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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.
Awards
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.
Events
Conferences, Workshops & Meetings
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Deadline Extension: 2025 Asia Pacific Workshop on Data Science and Information Theory (APWDSIT'25)
The deadline for paper submission to the 2025 Asia Pacific Workshop on Data Science and Information Theory (APWDSIT'25) , Shenzhen, China, has been extended to July 6, 2025 (AoE).
Conferences
Nov 08, 2025
The Cornell Club - New York, 6 East 44th Street New York, NY 10017
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting, NYC - November 2025
Aug 26, 2025
Hanoi, Vietnam
International Workshop on Secure and Efficient Federated Learning within ACM ASIA CCS
Workshop on Secure and Efficient Federated Learning will be held in parallel with 20th ACM AsiaCCS…
Aug 26, 2025
Hanoi, Vietnam
Protect-IT’25, 2nd Workshop on Security, Privacy and Information Theory
Protect-IT’25, 2nd Workshop on Security, Privacy and Information Theory, will be held in parallel…
Job list
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
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
News
Graduate student openings in Michael Langberg's group, EE @ SUNY at Buffalo.
I have two openings for PhD students in my group in the Electrical Engineering Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB). One opening is in the fields of Network Information Theory, Network Coding, Index Coding and a second in the study of dimension reduction and "core-sets" in the context of Big Data analysis.
Jul 26, 2015
CFP: Proceedings of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Special Issue on Foundations and Applications of Science of Information
Manuscripts are solicited for a Proceedings of the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Special issue on 'Foundations and Applications of Science of Information'. Manuscript deadline is August 31, 2015.
Jul 15, 2015
2016 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Technical Field Award Recipients
The 2016 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Technical Field Award Recipients were announced this week.
Jun 26, 2015
Photos and video from ITW 2015 in Jerusalem
The organizers of ITW 2015 in Jerusalem have uploaded a number of photos and video from the workshop, including a panel on the history of information theory with Anthony Ephremides, Robert Gallager, Andrew Viterbi, G. David Forney, Sergio Verdú, and Jacob Ziv.
Jun 23, 2015
North American School of IT
The 2015 North American School of Information Theory (NASIT) will be held on August 10-13, 2015, at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla.
Jun 23, 2015
Prof. Namrata Vaswani (http://www.ece.iastate.edu/~namrata) Looking for a Postdoc and/or a Graduate Student
Prof. Namrata Vaswani (http://www.ece.iastate.edu/~namrata) is looking for a postdoc and/or Ph.D. student. Her research lies at the intersection of signal/information processing and machine learning for high dimensional problems. In recent years, her group has worked on developing and analyzing online algorithms for various high-dimensional structured data recovery problems such as online sparse matrix recovery (recursive recovery of sparse vector sequences) or dynamic compressed sensing, online robust principal components' analysis (PCA) and online matrix completion, sparse PCA etc.
Jun 22, 2015
In memoriam: Carlos R. P. Hartmann
Dr. Carlos R. P. Hartmann's tribute
Jun 12, 2015
91³Ô¹ÏÍø amendment
91³Ô¹ÏÍø amendment
Jun 11, 2015
WITHITS videos available
Several videos produced by Women in Information Theory (WITHITS) are now available online.
May 26, 2015
2014 Call for Nominations for 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Data Storage Best Paper Awards
Call for nominations for 2014 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Data Storage Technical Committee
(a) Best paper award
(b) Best student paper award
Nomination deadline: June 30th 2015
May 19, 2015
ISIT 2015 Recent Results Poster Session
Authors are encouraged to submit original, unpublished results in information theory for the Recent Results Poster Session.
May 4, 2015
Postdoctoral position at NCTU
We are looking for an outstanding candidate for the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the area of green networking and communication for 5G cellular networks.
Apr 22, 2015
Robert Ash (1935-2015)
Information Theorist Robert Ash passed away on April 15, 2015, after being struck by a car while crossing the street in Urbana, IL.
Apr 19, 2015
Han Vinck named recipient of the 2015 Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award
Han Vinck named recipient of the 2014 Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award for his longstanding contributions to the society.
Apr 16, 2015
ESIT2015 Program Is online now
Apr 15, 2015
PhD positions in information theory and interactive communications at Tel Aviv University, Israel
Two PhD positions are now available in the Department of Electrical Engineering - Systems at Tel Aviv University, Israel, in the fields of information theory and interactive communications. Starting immediately for up to two years. Funded by the European Research Committee (ERC).
Apr 14, 2015
91³Ô¹ÏÍø Information Theory Society Newsletter: call for contributions.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø Information Theory Society Newsletter: call for contributions.
Apr 1, 2015
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 @ ITA 2025, San Diego, California
This will be a hybrid meeting on zoom.
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.
BoG meeting @ ISIT 2012, Cambridge, MA
BoG meeting July 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
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.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
In this paper, we consider a recent channel model of a nanopore sequencer proposed by McBain, Viterbo, and Saunderson (2024), termed the noisy nanopore channel (NNC). In essence, an NNC is a duplication channel with structured, Markov inputs, that is corrupted by memoryless noise. We first discuss a (tight) lower bound on the capacity of the NNC in the absence of random noise. Next, we present lower and upper bounds on the channel capacity of general noisy nanopore channels.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
The central problem in sequence reconstruction is to find the minimum number of distinct channel outputs required to uniquely reconstruct the transmitted sequence. According to Levenshtein’s work in 2001, this number is determined by the size of the maximum intersection between the error balls of any two distinct input sequences of the channel. In this work, we study the sequence reconstruction problem for the q-ary single-deletion single-substitution channel for any fixed integer q≥2.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
In DNA sequencing, we often need to infer an unknown sequence from a collection of its corrupted copies. Each copy cannot faithfully tell the truth due to DNA fragmentation, point mutations, and measurement errors. The theoretical guarantee of unique reconstruction is thus of concern. This motivated the study of sequence reconstruction problems three decades ago. Recently, synthetic DNA has been regarded as an ultra-dense data storage medium. Sequence reconstruction is a crucial step in achieving reliable and efficient data readout.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
Recent advancements in DNA storage show that composite DNA letters can significantly enhance storage capacity. We model this process as a multinomial channel and propose an optimization algorithm to determine its capacity-achieving input distribution (CAID) for an arbitrary number of output reads. Our empirical results match a scaling law that determines that the support size grows exponentially with capacity.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
In this work, we present a generalization of the recently proposed quantum Tanner codes by Leverrier and Zémor, which contains a construction of asymptotically good quantum low-density parity-check codes. Quantum Tanner codes have so far been constructed equivalently from groups, Cayley graphs, or square complexes constructed from groups. We show how to enlarge this to graphs with labeled local views and a family of square complexes, which is the largest possible in a certain sense.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
Emerging DNA storage technologies use composite DNA letters, where information is represented by a probability vector, leading to higher information density and lower synthesis costs. However, it faces the problem of information leakage in sharing the DNA vessels among untrusted vendors. This paper introduces an asymptotic ramp secret sharing scheme (ARSSS) for secret information storage using composite DNA letters.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
In this paper, we study error exponents for an index-based concatenated coding based class of DNA storage codes in which the number of reads performed can be variable. That is, the decoder can sequentially perform reads and choose whether to output the final decision or take more reads, and we are interested in minimizing the average number of reads performed rather than a fixed pre-specified value.
Upcoming Events
The Information Theory Society's upcoming conferences, workshops and schools
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Sep
03
Oct
Sydney, Australia
Deadline:
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
Deadline:
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,…