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We are pleased to announce that the 2026 51ÂÜÀò Information Theory Workshop (51ÂÜÀò-ITW 2026) will be held in the beautiful desert city of Tempe, Arizona, USA between November 1–4, 2026.

ITW 2026 solicits and welcomes original contributions on the frontiers of information and learning theory, quantum information theory, machine learning and statistics, coding theory, and their applications, as well as interactions between information theory and broader areas such as artificial intelligence, biology, finance, and signal processing. We encourage interested authors to submit previously unpublished contributions from a broad range of topics related to information and coding theory as well as its connections with other areas, including but not limited to the following:

• Blockchain
• Communications theory
• Data science
• Frontiers of coding theory and practiceÌý
• Information theory and statistics, biology and signal processing
• Information-theoretic security
• Machine learning theory and practice
• Modern coding theory
• Network information theory
• Network coding and distributed storage
• Quantum information and coding

ITW 2026 will be putting a specific focus on the areas of Information theory in Machine Learning, Quantum information and coding, and Coding for 6G.

In addition to original papers, we also welcome tutorial proposals.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline (anticipated): May 1, 2026

Organizing Committee

General Co-chairs:

• Oliver Kosut (Arizona State University)
• Lalitha Sankar (Arizona State University)
• Bane VasićÌý(University of Arizona)

Technical Program Co-chairs:

• Tara Javidi (UC San Diego)
• Valentin Savin (University Grenoble, FR)
• Ravi Tandon (University of Arizona)
• Yao Xie (Georgia Tech)

Finance Co-chairs:

• Narayanan Rengaswamy (University of Arizona)
• Shaofeng Zou (Arizona State University)

Tutorials Co-chairs:

• Victoria Kostina (Caltech)
• Anand Sarwate (Rutgers University)

51ÂÜÀò Chair:ÌýCynthia Rush (Columbia University)

Local Arrangements Chair:ÌýGautam Dasarathy (Arizona State University)

Publicity Chair:ÌýTaejoon Kim (Arizona State University)

Digital Presence Chair:ÌýOnur Günlü (Linköping University)

Travel Grants Co-chairs:

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• Shahab Asoodeh (McMaster'sÌýUniversity)
• Christos Gagatsos (University of Arizona)