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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

NYU Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position in Wireless Communications
New York University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
NYU is hiring in all areas of wireless systems including antennas, circuits, communications theory, information theory, machine learning, networking, radio propagation, signal processing, sensing, security, and applications. https://apply.interfolio.com/94689
Sep 20, 2021
Director of Simula UiB
Simula UiB
Open Position: Director of Simula UiB
Sep 17, 2021
Postdoctoral Position in Coding and Information Theory
University of Maryland, Institute for Systems Research and Department of ECE
A postdoctoral position in areas related to coding and information theory is available at the University of Maryland. The position is in one of the following research areas: (1) Uniform distributions in coding, communication, and algorithms; (2) Storage codes on graphs and recoverable systems.
Aug 16, 2021
Post-Doctoral Position in Coding and Information Theory
Simula UiB
A post-doctoral position in the area of information-theoretic security and cryptography is available at Simula UiB, Bergen, Norway. We are looking for a candidate with a strong background in algebraic coding and privacy-preserving technologies in general.
Aug 16, 2021
Full Professor of Communications Engineering and Satellite Communications
Graz University of Technology, Austria
Graz University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical & Information Engineering, seeks to appoint a Full Professor of Communications Engineering and Satellite Communications starting July 1, 2022. The position is tenured according to the Austrian University Act.
Jul 29, 2021
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Faculty Position at Tehran Institute for Advanced Studies
Tehran Institute for Advanced Studies
Tehran Institute for Advanced Studies (TeIAS) invites applications for tenured and tenure-track faculty positions in the broad areas of Computer Science, Statistics and other related areas. Priority is given to candidates with a background in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Information Theory. Nevertheless, exceptional candidates with expertise in all other related areas will also be considered.
Jul 28, 2021
Faculty Position in Information Processing and Communications
Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris
Open Faculty Position in Information Processing and Communications at Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris. Particular interest is in candidates with a multidisciplinary research orientation broadly related to the fields of information processing, communications, and security. Candidates performing research fundamental in nature are particularly encouraged to apply. The position is equivalent to a tenured Assistant Professor position.
Jul 25, 2021
Postdoc Positions at INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France
INRIA
Open postdoctoral positions at INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, in the broad intersection of information theory, game theory, and artificial intelligence.
Jul 23, 2021
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PhD Scholarship on Coding for Uncoordinated Multiple Access
Munich Aerospace / TU Munich (TUM) / German Aerospace Center (DLR)
PhD Scholarship on Coding for Uncoordinated Multiple Access at Munich Aerospace / TU Munich (TUM) / German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Jul 7, 2021
Postdoc Position on GRAND
MIT
Open PostDoc position. Will work in Prof. M矇dards Network Coding and Reliable Communications Group in the Research Laboratory for Electronics at MIT. Their research will be conducted in close collaboration with Prof. Rabia Yazicigil (Boston University), Prof. Ken Duffy (Maynooth University), and Prof. Anantha Chandrakasan (MIT).
Jun 28, 2021
Postdoc Opportunity on Federated Learning
USC-Amazon Center on Secure and Trusted Machine Learning
Postdoctoral scholar opportunity at the University of Southern California (USC), in the new USC-Amazon Center on Secure and Trusted Machine Learning, focusing on Federated Learning under the supervision of Prof. Avestimehr. More specifically, we are looking for a candidate with a strong theoretical foundations in machine learning and information theory, while being motivated to apply the theory to practical datasets and problems.
Jun 11, 2021
PhD Positions at University of Siegen, Germany
University of Siegen
There are vacancies for multiple PhD positions at the Chair of Communications Engineering and Security (Prof. Rafael Schaefer) at the University of Siegen, Germany. The positions are initially limited to three years with a possible extension. The positions are part of projects funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Jun 9, 2021
Faculty Position in Quantum Information and Computation
Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris
Permanent faculty position open at Telecom Paris,Institut Polytechnique de Paris,at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level, in the general area of the Theory of Quantum Information and Computation. Deadline for applications: August 27th, 2021
May 21, 2021
Postdoctoral Position
University of Pennsylvania
Open postdoctoral position at University of Pennsylvania on problems at the interface of information theory, learning, and network sciences.
May 18, 2021
Penn
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Science of Information
Center for Science of Information, Purdue University
The Center for Science of Information (CSoI) seeks a postdoctoral researcher to work on broad intersections of information theory, machine learning, combinatorics, quantum information and design and analysis of algorithms.
Apr 18, 2021
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Post-Doctoral Researcher in Distributed Computing
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Post-Doctoral Researcher in Distributed Computing at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Apr 13, 2021
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on Data Privacy
University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia
There is an exciting postdoc (research associate) opportunity at UNSW Canberra, Australia, to conduct cutting-edge research on data privacy, at the cross section of information theory and computer science. The postdoctoral fellowship is offered for 18 months and comes with an attractive salary package.
Mar 17, 2021
Open Postdoc Positions
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid has published a call for postdoctoral fellowships. These fellowships have a duration of 3 years at an annual gross salary of 35.000. The deadline for applications is March 21, 2021.
Mar 2, 2021
Postdoctoral Position in Machine Learning and Information Theory
IST Austria
Postdoc position in machine learning and information theory supervised by Prof. Marco Mondelli is available.
Feb 26, 2021
Tenure-Track and Tenured Positions in Communications
New York University Abu Dhabi
The Division of Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi is searching for distinguished scholars to conduct important research and teach the next generation of global leaders.
Feb 25, 2021

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

ITW 2022 Call for Tutorials/Paper Submission
The 2022 Information Theory Workshop seeks proposals for 2.5 hour tutorials. Paper submission deadline has been extended to 13th of May.
May 5, 2022
Attention Students of the Information Theory Society! ISIT 2022 Information Theoretic Duets Contest
The Student and Outreach Subcommittee of the Information Theory Society is proud to present the Information Theoretic Duets Contest, an event open to all ITSoc student members.
May 2, 2022
Contributions for Society Newsletter
Please submit any contributions for the society newsletter by May 10, 2022.
Apr 28, 2022
Registration Now Open! North American School of Information Theory August 16-19, 2022, in Los Angeles
Registration Now Open! NASIT 2022 in person in LA August 16-19. Spkrs inc Padovani Lecturer Elza Erkip, Shannon lecturers Alon Orlitsky & Erdal Arikan, Ubli Mitra, Victoria Kostina, Christina Fragouli. Spots filling. nasit-2022.seas.ucla.edu
Apr 20, 2022
Call for Papers: Deep Learning Methods for Inverse Problems, 91勛圖厙 Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory
This special issue aims to advance cutting-edge research in deep learning methods for inverse problems, with an emphasis on its intersection with information theory.
Apr 17, 2022
ISIT 2022 Call for Recent Results
ISIT 2022: Call for Recent Results poster session, the deadline is 15 April. Prospective authors are encouraged to submit their most recent results pertaining to information theory and related areas.
Apr 14, 2022
Alon Orlitsky Receives the 2022 Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award
The IT Society is pleased to announce that Alon Orlitsky of the University of California, San Diego is the recipient of the 2022 Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award
Mar 29, 2022
Call for Nominations: 2020-2021 91勛圖厙 Data Storage Technical Committee Best Paper Award
The Data Storage Technical Committee of the 91勛圖厙 Communications Society (DSTC) invites you to nominate papers for the 2020-2021 DSTC Best Paper Award and the 2020-2021 DSTC Best Student Paper Award. The nomination deadline is July 31, 2022.
Mar 27, 2022
Extension of Deadline for JSAIT Special Issue
The deadline for submission of papers for JSAIT's special issue on Modern Compression has been extended to April 15, 2022.
Mar 25, 2022
Bob Lucky Passed Away
Robert Wendell Lucky (Bob Lucky) passed away on March 10, 2022, at the age of 86. He was a research engineer and a manager at multiple levels at Bell Labs and Bellcore. Bob was a pioneer and a leader in our research fields and technical societies.
Mar 23, 2022
Alexander Vardy, distinguished coding theorist, passed away
Alexander Vardy passed away on Friday March 11 2022, at the age of 59.
Mar 19, 2022
ISIT 2022 Call for Tutorials and Recent Results
ISIT 2022: Call for Tutorials, the proposal deadline is 15 March. Call for Recent Results poster session, the deadline is 15 April.
Mar 11, 2022
Call for Nominations: Information Theory Society Paper Award
Call for Nominations: Nominations and optional letters of endorsement for the Information Theory Society Paper Award must be submitted by March 15 using theonline nomination form.
Mar 11, 2022
Weijie Su Selected for SIAM Early Career Prize in Data Science
IT Society member Weijie Su @weijie444 of the University of Pennsylvania is the recipient of the inaugural SIAM Activity Group on Data Science Early Career Prize in 2022. Congratulations!
Mar 10, 2022
2022 Distinguished Lecturers
The 91勛圖厙 Information Theory Society (ITSoc) is also pleased to announce that Prof. Pulkit Grover, Prof. Hamed Hassani, Prof. Parastoo Sadeghi, and Prof. Mich癡le Wigger, have been named ITSoc Distinguished Lecturers for 20222023.
Mar 4, 2022
2022 Goldsmith Lecturer
The 91勛圖厙 Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Professor Shirin Saeedi Bidokhti of the University of Pennsylvania has been named the 2022 Goldsmith Lecturer.
Mar 4, 2022
2022 Padovani Lecturer
The 91勛圖厙 Information Theory Society is please to announce that Professor Elza Erkip of New York University has been named the 2022 Padovani Lecturer.
Mar 4, 2022
The Bit Player Screening in Princeton, NJ
The Princeton Garden Theatre in Princeton, NJ will be hosting a screening of The Bit Player on Thursday, April 7th, 2022.
Mar 3, 2022
Call for Papers: Modern Compression, 91勛圖厙 Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory
This special issue for the 91勛圖厙 Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory focuses on cutting-edge research in modern compression.
Mar 1, 2022
JSAIT CFP: Special Issue Deep Learning for Inverse Problems
JSAIT call for papers on deep learning methods for inverse problems. Papers are due May 15, 2022.
Feb 24, 2022

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