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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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV 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’s 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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV 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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award is given to a paper of tutorial or survey nature that has appeared in an Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV 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’s Schools of Information Theory, held for the benefit of students and postdoctoral researchers.
Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award
The Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV 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.

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’s College in the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Apr 12, 2025
Postdoctoral Researcher Positions at Bilkent University
Bilkent University

Postdoctoral researcher positions in coding and information theory are available at Bilkent…

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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Society…

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…

Apr 17, 2025
Paper Submission Deadline Extended – Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV ITW 2025

The paper submission deadline for Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Workshop (ITW) 2025 has been extended to…

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…

Mar 21, 2025

News

Registration for 2017 NASIT is now open!
Registration for the 2017 North-American School of Information Theory is now open!
Apr 11, 2017
Special Issue: "Information Decomposition of Target Effects from Multi-Source Interactions"
Call for papers for Special issue in Entropy on "Information Decomposition of Target Effects from Multi-Source Interactions", submissions due May 31, 2017.
Apr 9, 2017
Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Transactions on Information Theory April 2017 Issue
The April 2017 issue of the Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Transactions on Information Theory is available online. In the future we will be posting links to the the articles in issues as they come out.
Apr 7, 2017
Call for Short Video Proposal
The Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Society is looking for volunteers to help define and create 3 short educational videos. Deadlines for proposals are May 15 and July 15, 2017.
Apr 6, 2017
Student Travel Support for ISIT 2017
Funding available to support students participating in ISIT 2017. Apply before April 16th!
Apr 4, 2017
European School: early-registration deadline extended
Early registration deadline has been extended. Registration for the 2017 European School of Information Theory at an advanced rate can be done before April 7, 2017.
Mar 31, 2017
3 Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions in Telecommunications at the University of Sydney
3 Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions in Telecommunications at the University of Sydney, Australia
Mar 27, 2017
Research Engineer Positions in Channel Coding and Lattice Coding at Huawei Paris
Huawei Paris is looking for candidates for permanent junior and senior research positions in channel coding and lattice coding for wireless and optical communications.
Mar 26, 2017
Petitions and write-in candidates for Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Election
ITSOC wishes to encourage Society members to consider the petitions for write-in candidates for the Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Election.
Mar 22, 2017
Post-Doc Position at King's College London
A post-doctoral research position is now available in the Department of Informatics at King's College London. The post is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) for a project on fog-aided wireless networks. The successful candidate should have a PhD in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with expertise in information theory and ideally also in machine learning.
Mar 17, 2017
Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV TAB Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
The Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV TAB has established a new Committee on Diversity and Inclusion based on the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Women and Under-represented Groups.
Mar 10, 2017
A postdoctoral fellowship in information theory at Tel Aviv University, Israel
A postdoctoral research position in the field of information theory is now available in the Department of Electrical Engineering - Systems at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Starting in October 2017 (or later) for up to two years. Funded by the European Research Council (ERC).
Mar 8, 2017
Registration details will be posted soon
Please check again for details in one week
Mar 6, 2017
Registration for the ESIT 2017 is now open
Registration for the 2017 European School of Information Theory is now open. Registration at an advanced rate can be done before March 31, 2017.
Feb 28, 2017
Permanent Research Positions in Optical Fiber Communication
The Optical Algorithm Design team of the Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab, Huawei France Research Center, located in the Paris area, is seeking strong candidates for two permanent research positions in optical fiber communications. The research will focus on algorithms and coded modulation schemes to drive innovation in the context of high-speed coherent optical communications. The successful candidates will be involved in the development of competitive solutions for complex fiber optical transmission systems and of future key technology based on the non-linear Fourier transform.
Feb 15, 2017
Joint Postdoc Position at ASU, NJIT, and ARL in Secure and Authentic Communications
A joint postdoc position at Arizona State University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and the US Army Research Laboratory in the area of secure and authentic communications, is available immediately.
Feb 9, 2017

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.
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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV 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.

Research In Information Theory

Selected papers on information theory from our journals and conferences

Upcoming Events

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