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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: October 15th, 2025.
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 Goldsmith Lecturer, and the 2026-2027 Distinguished Lecturers.
Jul 14, 2025
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAC Special Issue on Secure Communication, Sensing, and Computation in Future Intelligent Wireless Networks
We invite high-quality works to be submitted to the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAC special issue on "Secure Communication, Sensing, and Computation in Future Intelligent Wireless Networks" by July 15, 2025.
Jul 3, 2025
Shannon Award for 2026
The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Frans Willems is the recipient of the 2026 Claude E. Shannon Award for consistent and profound contributions to information theory. He will deliver his Shannon Lecture at ISIT 2026
Jun 26, 2025
Recipients of the 2025 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Communication Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award: Yifeng Xiong, Fan Liu, Yuanhao Cui, Weijie Yuan, Tony Xiao Han, and Giuseppe Caire
The Joint Paper Award recognizes outstanding papers that lie at the intersection of communications and information theory.
Jun 26, 2025
2025 Information Theory Society Paper Award Recipients Named
The winners of the 2025 ITSoc Paper Award were announced at the ISIT 2025 awards session.
Jun 26, 2025
2025 ITSoc Chapter of the Year Announced!
The Benelux Section Chapter has been named the 2025 Chapter of the Year.
Jun 24, 2025
91³Ô¹ÏÍø ITW 2025 Travel Grants – Apply by 13 July!
We are excited to announce that travel grant applications for 91³Ô¹ÏÍø ITW 2025 are now open! If you are a student or early-career researcher with an accepted paper, don’t miss this opportunity to receive financial support to attend the workshop in person.
Jun 22, 2025
Live-Stream of Peter Shor's Shannon Lecture
This year's Shannon Lecture will be live-streamed via Zoom.
Jun 19, 2025
Celebrating 75 years of Information Theory Symposia
The Year 2025 marks 75 years after the first known information theory symposium was held in London, September 26-29, 1950. To celebrate, we are inviting members of the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Information Theory Society to help us create a picture mosaic of our members.
Jun 17, 2025
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, Cambridge 14-16 May 2025
Jun 3, 2025
Call for expressions of interest for TPC membership of ISIT 2026
The organizers of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø ISIT 2026, to be held in Guangzhou, China from June 30 to July 3 2026, are calling for expressions of interest for the membership of the Technical Program Committee (TPC) for this event.
May 26, 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 achievement in research and teaching by young scholars in the Information Theory community. The recipient of the 2025 award is Peter Kairouz.
May 26, 2025
JSAIT Special Issue "Energy and Data Efficiency in Artificial Intelligence"
Journal on Selected Area in Information Theory (JSAIT) Special Issue "Energy and Data Efficiency in Artificial Intelligence." Continuous submission until November 15, 2025. /jsait
May 20, 2025
JSAIT Special Issue "Theoretical Foundations for 6G-and-Beyond Wireless Networks"
Journal on Selected Area in Information Theory (JSAIT) Special Issue "Theoretical Foundations for 6G-and-Beyond Wireless Networks." Continuous submission until September 15th, 2025. /jsait
May 20, 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 intersection of quantum computing and information theory.
Participation is hybrid: either online or in person.
Registration closes June 10!
May 13, 2025
Deadline for Early Registration at NASIT 2025 Extended
The deadline for early registration at NASIT 2025 has been extended to May 17th!
May 12, 2025
2025 Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award awarded to Neha Sangwan
The Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award is given 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.
May 4, 2025
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