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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 IEEE 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 IEEE 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 IEEE Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award is given to a paper of tutorial or survey nature that has appeared in an IEEE 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 IEEE 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.
Conferences
Job list
Postdoctoral research positions at Boston University
Vivek Goyal offers a postdoctoral research position at Boston University for work in source coding or decision making and multiple positions in computational imaging. Available immediately with variable durations.
Jul 1, 2014
Postdoctoral Position at University of Cambridge
There is a postdoctoral position available in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge in the area of information theory and statistics, broadly defined.
May 18, 2014
PhD position at National University of Singapore
There is an available and fully funded PhD position at the
Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the National
University of Singapore. The PhD project involves signal processing
and information and coding theory.
Mar 26, 2014
Simons Postdoc Opening at UT Austin
The ECE department at The University of Texas at Austin seeks highly qualified candidates for postdoctoral fellowship positions, lasting up to two years, in the information sciences, broadly defined. Applicants should have, or be close to completing, a PhD in ECE, CS, Math, Statistics or related fields.
Mar 25, 2014
Postdoctoral position at Telecom ParisTech and Supelec, France
A postdoctoral position is available in the area of large random matrix theory.
Mar 13, 2014
Faculty positions at Imperial College London
Imperial College is seeking to make up to four faculty appointments in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The appointments will be at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level, although an appointment at Reader will be considered for an exceptional candidate
Feb 26, 2014
Postdoc Position Available in the National University of Singapore
There is a postdoc position available at the National University of Singapore in most aspects of information theory and signal processing.
Feb 19, 2014
PhD position at TU Dresden
The Cluster of Excellence ‘Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden’ at TU Dresden offers a fixed-term PhD position in the area of information theory and biology
Feb 13, 2014
Postdoc Position Available at NJIT’s Center for Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Research
NJIT offers a postdoc position in the broad areas of graph-based coding theory, polar codes, their applications (e.g., in coding for control or storage), and network information theory.
Feb 6, 2014
Data Scientist Research Position at Saffrontech
Saffron Technology in Silicon Valley has an open position for a data scientist with an information theory background.
Feb 4, 2014
CSoI Research Fellows Program 2014/2015 - Deadline extended
The Center for Science of Information (CSoI) invites nominations and applications for its CSoI Research Fellows program. The Fellows program seeks to identify and groom intellectual leaders to shape the emerging field of Science of Information and its diverse applications. Application deadline is February 28, 2014
Jan 27, 2014
Faculty Position: UC Irvine
Tenure Track Assistant Professor Position in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of California Irvine
Jan 27, 2014
Tenure-track Positions in Electrical Engineering at Harvard
The Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) seeks applicants for tenure-track positions in Electrical Engineering, in the broad area of Emerging Topics in Electrical Engineering Systems. The expected start date is July 1, 2014.
Jan 18, 2014
Postdoctoral research fellowship in network coding
Postdoctoral positions available, Institute of Network Coding, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dec 15, 2013
Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowship
Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowship | Call for applications | Information Theory Program in Spring 2015
Dec 11, 2013
Research Fellow in Coding Theory
The Institute of Computer Science at the University of Tartu, Estonia, is looking for a research fellow for a project on design and decoding of LDPC codes.
Dec 10, 2013
Multiple EECS Faculty Positions at Northwestern University
The EECS Department at Northwestern University invites applications for multiple positions to start in Fall 2014
Dec 5, 2013
Tenure-track position at Caltech
The Department of Electrical Engineering within the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Caltech invites applications for an untenured tenure-track position at the assistant or associate professor level.
Dec 2, 2013
Faculty positions at Washington University in St. Louis
The Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis is inviting applications for faculty positions.
Nov 25, 2013
Faculty Position (including Information Theory) at Penn State
Open Faculty Position (including Information Theory) at the Department of Electrical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
Nov 8, 2013
Jobs Board
Postdoc Position in Coding for Physical Layer Security
ETIS lab, France (CY Université / ENSEA / CNRS)
A 15 months postdoc position in finite block-length coding for physical layer security is available…
Mar 13, 2024
Post-doc position
University of Maryland College Park
Post-doc in use of LLMs in communications and networking.
Mar 10, 2024
Postdoctoral researcher on semantics of information and goal-oriented communications
Linköping University, Sweden
Postdoctoral researcher on semantics of information and goal-oriented communications, focusing on…
Feb 28, 2024
News
Contributions for Society Newsletter
Please submit any contributions for the Society Newsletter by March 25, 2024.
Mar 3, 2024
Reminder of upcoming deadlines for paper/poster submissions to workshops@ISIT’24
The 03 March deadline for paper submissions to (most) workshops@ISIT is quickly approaching!
Feb 29, 2024
Lloyd Welch passed away at the age of 96
Lloyd Welch, an esteemed mathematician and electrical engineer, whose research career has had a…
Jan 23, 2024
Alexander Barg Awarded 2024 IEEE Hamming Medal
IEEE Information Theory Society congratulates member Alexander Barg for receiving the 2024 IEEE…
Jan 21, 2024
News
Associate or Full Professor at UC Irvine in Theory and Applications of Data-Driven Systems
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for a Tenured Position (Associate or Full Professor). Areas include, but are not limited to, theoretical foundations and algorithms dealing with various aspects of big data broadly interpreted to include networked communication systems, distributed computing, high dimensional statistics, signal processing, scaling laws, data mining, and machine learning for high-performance and scalable computing and communication; applications include, but are not limited to, Internet-of-Things, augmented intelligence, social science, smart cities and other domains.
Oct 28, 2019
New IT Soc Video on Secret Sharing
A new video presenting the concepts behind secret sharing and Shamir's seminal paper is now on YouTube. This is the latest video in the Society's Great Papers: Information Theory series.
Oct 22, 2019
Levenshtein Special Issue of IT Trans — Deadline Extended
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.
Oct 16, 2019
Postdoc at AI Now Institute at NYU
The AI Now Institute at New York University is hiring 1-2 postdoctoral researchers interested in joining an interdisciplinary and dynamic team of collaborative researchers. This two-year position is designed for scholars who want to engage with the social implications of AI and related technologies, and we welcome applications from all disciplines.
Oct 15, 2019
Professor of Data Sciences and Operations (Open Rank) at USC
University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, Tenure-Track Statistics Positions
Oct 10, 2019
Contribution for newsletter
Oct 3, 2019
Deadline extension to Oct. 15: JSAIT Deep Learning Special Issue
The deadline for JSAIT's first special issue on Deep Learning: Mathematical Foundations and Applications to Information Science has been extended to October 15. This is a hard deadline.
Sep 29, 2019
SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science (MDS 2020)
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is proud to introduce the first SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science (MDS 2020), which will take place on May 5–7, 2020 in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A
Sep 19, 2019
Call-for-Nominations: Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers
IEEE Information Theory Society invites nominations for the 2020 Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers.
Sep 19, 2019
The Bit Player - San Francisco premiere
Sep 9, 2019
New conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC)
We are happy to announce the birth of a new conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC). The first ITC conference will take place in Boston on June 17-19, 2020.
Aug 31, 2019
Postdoc Position at USC
Aug 30, 2019
Call-for-Nominations: Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers
IEEE Information Theory Society invites nominations for the 2020 Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers.
Aug 29, 2019
New conference: Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC)
Announcing a new conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC)
Aug 22, 2019
Postdoctoral position at the University of Cambridge
Postdoctoral position in information theory and communications at the University of Cambridge.
Aug 22, 2019
Charles Bennett Named 2020 Claude E. Shannon Award Winner
The winner of the 2020 IEEE Information Theory Society Claude E. Shannon Award is Charles H. Bennett.
Jul 24, 2019
Best IT Paper Award and Best Student Paper Awards
Jul 23, 2019
Redundancy 2019 in MIEM HSE, Moscow, Russia - Extended Deadline 18 August 2019
2019 XVI International Symposium "Problems of Redundancy in Information and
Control Systems" (REDUNDANCY) DEADLINE EXTENDED
Jul 19, 2019
Openings within the NICEST Lab @ UIC (Tuninetti, Devroye, Smida)
Several postdoctoral and PhD positions available within the NICEST lab at UIC, in network information theory and communication theory, with Profs Tuninetti, Devroye, and Smida.
Jul 18, 2019
JSAIT CFP: Deep Learning: Mathematical Foundations and Applications to Information Science
IEEE JSAIT's inaugural issue will be on Deep Learning: Mathematical Foundations and Applications to Information Science.
Jul 5, 2019
Past meeting
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 IEEE 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
Videos on Information Theory
Find tutorials, lectures, keynotes and technical presentations on information theory
