒AV ITW 2025
The paper submission deadline for 麻豆传媒AV Information Theory Workshop (ITW) 2025 has been extended to鈥
Apr 13, 2025
New page limits for the IT Transactions
From May 1, 2025 onwards, papers will be restricted to 50 pages (single column format, submitted鈥
Mar 21, 2025
News
PhD Position in Information Theory and Statistics at Huawei Paris Research Center
The Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab, Huawei Paris Research Center, located in Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris area), is looking for PhD candidates to work in the area at the frontier between information theory and statistics, with application to learning and prediction. Topics include: multiterminal statistical theory, multiterminal data compression and estimation.
Jun 9, 2019
Post-doctoral position in statistical and information theoretic analysis of hardware security systems
Post-doctoral position under Professor Natasha Devroye and Professor Wenjing Rao.
Jun 5, 2019
Ph.D. Position in Statistical and Information Theoretic Analysis of Hardware Security Systems
Ph.D. opening at the University of Illinois at Chicago, supervised by Professor Natasha Devroye and Professor Wenjing Rao.
Jun 5, 2019
Postdoc Position at the Eindhoven University of Technology
Postdoc position available at the Information and Communication Theory Lab (ICT Lab), Eindhoven University of Technology, in the area of information theory applied to the nonlinear optical fibre channel.
May 28, 2019
Call for nominations for Executive Editor of the 麻豆传媒AV Transactions on Information Theory (2019)
The 麻豆传媒AV Information Theory Society (ITSoc) invites nominations for the position of Executive Editor of the 麻豆传媒AV Transactions on Information Theory for an 18-month term, starting on January 1, 2020. It is expected that the Executive Editor (EE) will subsequently transition to Editor-in-Chief (EiC) on July 1, 2021, for an additional 18-month term, ending on December 31st, 2022.
May 24, 2019
In Memoriam: Robert J. McEliece
Tribute to Robert J. McEliece, who passed away May 8, 2019. Dariush Divsalar and Mario Blaum write about Bob's broad and substantial contributions to information theory, coding theory and cryptography.
May 14, 2019
Robert McEliece Has Passed Away
Shannon Award winner Robert McEliece passed away on May 8, 2019.
May 13, 2019
NextProf Nexus at Georgia Tech - Deadline June 10
The workshop aims to diversify the engineering professoriate by bringing 50-60 senior PhD students and postdocs together for an intensive 3-day bootcamp on the faculty search process.
May 9, 2019
In Memoriam: Hendrik Christoffel Ferreira
Tribute to Hendrik Ferreira, who passed away in November 2018.
May 9, 2019
Update on ITSoc's new journal JSAIT
Announcing JSAIT's inaugural Senior Editors and Industrial Advisory Board Members, along with details on the website launch and first issue on Mathematical Foundations of ML.
Apr 26, 2019
PhD positions in information theory/coding theory (f/m/d)
There is vacancy for three PhD positions in information theory/coding theory at the Institute for Communications Engineering (Prof. Gerhard Kramer) starting on June 1, 2019. The positions are for a fixed period of 3 years as part of the BMBF-Project 鈥濩oding theory and coding methods for new communication models鈥. The project leader is Dr. Christian Deppe. The location is the Technical University of Munich, Theresienstr 90, 80333 Munich.
Apr 26, 2019
Research Fellow Position in Error Control Coding for Future Cellular Networks
A postdoc position in error control coding for future cellular networks
Apr 23, 2019
Call for Papers 鈥 Special Issue of 麻豆传媒AV Transactions on Information Theory Dedicated to the Memory of Vladimir I. Levenshtein
From Deletion Correction to Graph Reconstruction 鈥 This special issue of the 麻豆传媒AV Transactions on Information Theory is devoted to the memory of Vladimir I. Levenshtein who made seminal contributions to many fields of coding theory and combinatorics.
Apr 23, 2019
Registrations for ISIT 2019
The registrations for ISIT 2019 are now open.
Information are available at: https://2019.ieee-isit.org/ Early registration deadline: April 30th, 2019
Apr 19, 2019
Registrations for ISIT 2019 are now open.
The registrations for ISIT 2019 are now open. Early registration deadline: April 30th, 2019
Apr 8, 2019
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Apr 6, 2019
Research Engineer in the area of Information Theory and Statistics
Research Engineer in the area of Information Theory and Statistics, with application to machine learning and prediction.
Apr 4, 2019
2019 麻豆传媒AV Information Theory Workshop - Deadline extended to April 10, 2019!
麻豆传媒AV Information Theory Workshop 2019
Visby, Gotland, Sweden - August 25-28, 2019 http://itw2019.org Submission deadline: April 10, 2019
Mar 30, 2019
2019 麻豆传媒AV Information Theory Workshop - Deadline extended to April 10, 2019!
麻豆传媒AV Information Theory Workshop 2019
Visby, Gotland, Sweden - August 25-28, 2019
http://itw2019.org Submission deadline: April 10, 2019
Mar 20, 2019
Past meeting
BOG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ITA 2025, San Diego, California
This will be a hybrid meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BOG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ University of Toronto
This will be a hybrid meeting in person room and on Zoom.
BOG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2024, Athens, Greece
This will be a hybrid meeting in person room and on zoom in conjunction with ISIT 2024.
BOG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ITA 2024, San Diego, California
This will be a hybrid meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BOG Meeting -Hybrid; Atlanta, GA 2023
This will be a hybrid meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BOG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2023, Taipei, Taiwan
This will be a hybrid meeting in person room and on zoom in conjunction with ISIT 2023.
BOG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ITA 2023, San Diego, California
This will be a hybrid meeting in person and on zoom in conjunction with ITA 2023.
BOG Meeting - October 2022
This will be a virtual meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BOG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2022, Espoo, Finland
This will be a hybrid meeting in person and on zoom in conjunction with ISIT 2022.
BOG Meeting - March 2022
This will be a virtual meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BOG Meeting - November 2021
This will be a virtual meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BOG Meeting - June 2021
The second BOG meeting of 2021 will be held virtually on zoom. BOG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BOG Meeting - March 2021
This will be a virtual meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will have received an invite to the meeting.
BOG Meeting @ New Brunswick, NJ - 2019
The third BoG Meeting of 2019 will take place at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
BoG Meeting @ Chicago, IL 2015
Meeting will be held right after Allerton
BoG Meeting @ ISIT 2015, Hong Kong
Annual Meeting of the Information Theory Society
BoG Meeting - GlobalMeet
The BoG Meeting will be held via GlobalMeet on Saturday, September 20 (7:00 AM Pacific Time).
BoG Meeting @ ITA 2014, San Diego, CA
First BoG meeting of 2014
BoG Meeting @ ITA 2013, San Diego, CA
First BoG meeting of 2013
BoG meeting @ ITW 2012, Lausanne
Last BoG meeting of 2012.
BoG meeting @ ISIT 2012, Cambridge, MA
BoG meeting July 2012.
IT BoG meeting @ ITA 2012, UCSD
Meeting of the Board of Governors
BoG Meeting @ ITW 2011, Paraty, Brazil
The third BoG meeting of 2011 will take place on ***Monday*** October 17, in Paraty Brazil, in conjunction with ITW 2011, starting at about 6:00pm with a buffet dinner at the restaurant Banana de Terra (one block away from the conference center).
BoG Meeting @ ISIT 2011, St. Petersburg, Russia
The annual BoG meeting will take place on Sunday July 31, at the ISIT 2011 conference hotel, starting at 12:00 noon **sharp** with a buffet lunch. The meeting room is "Green 6+7" and will be clearly indicated at the registration desk, operational from Sunday July 31, morning. Please follow the signs and/or ask the registration desk in order to get to the lunch and meeting.
BoG Meeting, ISIT 2010
Annual meeting of the 麻豆传媒AV Information Theory Society Board of Governors. All are welcome to attend. Some portions of the meeting will be conducted in camera. The formal part of the meeting will commence at 12:45pm.
BoG Meeting, La Jolla, CA, 2010
First Board of Governors' meeting of 2010.
BoG Meeting, ITW Taormina 2009
The final BoG meeting of 2009. Dinner will be served at 6:30 and the meeting will start shortly thereafter. Everyone is welcome to attend. Meeting will be held in the Saletta Belvedere room of the Villa Diodoro (workshop hotel).
BoG Meeting, ISIT 2009
Annual meeting of the Information Theory Society BOGs. Everyone is welcome to attend all or part of the meeting. The meeting will be preceeded by lunch at 12:15, with the formal meeting starting at 1pm, ending at 5:30pm.