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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 51蹤獲 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 ITSocs 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 51蹤獲 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 51蹤獲 Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award is given to a paper of tutorial or survey nature that has appeared in an 51蹤獲 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 ITSocs Schools of Information Theory, held for the benefit of students and postdoctoral researchers.
Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award
The 51蹤獲 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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Information Theory Workshop 2026

The 2026 51蹤獲 Information Theory Workshop will be held in the beautiful desert city of Tempe, Arizona, USA between November 14, 2026. We welcome original contributions across all areas of information theory.

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51蹤獲 Globecom 2025 Workshop on Channel Coding beyond 5G: Call for Papers

Workshop on Channel Coding beyond 5G (in conjunction with 51蹤獲 Globecom 2025) is now open for submissions. The submission deadline is 15 July 2025.

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BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2025, Ann Arbor, Michigan

This will be a hybrid meeting, in-person and on zoom, in conjunction with ISIT 2025.

Conferences

Jun 22, 2025
Michigan League, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, 2nd Floor, Room: Vandenberg
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2025, Ann Arbor, Michigan

This will be a hybrid meeting, in-person and on zoom, in conjunction with ISIT 2025.

27-29 Jul, 2025
Guangzhou, China
2025 Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei Joint Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Communications and Information Theory (AICIT2025)

The 2025 Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei Joint Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Communications

03-08 Aug, 2025
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Pre-announcement: 2025 Croucher Summer Course in Information Theory (CSCIT 2025)

Pre-announcement: 2025 Croucher Summer Course in Information Theory (CSCIT 2025)

Job list

Channel Coding Researcher Position at InterDigital London
InterDigital (IDCC) Europe currently has a research engineer position in its London office. The researcher will work on the design and development of next generation channel codes, including polar codes, particularly for beyond 5G applications. The successful candidate will be an IDCC team member of the recently EU funded beyond-5G project called EPIC (Sept 2017-Sept 2020) and will constantly interact and work with project partners including Polaran (Prof. Erdal Arikan), Telecom Bretagne (Prof. Catherine Douillard), Un. Kaiserslautern (Prof. Norbert Wehn), Ericsson, and IMEC.
Jul 14, 2017
Postdoctoral Position at University of Southern California
There is currently a postdoctoral scholar position available in Prof. Avestimehrs research group at University of Southern California (USC), at the cross section of information theory, distributed computing, and data analytics. The project, which is funded by DARPA, will focus on development of various coded computing frameworks that combine coding with distributed computing to alleviate several bottlenecks in large-scale data analytics. Interested applicants should send their CV, along with the names of two references, to Prof. Avestimehr via email ([email protected]).
May 23, 2017
Postdoctoral Opening at Purdue University
We are actively looking for Electrical Engineering/Computer Science/Applied Math background scholars with interests in modeling and analysis of computer networking systems.
Apr 5, 2017
Joint Postdoc Position at ASU and Harvard
Joint Postdoc Position at ASU and Harvard
Mar 6, 2017
Applications Being Accepted for CSoI Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The Center for Science of Information (CSoI) invites nominations and applications for its CSoI Research Fellows program.
Feb 13, 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow Position at the National University of Singapore
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the National University of Singapore is offering a position for a postdoctoral fellowship to work with Prof. Vincent Tan.
Dec 7, 2016
Caltech Center for the Mathematics of Information Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The Center for the Mathematics of Information at the California Institute of Technology is accepting applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Applications are due on December 16, 2016. Details are available at http://www.cms.caltech.edu/about/cmi
Dec 3, 2016
Professorship of Information and Communications at the University of Cambridge
Applications are invited for a newly established Professorship in Information and Communications Engineering at the University of Cambridge.
Nov 24, 2016
Senior Research Scientist position on Machine Learning (Statistical Learning)
The Network and Traffic Optimization research team of the Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab, Huawei France Research Center, located in the Paris area, is looking for candidates for a permanent research position on Machine Learning to commence by the end of the year. The research will focus on developing algorithms and novel network analysis schemes to drive research and innovation in the context of advanced traffic engineering. The successful candidate will be involved in the development of competitive solutions in Intelligent Network Management systems.
Nov 8, 2016
Senior Research Scientist position on Applied Machine Learning (Statistical Learning)
The Network and Traffic Optimization research team of the Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab, Huawei France Research Center, located in the Paris area, is looking for candidates for a permanent research position on Machine Learning to commence by the end of the year. The research will focus on developing algorithms and novel network analysis schemes to drive research and innovation in the context of advanced traffic engineering. The successful candidate will be involved in the development of competitive solutions Intelligent Network Management systems.
Nov 8, 2016
Research Scientist position on Machine Learning (Operations Research)
The Network and Traffic Optimization research team of the Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab, Huawei France Research Center, located in the Paris area, is looking for candidates for a permanent research position on Operations Research to commence by the end of the year. The research will focus on developing algorithms and novel network analysis and decision schemes to drive research and innovation in the context of advanced traffic engineering. The successful candidate will be involved in the development of competitive solutions Intelligent Network Management systems.
Nov 8, 2016
Research Engineer Position 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 looking for candidates for a permanent research position in optical fiber communications to commence by the end of the year. The research will focus on developing algorithms and novel modulation schemes to drive research and innovation in the context of high-speed coherent optical communications. The successful candidate will be involved in the development of competitive solutions for complex fiber optical transmission systems.
Nov 3, 2016
Tenure Track Faculty Position in Applied Mathematics and Engineering, Queen's University
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Applied Mathematics and Mathematics and Engineering at the rank of Assistant Professor with a starting date of July 1, 2017.
Sep 24, 2016
Postdoctoral Researcher Position at Imperial College London
A postdoctoral researcher position is available at the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department of Imperial College London, to be supervised by Dr. Deniz Gunduz.
Sep 19, 2016
Assistant Professor position at Princeton University
The Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University has an opening for a tenure-track assistant professor faculty position.
Sep 16, 2016
New York University Department of Physics Faculty Positions in Hard Condensed Matter, Quantum Information and Atomic Molecular And Optical Physics
NYU Physics Faculty Positions in Hard Condensed Matter, Quantum Information and Atomic Molecular And Optical Physics
Sep 8, 2016
Postdoctoral Position at New York University
The position is jointly with NYU WIRELESS, Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT) and Center for Cyber-Security (CCS).
Sep 6, 2016
A Post-Doctoral Fellow (PDF) Position in Wireless Communication Theory
The successful PDF will be engaged in a project related to physical layer security either from an information or a communication theoretical point of view. Candidates with strong analytical skills in wireless communication theory are encouraged to apply. The successful PDF must hold a PhD In Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or other relevant disciplines. A high level of self-motivation, a strong publication record, very good English communication skills (oral and writing), and the ability to work independently, as well as, in a team are essential. The successful PDF may also be actively engaged in student mentoring. He/she will also be required to deliver regular reports related to the associated grant.
Jun 5, 2016

Jobs Board

Postdoc Positions in Communication, Quantum, Security, & ML
Arizona State University (ASU) and The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)

Arizona State University (ASU) and The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) are looking for

May 29, 2025
Research Assistant in Information Theory x 3
University of Cambridge

Up to three Research Assistant positions to work on Shannon Theory at the University of Cambridge.

May 21, 2025
PhD Position: Computing and Communicating in Learning Systems Fully Funded, at EURECOM on the French Riviera
EURECOM

Fully funded PhD on the French Riviera at EURECOM, exploring the future of computing and

May 16, 2025

News

Matt LaFleur is back!

The Society welcomes Matt LaFleur as its new Business Operations Manager.

Jun 5, 2025
2025 London Symposium on Information Theory and 2025 Cambridge Information Theory Colloquium

2025 London Symposium on Information Theory and 2025 Cambridge Information Theory Colloquium,

Jun 3, 2025
2025 James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars awarded to Peter Kairouz

The James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars recognizes outstanding

May 26, 2025
ISIT 2025 Quantum Hackathon Where Quantum Computing Meets Information Theory

Join the ISIT 2025 Quantum Hackathon! Compete June 2225 to solve real-world problems at the

May 13, 2025

News

Call for Nominations for the 2021 Padovani, Goldsmith and Distinguished Lecturers
The submission deadline is (extended to) November 15, 2020.
Oct 21, 2020
Registration for ISITA 2020 Is Now Open
Register now for the International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA2020), held as a virtual symposium October 2427. Plenary talks are held live by Zoom. Presentation videos are on-demand, and Gather is used for online chat and discussions.
Oct 20, 2020
51蹤獲 SPS 2020 PROGRESS (PROmotinG DiveRsity in Signal ProcESSing) Workshop
The 51蹤獲 Signal Processing Society (SPS) is launching PROGRESS - an initiative aiming to motivate and support women and under-represented minorities to pursue academic careers in signal processing.
Oct 8, 2020
Joy Thomas Has Passed Away
Joy Thomas, co-author of the seminal textbook "Elements of Information Theory" passed away on September 28, 2020 at the age of 57. Joy's career has included stints at IBM T J Watson Research Center and Google, and co-founding of two successful Silicon Valley companies.
Oct 6, 2020
Extension of Deadline for JSAIT Special Issue
The deadline for submission of papers for JSAIT's fifth issue (on Sequential, Active, and Reinforcement Learning) has been extended to Oct 15, 2020.
Sep 28, 2020
ITW 2020 - Deadline Extended to Oct. 20
In response to a number of requests, the submission deadline for ITW 2020 has been extended to Oct. 20, 2020. Notifications are postponed to Dec. 20. Virtual participation to the conference will be guaranteed for safety reasons related to the COVID pandemic.
Sep 25, 2020
Call for Papers: Entropy Special Issue on Information-Theoretic Aspects of Non-Orthogonal and Massive Access for Future Wireless Networks
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 publication process, please see https://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/special_issues/massive_access
Sep 23, 2020
IT Society Is Now on LinkedIn
The 51蹤獲 Information Theory Society now has a LinkedIn page. Follow our page to get the latest news and events from the IT Society in your LinkedIn feed.
Sep 8, 2020
ITW 2020: Upcoming Paper Submission Deadline
The 2020 51蹤獲 Information Theory Workshop (ITW) will be held in Riva del Garda from 1115, April 2021. Plenary speakers include Andrea Montanari, Andreas Krause, Emina Soljanin, Gabor Lugosi, Giuseppe Caire and Nina Balcan. Paper submission is currently open and the submission deadline is September 30. Virtual participation to the conference will be guaranteed for safety reasons related to the COVID pandemic.
Sep 7, 2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Science of Information
The Center for Science of Information (CSoI) invites applications for its CSoI Postdoctoral Research Fellows program to work with Wojtek Szpankowski, CSoI Director. CSoI seeks a postdoctoral researcher to work on broad intersections of information theory, machine learning, combinatorics, and design and analysis of algorithms.
Aug 14, 2020
JSAIT Privacy and Security of Information Systems Deadline Extension to Aug. 15
The deadline for paper submissions to JSAIT's special issue on Privacy and Security of Information Systems has been extended to August 15. This is a hard deadline.
Jul 28, 2020
Message to Transactions Authors: Citation of Journal Versions
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 51蹤獲 Transactions on Information Theory (or any other journal, if available).
Jul 17, 2020
Jorma J. Rissanen Has Passed Away
Jorma J. Rissanen passed away on May 9, 2020. Dr. Rissanen was a renowned information theorist with seminal contributions in source coding and was the 2009 Shannon Award winner of the 51蹤獲 Information Theory Society.
Jul 13, 2020
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Information Theory and Signal Processing in Machine Learning
The journal Entropy is arranging a Special Issue on "The Role of Signal Processing and Information Theory in Modern Machine Learning". Submission deadline: 30 November 2020
Jul 9, 2020
2020 Information Theory Society Paper Award Winners
The recipients of the 2020 Information Theory Society Paper Award are: Emmanuel Abbe, Afonso S. Bandeira, Georgina Hall Exact Recovery in the Stochastic Block Model and Elchanan Mossel, Joe Neeman, Allan Sly, Consistency Thresholds for the Planted Bisection Model.
Jul 1, 2020
Alon Orlitsky Named 2021 Claude E. Shannon Award Winner
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.
Jun 25, 2020
Free Online Screening of the Shannon Movie Friday, June 26 / Streaming June 26-28
You have two opportunities to watch the Shannon movie The Bit Player this weekend: through Zoom on Friday, June 26, at 11:10 am Pacific Time and on Vimeo June 2628.
Jun 24, 2020
Robert M. Gray Named Recipient of the 2020 Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award
The Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award of the IT Society has been instituted to honor an individual who has shown outstanding leadership in, and provided long-standing, exceptional service to, the Information Theory community.
Jun 23, 2020

Past meeting

BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2025, Ann Arbor, Michigan
This will be a hybrid meeting, in-person and on zoom, in conjunction with ISIT 2025.
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 51蹤獲 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