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Pravin P. Varaiya died on June 10th at his home in Berkeley, CA at the age of 81.
JSAIT call for papers on Dimensions of Channel Coding: Special Issue Dedicated to the Memory of Alexander Vardy. Paper submission deadline is January 15, 2023.
JSAIT call for papers on Causality: Fundamental Limits and Applications is open. Paper submission deadline is December 20, 2022.
Call for Papers for JSAIT Issue on Sensing: Fundamental Limits and Modern Applications. The imminent extended submission deadline is October 10, 2022.
Please submit any contributions for the society newsletter by Nov. 30, 2022.
The IEEE Information Theory Society invites nominations for the position of Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, starting July 1, 2023.
Submit your research to the MLSys 2023 Workshop on Resource-Constrained Learning in Wireless Networks. This will be the first wireless networking-related workshop of its kind at a top-tier ML venue. Submission Deadline: March 21, 2023 (extended)
Jacob Ziv, known for his pioneering contributions to communication and information theory that inspired generations of researchers, passed away on March 25, 2023 at the age of 91.
For this year's IEEE GLOBECOM main symposium on Communication and Information System Security (CISS), we encourage submission of papers that apply information-theoretic security and privacy metrics, analyses, and methods. Deadline April 15, 2023
The 2021 North American School of Information Theory will take place next week, featuring six tutorials.
Gerhard Kramer has been named recipient of the 2021 Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award.
The Student and Outreach Subcommittee and the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the IEEE IT society are organizing a virtual mentorship event during the ISIT 2021 conference, on topics relevant to the student, postdoc and young faculty community…
Please submit any contributions for the society newsletter by July 31st.
2021 Information Theory Society Paper Award recipients named
The IEEE Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Raymond W. Yeung is the recipient of the Claude E. Shannon award for consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory. He will deliver his Shannon Lecture at…
JSAIT Call for Papers: This special issue will focus on information theoretic aspects of distributed coding and computing. Deadline for papers is December 15, 2021.
ITW2021 starts on October 17 as a virtual event, and the event platform is now online. There is still time to register for ITW2021 and get access to to papers, videos, presentation files, and of course participation in the live Zoom sessions.…
IEEE Information Theory Society member Madhu Sudan has been awarded the 2022 IEEE Hamming Medal
Are you planning an upcoming conference or workshop of interest to the information theory community? IT Society members can announce events by posting on itsoc.org
Owing to extensive requests, we are extending the ISIT deadline once more, until Feb 6, 2022 11:59pm EST.
Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a global research center and the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), is currently recruiting exemplary candidates in the field of computer science and electrical…
A short article appearing in the February 2022 issue of IEEE Spectrum argues that Claude Shannon, besides inventing information theory and the logic gate, had a contribution to machine learning.
JSAIT call for papers on deep learning methods for inverse problems. Papers are due May 15, 2022.
The deadline for submission of papers for JSAIT's special issue on Modern Compression has been extended to April 15, 2022.
Radarconf16 is in Philadelphia May 2-6.
"Enabling Technologies for Advances in Radar."
Technical sessions will be held May 3, 4, and 5. Split between May 2 and May 6, 24 tutorials are scheduled also.
Robert Calderbank (IEEE Fellow) has been awarded the 2013 IEEE Richard W. Hamming medal for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology.
The IEEE Information Theory Society mourns the loss of David Slepian, who passed away on November 29, 2007. A researcher of immense depth and breadth, Slepian was known for choosing problems of a fundamental nature and providing solutions that paved…
From time to time, the Board of Governors (BoG) amends the Constitution and a set of Bylaws governing various aspects of the Society's operation. The amendments to the Bylaws have already taken effect, and the amendments to the Constitution…
The 15th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC 2014), which will be held in Toronto, Canada, June 22-25, 2014. The workshop is devoted to recent advances in signal processing for wireless…
Call for papers for Special issue in Entropy on "Information Decomposition of Target Effects from Multi-Source Interactions", submissions due May 31, 2017.
The BBVA Foundation has awarded the 2009 Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies to Professor Thomas Kailath for creating knowledge with transformative impact on the information and communication technologies that…
Contributions Have Advanced Data Compression Methods that Facilitate Audio, Video and Picture Transmission over the Internet
A memorial session will be organized at the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium on Monday, July 2, 2012 from 8pm to 9:30pm .
Tom Cover's memorial day will be held on October 12th, 2012 from 2pm to 6pm at the Arrillaga Alumni Center, McCaw Hall and the Ford Gardens, Stanford University
Open Postdoctoral Positions at the Department of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Co-Funded by EU (Marie Curie COFUND Programme).
You are invited to attend the Communication Sciences Institute's 30th Anniversary Conference and Celebration at USC. The conference will feature panels, technical talks by alumni and friends, a poster session for all attendees, memorials to…
Prof. Sergio Verdú, of Princeton University, has been named the recipient of the 2008 IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal, "for fundamental contributions to information theory and the development of multiuser detection".
Video of the panel "New Perspectives on Information Theory" held during 2011 Information Theory Workshop, Paraty Brazil
ITSOC Member Prof. Antonia Wachter-Zeh has won the prestigious Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize from the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Introducing women in information theory: learn about the triumphs, challenges, and secrets of a few women in information theory through these video interviews.
Several videos produced by Women in Information Theory (WITHITS) are now available online.
Registration for the 2017 North-American School of Information Theory is now open!
The 2020 European School of Information Theory will be held in Stuttgart, Germany, from May 24 to May 29, 2020. Registration is now open and early-bird rates are in place until March 26, 2020.
Prof. Vera Stepen Pless has passed away on Monday March 2, 2020, just before her 89th birthday.
Join us for the latest screening of the The Bit Player, the first feature film about Claude Shannon. The IEEE Information Theory Society has helped to produce this film, which combines interviews with leading scientists, archival film, inventive…
IEEE Information Theory Workshop 2019
Visby, Gotland, Sweden - August 25-28, 2019 http://itw2019.org Submission deadline: April 10, 2019
A three-year post-doctoral position in the area of privacy and security is available at the Information Theory Section of Simula UiB in Bergen, Norway.
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…
We are seeking nominations for the first Editor in Chief (EiC) of IEEE BITS, who will, together with the Steering Committee and the Editorial Board, ensure its smooth operation and success. The Magazine is administered by a Steering Committee, whose…
Robert G. Gallager will be awarded the 2020 Japan Prize for his contributions to information theory, including the development of error-correcting codes that are used in 5G systems.
The deadline for nominations for the James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars is fast approaching - March 15.
Authors of accepted papers in the Transactions are requested to make sure that papers which are cited in your accepted paper as preprints on arXiv or as conference papers are replaced by their corresponding publications in the IEEE Transactions on…
The open-access journal Entropy is arranging a special issue on “Information-Theoretic Aspects of Non-Orthogonal and Massive Access for Future Wireless Networks.” The submission deadline is April 1, 2021. For more information on the scope and…
The University of Newcastle, Australia, is offering a full 3-year PhD scholarship in network information theory. The scholarship includes tuition fees, health cover, and a living allowance of AUD 24,653 per annum.
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…
Postdoctoral Position in theoretical analysis of spectrum sharing between communications and radar systems at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Postdoc positions at UCLA (data science, algorithms, coding, computing)
At the Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway, there is a vacant position as postdoctoral fellow in coding theory for 3 years.
Announcement, see: https://secure.jobbnorge.no/Job.aspx?jobid=59725
Application deadline: August 20, 2009
There is a postdoctoral position at the intersection of "information theory" and "distributed computing" available at Prof. Avestimehr's group at USC.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the National University of Singapore is offering two positions for postdoctoral fellows who will work in information and coding theory.
Postdoctoral researcher position in the areas of privacy and security in cyber-physical systems, particularly for smart metering applications in smart grids. Previous research experience and a strong track record in information theory, signal…
A post-doctoral research associate position is available in the Information Processing and Communications Lab within the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department of Imperial College London. This position is funded by the European Research…
The ISIT deadline has been extended to 1/15/2020 11:59pm EST
1 PhD and 2 Postdoctoral positions available at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
The deadline for paper submission is Sunday, January 12, 2020, at 11:59 PM, Eastern Time (New York, USA).
The International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA) will be held October 24–27, 2020 in Kapolei, Hawai’i, USA. The paper submission deadline has been extended to April 17. Special considerations will be made for authors of…
This special issue aims at collecting recent results in finite-length information theory and its intersection with neighboring fields. Deadline for manuscript submissions is 30 April 2021.
Registration is now open for the 2014 European School of Information Theory, which will be held from April 14th to April 18th in Tallinn, Estonia.
Submit papers to the conference on Information-Theoretical Cryptography (ITC). Deadline Feb 1, 2021.
Alon Orlitsky wins the Claude E. Shannon award for consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory. He will deliver his Shannon lecture at ISIT 2021.
Shannon Award winner Elwyn Berlekamp passed away on April 9, 2019 at the age of 78.
IEEE Information Theory Society invites nominations for the 2020 Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers.
Registrations for ITW 2020 are now open.
Workshop dates: April 11-15, 2021.
Detailed information at http://itw2020.it
Post-doctoral position under Professor Natasha Devroye and Professor Wenjing Rao.
The deadline for paper submissions to the special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory dedicated to the memory of Vladimir I. Levenshtein has been extended to November 15th, 2019.
A two-day workshop featuring tutorial-style talks on information-theoretic measures for privacy and fairness at the Simons Institute for Theoretical Computer Science at UC Berkeley
As of March 21, 2009, after only 44 days since launch, the new IT Society website has received 10,028 visits from 118 countries.
The 2017 Symposium on Information Theory and Signal Processing in the Benelux will be held in Delft on May 11-12.
We look forward to receiving nominations from all members for the following Information Theory Society awards. Please note the deadlines to nominate.
Canadian Award for Telecommunications Research Awarded to Norman C. Beaulieu
University of Alberta Professor and iCORE Chair, Dr. Norman C. Beaulieu awarded 2010 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden Silver Medal "for outstanding contributions in wireless communication theory" by IEEE Canada.