Information Theory Society
The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Information Theory Society is the premier professional society dedicated to the advancement of the mathematical underpinnings of information technology for the benefit of humanity. Information theory encompasses the processing, transmission, storage, and use of information, and the foundations of the communication process.
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A gathering of videos, books and more that show how information theory impacts our lives.
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The Student and Outreach Subcommittee plans student and outreach activities at symposia and workshops.
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The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Information Theory Society Newsletter connects our members and is published four times a year.  Beginning with the March 2022 issue, the Newsletter is online only.Upcoming Events
The Information Theory Society's upcoming conferences, workshops and schools
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Sydney, Australia
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2025 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Information Theory Workshop (ITW)
The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Information Theory Workshop (ITW) will be held in Sydney, Australia, Sep. 29 - Otc. 3, 2025.
07-11
Dec
The University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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The 11th International Workshop on Signal Design and its Applications in Communications(IWSDA'25)
The 11th International Workshop on Signal Design and its Applications in Communications(IWSDA'25) will be held at The University of Melbourne,…
News
2025 Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award Recipients Named
The three winning papers were announced during the banquet at ISIT 2025.
Jul 17, 2025
Call for Nominations: Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award
The Society solicits nominations for the 2026 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award. Deadline:…
Jul 14, 2025
Call for Nominations: Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers
The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Information Theory Society solicits nominations for the 2026 Padovani Lecturer, the 2026…
Jul 14, 2025
Shannon Award for 2026
The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Frans Willems is the recipient of…
Jun 26, 2025
Conferences
Nov 08, 2025
The Cornell Club - New York, 6 East 44th Street New York, NY 10017
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting, NYC - November 2025
03-05 Sep, 2025
Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Workshop on Distributed Computing, Optimization and Learning
The 2025 Workshop on Distributed Computing, Optimization and Learning takes place at the campus of…
01-03 Oct, 2025
Oulu, Finland
ICNSC 2025
Call for Participation & Papers - 2025 International Conference on Networking, Sensing, and…
Jobs Board
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Information Theory and Biological Information Processing
York University
Postdoctoral fellowship available in information theory and biological information processing at…
Aug 19, 2025
PhD position in coding theory for distributed computing
DTU
Fully Funded 3-Year PhD Fellowship — Coding and Visual Communication Group, DTU Electro (via DARA…
Aug 14, 2025
Postdoctoral Positions in the Information Theory, Probability and Statistics Unit
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
We seek two strong candidates with a PhD in IT or Mathematics to work at the intersection of…
Jun 24, 2025
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Recent Journal Issues
91³Ô¹ÏÍø Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory
JSAIT is a multi-disciplinary journal of special issues.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø BITS the Information Theory Magazine
BITS publishes tutorial articles on broad research areas viewed through an information-theoretic lens.
Research In Information Theory
Selected papers on information theory from our journals and conferences
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
An m-uniform quantum state on n qubits is an entangled state in which every m-qubit subsystem is maximally mixed. Starting with an m-uniform state realized as the graph state associated with an m-regular graph, and a classical n,k,d≥m+1 binary linear code with certain additional properties, we show that pure [n,k,m+1]]2 quantum error-correcting codes (QECCs) can be constructed within the codeword stabilized (CWS) code framework. As illustrations, we construct pure [[22r-1,22r-2r-3,3]]2 and [[(24r-1)2,(24r-1)2-32r-7,5]]2 QECCs.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
The standard approach to universal fault-tolerant quantum computing is to develop a general purpose quantum error correction mechanism that can implement a universal set of logical gates fault-tolerantly. Given such a scheme, any quantum algorithm can be realized fault-tolerantly by composing the relevant logical gates from this set. However, we know that quantum computers provide a significant quantum advantage only for specific quantum algorithms.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
The number of degrees of freedom (NDoF) in a communication channel fundamentally limits the number of independent spatial modes available for transmitting and receiving information. Although the NDoF can be computed numerically for specific configurations using singular value decomposition (SVD) of the channel operator, this approach provides limited physical insight. In this paper, we introduce a simple analytical estimate for the NDoF between arbitrarily shaped transmitter and receiver regions in free space.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
We consider a molecular channel, in which messages are encoded to the frequency of objects in a pool, and whose output during reading time is a noisy version of the input frequencies, as obtained by sampling with replacement from the pool. Motivated by recent DNA storage techniques, we focus on the regime in which the input resolution is unlimited.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
This paper studies achievable rates of nanopore-based DNA storage when nanopore signals are decoded using a tractable channel model that does not rely on a basecalling algorithm. Specifically, the noisy nanopore channel (NNC) with the Scrappie pore model generates average output levels via i.i.d. geometric sample duplications corrupted by i.i.d. Gaussian noise (NNC-Scrappie). Simplified message passing algorithms are derived for efficient soft decoding of nanopore signals using NNC-Scrappie.
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.
