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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 91勛圖厙 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 ITSocs 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 91勛圖厙 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 91勛圖厙 Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award is given to a paper of tutorial or survey nature that has appeared in an 91勛圖厙 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 ITSocs Schools of Information Theory, held for the benefit of students and postdoctoral researchers.
Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award
The 91勛圖厙 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 91勛圖厙 Information Theory Workshop will be held in the beautiful desert city of Tempe, Arizona, USA between November 14, 2026. We welcome original contributions across all areas of information theory.

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91勛圖厙 Globecom 2025 Workshop on Channel Coding beyond 5G: Call for Papers

Workshop on Channel Coding beyond 5G (in conjunction with 91勛圖厙 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)

Job list

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
Two 2-Year Post-Doc Positions at King's College London
King's College London
Two 2-year Post-Doc positions to work at the intersection of machine learning and information theory at King's College London with Prof. Osvaldo Simeone
Dec 5, 2022
Postdoc Positions in Mathematics at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
The Department of Mathematics at Virginia Tech invites applications for several Postdoctoral Associate positions.
Dec 3, 2022
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Faculty Position in Communications & Networking
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
There is an active search for a tenured/tenure-track faculty position in communications and networking at the Assistant and Associate Professor levels at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. All aspects of communications and networking are of interest.
Nov 30, 2022
Postdoc/PhD positions at University of Michigan
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Postdoc and PhD positions are available at the University of Michigan in the CSE theory group. PI: Mahdi Cheraghchi. Other faculty in the theory lab also have open positions. Please contact the PI with any questions.
Nov 21, 2022
University of Michigan
Postdoc in Control in Melbourne, Australia
Uni. Melbourne, Australia
Postdoc needed for a multidisciplinary project in autonomous robotics, until 31 Dec 2024.
Nov 17, 2022
PhD Position in Information Theoretic Security
Information Theory and Security Group, Link繹ping University, Sweden
We are looking for one or more PhD students to work on Information Theoretic Security at Link繹ping University in Sweden.
Nov 4, 2022
Link繹ping University
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Communication Systems
NJIT
NJIT has an opening for a faculty position (all ranks) in the area of communication systems for Fall 2023.
Nov 3, 2022
PhD/postdoc positions in Network Information Theory
University of Southampton and T矇l矇com SudParis
The University of Southampton and T矇l矇com SudParis are looking for candidates for PhD/postdoc positions in network information theory.
Nov 2, 2022
PhD Position in Quantum Coding and Information Theory
Simula UiB, Bergen, Norway
A PhD position in the area of quantum information theory is available at the Information Theory Section of Simula UiB, Bergen, Norway.
Oct 31, 2022
Simula UiB
Post-Doc position on Real-Time Communication Networks
EURECOM
There is an available Post-Doc position at EURECOM in the French Riviera on real-time communication networks.
Oct 21, 2022
EURECOM
PhD position on advanced technologies of future wireless networks
EURECOM
There is a PhD position on advanced technologies of future wireless networks at EURECOM.
Oct 21, 2022
EURECOM
Postdoc and Senior Researcher Positions at EURECOM, France
EURECOM
Open positions for postdoctoral and senior researchers in semantic communication at EURECOM located in the French Riviera.
Oct 14, 2022
Princeton University - Assistant, Associate, Full Professor in Quantum Science and engineering
Princeton University
Princeton University has an open assistant, associate, full professor position in quantum science and engineering
Oct 10, 2022
Princeton University
Assistant Professor in Communications and Networking
University of Texas at Austin
UT Austin has a faculty opening in communications, networking and/or sensing for the start of Fall 2023. We seek talented young scholars in both theoretical and applied research directions.
Oct 6, 2022
Postdoc Positions at King's College London
King's College London
There is an open two-year postdoc position at Kings College London to work with Prof. Osvaldo Simeone on AI for wireless communication systems. There are two positions available offered on a fixed term contract for 2 years
Oct 6, 2022
Doctoral Position in Data Science/Machine Learning
University of Vienna, Department for Statistics and Operations Research
The Research Network Data Science @ Uni Vienna invites applications for a doctoral position in the field of Machine Learning with applications for training load management in top-level sports.
Oct 5, 2022
Doctoral Position in Data Science/Machine Learning at the University of Vienna- Department for statistics and operations research
Faculty Position at All Levels in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan seeks candidates for faculty positions at all levels (assistant, associate & full professor) for Sept 2023 start. Candidates sought in areas of operations research, human factors & ergonomics, data analytics & related disciplines.
Oct 4, 2022
IOE Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University
Princeton University
Open position: Assistant Professor of ECE at Princeton University in robotics cyberphysical systems, computer systems design, computer architecture, security, data information science, integrated circuits systems, applied physics quantum, etc.
Sep 27, 2022
Princeton ECE
Faculty Opening at the University of Cambridge: Assistant/Associate Professor in Innovative Computational Methods
University of Cambridge
There is a faculty opening at the University of Cambridge for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Innovative Computational Methods https://tinyurl.com/3kx5udrc
Sep 14, 2022
University of Cambridge

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

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
Deadline Extension: Nominations for Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award
The submission deadline for the inaugural Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award has been extended to October 21, 2023.
Sep 28, 2023
Deadline Extension: JSAIT Issue on Information-Theoretic Methods for Trustworthy and Reliable Machine Learning
JSAIT is now accepting submissions for its issue on Information-Theoretic Methods for Trustworthy and Reliable Machine Learning. The deadline has been extended to October 22.
Sep 19, 2023
Call for Nominations: Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers
The 91勛圖厙 Information Theory Society invites nominations for the 2024 Padovani Lecturer, the 2024 Goldsmith Lecturer, and the 2024-2025 Distinguished Lecturers.
Aug 31, 2023
Call for Nominations: Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award
The Society is pleased to call for nominations for the inaugural 91勛圖厙 Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award. Submission deadline has been extended to October 22, 2023.
Aug 21, 2023
ISIT 2024: Call for Workshop Proposals
The organizing committee of ISIT 2024 is please to invite proposals for workshops to be held at the Symposium with the main goal of broadening the participation of researchers in sibling communities. https://2024.ieee-isit.org/workshops
Aug 20, 2023
Contributions for Society Newsletter
Please submit any contributions for the society newsletter by August 31, 2023.
Aug 13, 2023
JSAIT Special Issue Dedicated to the Memory of Toby Berger: Data, Physics, and Life Through the Lens of Information Theory
Call for Papers for JSAIT Issue on Data, Physics, and Life Through the Lens of Information Theory, dedicated to the memory of Toby Berger. Submission deadline November 15, 2023.
Aug 10, 2023
Shannon Award for 2024
The 91勛圖厙 Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Andrew Barron is the recipient of the Claude E. Shannon Award for consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory. He will deliver his Shannon Lecture at ISIT 2024
Jun 30, 2023
2023 Information Theory Society Paper Award Recipient
The 2023 Information Theory Society Paper Award goes to A unified framework for one-shot achievability via the Poisson matching lemma by C. T. Li and V. Anantharam.
Jun 27, 2023
JSAIT Special Issue on Information-Theoretic Methods for Trustworthy and Reliable Machine Learning
Call for Papers for JSAIT Issue on Information-Theoretic Methods for Trustworthy and Reliable Machine Learning. Submission deadline October 2, 2023.
Jun 22, 2023
Ning Cai, Pioneer of Network Coding, Passed Away at the Age of 75
Ning Cai, who pioneered the field of network coding, passed away on May 25, 2023 at the age of 75.
Jun 9, 2023
Contributions for Society Newsletter
Please submit any contributions for the society newsletter by June 15, 2023.
May 25, 2023
Special Issue CFP: Plenty of Room at the Bottom: Ten Years of DNA-Based Data Storage
CFP: special issue of 91勛圖厙 TMBMC places the spotlight on the problems and solutions related to storing digital information on synthetic DNA strands. The special issue will focus on coding and information-theoretic aspects of these data storage systems.
May 22, 2023
2023 ComSoc/ITSoc Joint Paper Award Recipients Named
The IT Society is pleased to announce that "Age of Information in Random Access Channels" by X. Chen, K. Hassani, H. Gatsis and S. S. Bidokhti has received the 2023 ComSoc/ITSoc Joint Paper Award
May 11, 2023
Reminder: 2023 North American School of Information Theory (Early Registration deadline: April 30)
The 2023 North American School of Information Theory is approaching fast. The early registration deadline is April 30, 2023.
Apr 27, 2023
DeepVerse 6G Machine Learning Challenge - Registration Deadline: May 20th
The Student and Outreach Subcommittee of the Information Theory Society is proud to present a student challenge titled DeepVerse 6G Machine Learning Challenge, a virtual event open to all ITSoc student members.
Apr 21, 2023
Call for Posters: 2nd 6G Wireless Foundations Forum (Deadline Extended)
The poster submission deadline for the 2nd 6G Wireless Foundations Forum has been extended to May 1, 2023
Apr 21, 2023
Abraham Lempel, Pioneer of Lossless Data Compression, Passed Away
Abraham Lempel passed away on February 4, 2023 at the age of 86. Together with Jacob Ziv, he developed the LZ77 and LZ78 universal compression algorithms.
Apr 17, 2023
Reminder: 91勛圖厙 GLOBECOM'23 Main Symposium on CISS
For this year's 91勛圖厙 GLOBECOM main symposium on Communication and Information System Security (CISS), we encourage submission of papers that apply information-theoretic security and privacy metrics, analyses, and methods. Deadline April 15, 2023
Apr 10, 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 91勛圖厙 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