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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 91³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 91³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award is given to a paper of tutorial or survey nature that has appeared in an 91³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 91³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 91³Ô¹ÏÍø 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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91³Ô¹ÏÍø Globecom 2025 Workshop on Channel Coding beyond 5G: Call for Papers

Workshop on Channel Coding beyond 5G (in conjunction with 91³Ô¹ÏÍø 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

Faculty Position Announcement - University of Toronto
The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto invites applications for a faculty position at the Assistant/Associate Professor rank, with a start date of July 1, 2012, in the area of Communication Systems.
Sep 4, 2011
Postdoctoral Opportunities at the University of Melbourne
Up to four postdoctoral positions in wireless communications are available at the University of Melbourne.
Jun 9, 2011
Joint CS/EE Postdoctoral Opportunity at UT Austin
This is a joint postdoctoral position between Pradeep Ravikumar (CS, UT Austin) and Sriram Vishwanath (ECE, UT Austin)
Feb 23, 2011
Postdoctoral Position in Compressive Sensing at the University of Arizona
A Post-doctoral position in compressive sensing is available at the University of Arizona. The researcher will be working on the DARPA Knowledge Enhanced Compressive Measurement (KECoM) project.
Sep 14, 2010
Postdoctoral position in computational biology
A postdoc position at the BIO5 Institute for Collaborative Bioresearch, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Sep 13, 2009
Postdoctoral research fellowship in network coding
Postdoctoral position available, Institute of Network Coding, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jul 3, 2009

Jobs Board

Postdoctoral Fellow in Quantum Information Theory and Quantum Machine Learning
Simula UiB

We are seeking a candidate with a PhD degree to work in the exciting and rapidly evolving field of…

Jun 19, 2025
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

News

Live-Stream of Peter Shor's Shannon Lecture

This year's Shannon Lecture will be live-streamed via Zoom.

Jun 19, 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,…

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

News

Openings within the NICEST Lab @ UIC (Tuninetti, Devroye, Smida)
Several postdoctoral and PhD positions available within the NICEST lab at UIC, in network information theory and communication theory, with Profs Tuninetti, Devroye, and Smida.
Jul 18, 2019
JSAIT CFP: Deep Learning: Mathematical Foundations and Applications to Information Science
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT's inaugural issue will be on Deep Learning: Mathematical Foundations and Applications to Information Science.
Jul 5, 2019
PhD position in information/coding theory at Simula UiB
There is a vacancy for a PhD position in information/coding theory at the Department of Informatics. The position is for a fixed-term period of 4 years. The workplace is the research center Simula UiB AS, the position is within the Information Theory Section of Simula UiB.
Jul 4, 2019
Open PhD position on Coding Theory for Quantum Technology, Aalto University Finland
Open PhD position on Coding Theory for Quantum Technology, Aalto University Finland
Jul 3, 2019
ICT lab now hiring @ Eindhoven University of Technology
The Information and Communication Theory (ICT) Lab @TU/e is recruiting at all levels in the areas of communication and information theory.
Jul 2, 2019
The Chair of Theoretical Information Technology has an immediate opening for a Doctoral student; Postdoctoral student: Embedded Security / Physical Layer Security for Post Shannon Communication Systems (E13 TVL) (f/m/d)
The joint project "Post Shannon Communication," is being funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). In this joint project, transmission systems that go beyond Shannon's communication approach are to be developed in order to achieve more efficient information transmission for selected applications. The position is initially limited to three years. An extension is possible.
Jun 24, 2019
The Chair of Theoretical Information Technology has an immediate opening for a Doctoral student; Postdoctoral student: Information and Communication Theory for Post Shannon Communication Systems (E13 TVL) (f/m/d)
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) are funding the joint project „Post Shannon Communication“. In this joint project, transmission systems that go beyond Shannon's communication approach are to be developed in order to achieve more efficient information transmission for selected applications. The position is initially limited to three years. An extension is possible.
Jun 24, 2019
Redundancy 2019 in MIEM HSE, Moscow, Russia - Deadline 21 July
XVI International Symposium "Problems of Redundancy in Information and Control Systems" is the conference that covers a wide area of aspects of information and communication systems.
Jun 21, 2019
PhD Scholarship in Information Theory and Security
The School of Electrical Engineering and Computing at the University of Newcastle, Australia is offering a full PhD scholarship in information theory and security to both domestic and international applicants.
Jun 21, 2019
In Memoriam: Elwyn Berlekamp
Tribute to Elwyn Berlekamp, who passed away on April 9, 2019. Jim Omura writes about Elwyn's broad and substantial contributions to information theory, coding theory, and game theory
Jun 12, 2019
PhD Position in Information Theory and Statistics at Huawei Paris Research Center
The Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab, Huawei Paris Research Center, located in Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris area), is looking for PhD candidates to work in the area at the frontier between information theory and statistics, with application to learning and prediction. Topics include: multiterminal statistical theory, multiterminal data compression and estimation.
Jun 9, 2019
Post-doctoral position in statistical and information theoretic analysis of hardware security systems
Post-doctoral position under Professor Natasha Devroye and Professor Wenjing Rao.
Jun 5, 2019
Ph.D. Position in Statistical and Information Theoretic Analysis of Hardware Security Systems
Ph.D. opening at the University of Illinois at Chicago, supervised by Professor Natasha Devroye and Professor Wenjing Rao.
Jun 5, 2019
Postdoc Position at the Eindhoven University of Technology
Postdoc position available at the Information and Communication Theory Lab (ICT Lab), Eindhoven University of Technology, in the area of information theory applied to the nonlinear optical fibre channel.
May 28, 2019
Call for nominations for Executive Editor of the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Transactions on Information Theory (2019)
The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Information Theory Society (ITSoc) invites nominations for the position of Executive Editor of the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Transactions on Information Theory for an 18-month term, starting on January 1, 2020. It is expected that the Executive Editor (EE) will subsequently transition to Editor-in-Chief (EiC) on July 1, 2021, for an additional 18-month term, ending on December 31st, 2022.
May 24, 2019
In Memoriam: Robert J. McEliece
Tribute to Robert J. McEliece, who passed away May 8, 2019. Dariush Divsalar and Mario Blaum write about Bob's broad and substantial contributions to information theory, coding theory and cryptography.
May 14, 2019
Robert McEliece Has Passed Away
Shannon Award winner Robert McEliece passed away on May 8, 2019.
May 13, 2019
NextProf Nexus at Georgia Tech - Deadline June 10
The workshop aims to diversify the engineering professoriate by bringing 50-60 senior PhD students and postdocs together for an intensive 3-day bootcamp on the faculty search process.
May 9, 2019
In Memoriam: Hendrik Christoffel Ferreira
Tribute to Hendrik Ferreira, who passed away in November 2018.
May 9, 2019

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 91³Ô¹ÏÍø 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