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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 51ÂÜÀò 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 51ÂÜÀò 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 51ÂÜÀò Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award is given to a paper of tutorial or survey nature that has appeared in an 51ÂÜÀò 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 51ÂÜÀò 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 51ÂÜÀò Information Theory Workshop will be held in the beautiful desert city of Tempe, Arizona, USA between November 1–4, 2026. We welcome original contributions across all areas of information theory.

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

Workshop on Channel Coding beyond 5G (in conjunction with 51ÂÜÀò 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)

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Job list

Post-Doc Positions at King's College London
King's College London
We are advertising for two two-year post-doctoral positions at King’s College London, to work with Professor Osvaldo Simeone at the intersection of distributed Bayesian learning and communication networks.
Sep 4, 2023
Tenure-Track Position in Post-quantum Cryptography and Coding Theory
Virginia Tech
Tenure-track position at Virginia Tech in post-quantum cryptography and coding theory. www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/22896
Sep 2, 2023
ERC-Funded Postdoctoral Position on Information Theory and Coding
Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye
Postdoctoral researcher positions in coding and information theory are available at Bilkent University for an ERC-funded project: TRANCIDS. Full-time, benefits-eligible positions, with highly competitive salaries.
Aug 28, 2023
Postdoc Positions in Communications, Security, & ML
The University of Kansas (KU) and The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)
The University of Kansas (KU) and The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) are looking for postdoctoral fellows to join a research project sponsored by the NSF/DoD on Secure Communication.
Aug 19, 2023
Tenure-Track Professorship in the Field of Foundations of Machine Learning in Finance at the University of Vienna
University of Vienna, Faculty of Economics
At the Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Foundations of Machine Learning in Finance .
Aug 1, 2023
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Two-year Postdoc Opening in Communications and Coding for Channels with Memory
Chalmers University of Technology
Two-year postdoc position at Chalmers in communications and coding for channels with memory. The project targets optical channels with burst errors. Candidates should have a PhD in error-control coding or related subjects.
May 31, 2023
Chalmers University of Technology
Postdoc Position in Coding for Physical Layer Security
Laboratoire ETIS (CY Cergy Paris Université, ENSEA, CNRS), France
A one year postdoc position in finite block-length coding for physical layer security is available at the ETIS laboratory (CY Université / ENSEA / CNRS) located in Cergy-Pontoise, France (30 km from Paris). Starting date: December 2023 (flexible)
May 31, 2023
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PhD Position on the Intersection of Information and Control Theories, Estimation and Machine Learning
EURECOM
There is an open PhD position at EURECOM, Sophia-Antipolis, on the intersection of information and control, estimation and learning.
May 12, 2023
Two Doctoral Student Positions
Linköping University
Open positions: two doctoral students within semantics-aware goal-oriented communications at Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Department of Computer and Information Science.
May 11, 2023
Postdoctoral Position at the Interface of Information Theory, High Dimensional Inference and Quantitative Genomics
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Groups of @MMondelli and Matthew Robinson at @ISTAustria looking for postdoctoral scholar at the interface of Information Theory, High Dimensional Inference and Quantitative Genomics. Candidates supported via NOMIS and IST-BRIDGE fellowships.
May 6, 2023
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Postdoc Positions in Information Theory, Learning and Communications
Imperial College London
Information Processing and Communications Laboratory (IPC-Lab) at Imperial College London is looking for postdoctoral researchers to work in the areas of information theory, machine learning, coding and communications.
May 1, 2023
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Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Applications of Information and Coding Theory
Information Coding Division, Linköping University, Sweden
Information Coding Division (ICG) at Linköping University invites highly motivated and skilled candidates to apply for a Postdoctoral Researcher position to conduct research in Applications of Information and Coding Theory.
Apr 21, 2023
Postdoctoral Position in Econometrics
University of Vienna, Department of Statistics & Operations Research
The Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of Vienna invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the field of econometrics.
Apr 4, 2023
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Postdoc Position at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Postdoc positions at the Chinese University of Hong Kong to collaborate with Prof. Amin Gohari and Prof. Farzan Farnia at the intersection of machine learning and information theory.
Mar 31, 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher Position on Information Theory and Coding
Bilkent University
Immediate openings for postdocs on insertion/deletion channels and DNA storage at Bilkent University for a European Research Council (ERC) Project. Full-time, benefits-eligible positions, with highly competitive salaries.
Mar 3, 2023
Postdoc Positions in Wireless Communications
University of Hawaii
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Hawaii is looking for two postdocs in energy efficient wireless communications. One postdoc will work on information theory while the other will work on transceiver hardware modeling
Feb 22, 2023
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Postdoctoral Position in Econometrics and Statistics
University of Vienna-Department of Statistics and Operations Research
The University of Vienna invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the field of Econometrics and Statistics, with particular but not exclusive focus on financial markets and quantitative finance.
Feb 10, 2023
Postdoctoral Position in Econometrics and Statistics
University of Vienna-Department of statistics and operations research
The Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of Vienna invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the field of Econometrics and Statistics
Dec 7, 2022
Faculty Opening in Deep Learning
University of Toronto
The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in Deep Learning.
Dec 6, 2022
Faculty Position in Wireless
New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi
The Division of Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position. We are looking to hire in the broad area of wireless communications: https://apply.interfolio.com/117950
Dec 6, 2022

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 22–25 to solve real-world problems at the…

May 13, 2025

News

Call for Contributions: Workshop on Coding Theory and Algorithms for DNA-based Data Storage (ISIT2024 Satellite Workshop)
We invite you to submit your work for presentation at the first ISIT Satellite Workshop on Coding Theory and Algorithms for DNA-based Data Storage. The submission portal is still open until April 15, 2024. More information: https://go.tum.de/179751 .
Apr 3, 2024
Call for tutorials - ITW 2024, Shenzhen, China
51ÂÜÀò ITW 2024, to be held in Shenzhen, China, is calling for half-day tutorial proposals that provide clear and focused teaching material covering new and emerging topics within the scope of the conference.
Mar 17, 2024
Call for Papers: 2024 The International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA2024)
ISITA2024 will be held on November 10–13, 2024 , at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, TAIWAN. We are happy to announce that the submission page of ISITA2024 is now open!
Mar 14, 2024
James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars
Nominations are called for the James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars, closing date March 15.
Mar 11, 2024
[Deadline extended to March 17] 'Learn to Compress' Workshop (ISIT2024 Satellite Workshop)
The goal of this workshop is to foster dialogue between researchers working on machine learning and information-theoretic aspects of data compression. We also welcome all recent works that have been published or have been undergoing review elsewhere.
Mar 3, 2024
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
ISIT 2024: Call for Tutorial Proposals
The 2024 51ÂÜÀò International Symposium on Information Theory seeks half-day tutorial proposals, which should provide clear and focused teaching material covering new and emerging topics within the scope of the conference.
Feb 26, 2024
Lloyd Welch passed away at the age of 96
Lloyd Welch, an esteemed mathematician and electrical engineer, whose research career has had a profound impact on digital communications, coding theory, and signal processing, passed away on December 28, 2023, at the age of 96.
Jan 23, 2024
Alexander Barg Awarded 2024 51ÂÜÀò Hamming Medal
51ÂÜÀò Information Theory Society congratulates member Alexander Barg for receiving the 2024 51ÂÜÀò Hamming Medal.
Jan 21, 2024
ISIT 2024 -- Athens, Greece, July 2024 - Call for submissions
All are invited to submit work to the 2024 51ÂÜÀò International Symposium on Information Theory, to be held in Athens, Greece, July 7-12, 2024. Andrew Barron is the 2024 Shannon Lecturer.
Jan 4, 2024
Call for Papers: The 7th INFOCOM Age and Semantics of Information Workshop
You are invited to submit your latest work to the 7th Age and Semantics of Information Workshop in conjunction with 51ÂÜÀò INFOCOM 2024, Vancouver, Canada, May 20, 2024. Paper submission deadline is January 7, 2024.
Dec 6, 2023
Contributions for Society Newsletter
Please submit any contributions for the society newsletter by December 15, 2023.
Nov 30, 2023
2024-2025 Distinguished Lecturers
The 51ÂÜÀò Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Aditya Ramamoorthy, Anand Sarwate, Anelia Somekh-Baruch, Si-Hyeon Lee, and Vinod Prabhakaran have been named Distinguished Lecturers for 2024-2025.
Nov 28, 2023
Meir Feder Named 2024 Padovani Lecturer
The 51ÂÜÀò Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Meir Feder of Tel Aviv University has been named the 2024 Padovani Lecturer.
Nov 28, 2023
2023 ITSoc Chapter of the Year Announced
The Sweden Vehicular Technology/Communications/Information Theory (VT/COM/IT) joint chapter has been named the 2023 Chapter of the Year.
Nov 28, 2023
Antonia Wachter-Zeh Awarded 2023 Johann-Philipp-Reis Prize
Antonia Wachter-Zeh received the 2023 Johann-Philipp-Reis Prize for her exceptional contributions to cryptography and coding theory.
Nov 18, 2023
Deadline Extension (December 15th): JSAIT Special Issue Dedicated to the Memory of Toby Berger
The deadline has been extended to December 15 for the JSAIT issue on Call for Papers for JSAIT Issue on Data, Physics, and Life Through the Lens of Information Theory, dedicated to the memory of Toby Berger.
Nov 17, 2023
Mary Wootters Named 2024 Goldsmith Lecturer
We are pleased to announce that the 2024 Goldsmith Lecturer is Mary Wootters of Stanford University. She will deliver the Goldsmith Lecture at one of the Information Theory Schools next year. Congratulations, Mary!
Nov 9, 2023
Deadline Re-Extension (Oct 29): JSAIT Issue on Information-Theoretic Methods for Trustworthy and Reliable Machine Learning
The deadline has been extended to October 29 for the JSAIT issue on Information-Theoretic Methods for Trustworthy and Reliable Machine Learning.
Oct 20, 2023

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 51ÂÜÀò 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