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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 IEEE 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 IEEE 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.
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 IEEE 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.

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.

Conferences

Job list

10 PhD student positions at Graz University of Technology, Austria
10 PhD student positions at the Excellence Centre "Dependable Internet of Things in Adverse Environments" in Graz, Austria. Research at the inferface of information theory, networked control, and signal processing. Other specializations available, too. Applications due by Nov 30, 2015.
Nov 20, 2015
Four PhD student positions in fiber-optical communication theory
Four PhD student positions at University College London and Chalmers University of Technology
Nov 20, 2015
Faculty Position at Harvey Mudd College
Harvey Mudd College invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in Communications. As a premier undergraduate general engineering program, the Department of Engineering seeks candidates with experience and knowledge in applications of communications who can support a broadly based curriculum focused on design, systems engineering, and engineering science. Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in electrical engineering or a related field, and a demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence. Industrial or other practical experience in the field is valued but not required. The anticipated appointment is at the assistant professor level.
Nov 9, 2015
PhD Scholarships at Huawei Research Labs Paris
Huawei Technologies’ Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab in Paris offers 11 PhD scholarships. Application deadline is 10 October 2015.
Sep 24, 2015
Tenure track faculty positions at University of Pennsylvania
The Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering is engaged in an aggressive, multi-year hiring effort for multiple tenure-track positions at all levels.
Sep 23, 2015
Tenure-Track Faculty Position at Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics has an open Tenure-Track Faculty Position at the Assistant Professor level in the areas of mathematics, statistics, mathematics and engineering
Sep 17, 2015
Tenure-track faculty position at Princeton
The Department of Electrical Engineering seeks applications in all areas of Electrical Engineering for a tenure-track assistant professor faculty position. Specific areas of interest are, but are not limited to, Information Science and Systems, Power Electronics, Biological and Biomedical Electrical Engineering, Power and Energy, Applied Physics with Applications in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. Candidates should have a commitment to teaching and a demonstrated ability to pursue a high impact research program. A start date of September 1, 2016 is preferred.
Sep 9, 2015
Job opening at TU Dresden in Communication Systems
There is a position open at TU Dresden in Communication Systems with a focus on Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Please note that this job posting is in German.
Sep 4, 2015
Postdoctoral and graduate student openings in Prof. Namrata Vaswani's group
Research at the intersection of machine learning for high dimensional problems and signal or information processing. Details also at http://www.ece.iastate.edu/~namrata/research/Looking_for_Postdoc_GradStudent.html
Jun 24, 2015
Faculty position in the field of Mobile Edge Computing and networking at EURECOM
The Mobile Communications Department of EURECOM, Sophia-Antipolis, France, invites applications for a faculty position at the assistant professor level (Maitre de Conference), in the general area of mobile networking,
May 18, 2015
Postdoctoral position in information and coding theory at the University of Toronto
Postdoctoral fellowship in information and coding theory at the University of Toronto with Professor Stark Draper
May 11, 2015
PhD Scholarship in Network Information Theory and Index Coding
The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia is offering a full PhD scholarship, in the areas of network information theory and index coding, to both domestic and international applicants. Applications close 30 November 2015
Apr 27, 2015
Postdoctoral fellowships in information theory and interactive communications at Tel Aviv University, Israel
Two postdoctoral research 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 Council (ERC).
Apr 14, 2015
Faculty position in continuous optimization and applications
Telecom ParisTech is seeking applicants for a faculty position in continuous optimization and applications. Particular interest is in candidates with a multidisciplinary research orientation broadly related to the area of convex optimization with applications to heterogeneous big data.
Feb 11, 2015
Ph.D. and post-doc positions in Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Neuchâtel
We invite applications for a funded Ph.D. position and a funded post-doctoral position in Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Neuchâtel on the topic of distributed storage systems, starting in Winter 2015.
Jan 26, 2015
Postdoctoral position at the Delft Center for Systems and Control
The Delft Center for Systems and Control (DCSC) at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands has a vacancy for a one-year postdoctoral position Applied Nonlinear Fourier Analysis
Jan 6, 2015
Faculty positions at Arizona State University
The Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU invite applications for tenure-track/tenured faculty positions in the broadly defined field in networks, control, communication, and signal processing, with emphasis on data analytics and decision making, sensing and learning, energy-efficient computing, security and privacy in engineering systems and scalable hardware and software systems.
Oct 26, 2014
Faculty Positions at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Tenure-Track Faculty Positions at the Assistant Professor level are open in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Oct 9, 2014
Faculty Position: UC Irvine
This search for a tenure-track assistant professor position is currently open. This is the continuation of the search that began January 2014.
Oct 9, 2014
Technical staff position in information sciences at Bell Labs-Research
The Mathematics of Networks and Systems at Bell Labs-Research in Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA, invites applications for a regular member of the technical staff position in information sciences.
Sep 24, 2014

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Nov 30, 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher Position on Information Theory and Codings
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Immediate openings for postdocs on insertion/deletion channels and DNA storage at Bilkent…

Mar 3, 2023
Postdoc Positions in Wireless Communications
University of Hawaii

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Hawaii is looking for two…

Feb 22, 2023

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Nov 30, 2023
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Mar 27, 2023
Robert Calderbank - USC Viterbi Lecture, Thursday March 2, 2023

Robert Calderbank of Duke University will give the 2023 USC Viterbi Lecture on Thursday, March 2,…

Feb 28, 2023
Submission Deadline Approaching: JSAIT Issue on Role of Freshness and Semantic Measures

Call for Papers for JSAIT Issue on the Role of Freshness and Semantic Measures in the Transmission…

Feb 17, 2023

News

Class of 2020-21 Distinguished Lecturers
The IEEE Information Theory Society names the Class of 2020-21 Distinguished Lecturers
Jan 2, 2020
Ayfer Özgür named the ITSoc 2020 Goldsmith Lecturer
Ayfer Özgür named the IEEE Information Theory Society 2020 Goldsmith Lecturer
Jan 2, 2020
David Tse named the ITSoc 2020 Padovani Lecturer
David Tse named the IEEE Information Theory Society 2020 Padovani Lecturer
Jan 2, 2020
Post-Doctoral Vacancies at ITCSC, CUHK, Hong Kong
Post-doctoral vacancies at the Institute of Theoretical Computer Science and Communications at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Dec 21, 2019
Submission open for ISIT 2020
The paper submission portal is now open for ISIT 2020: https://2020.ieee-isit.org/Papers.asp
Dec 20, 2019
JSAIT Updates
Updates on ITSoc's new journal JSAIT
Dec 18, 2019
Report on the 8th Van der Meulen Seminar
The 8th Van der Meulen Seminar was held on December 13, 2019
Dec 18, 2019
Katalin Marton Has Passed Away
Katalin Marton was a giant of our field. She also made remarkable contributions to measure concentration with applications to probability theory and ergodic theory. She received the Shannon Award and was the only woman to do so.
Dec 18, 2019
PhD and Postdocs Positions in Communication Theory at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
We have open vacancies for PhD students and Postdocs in communication theory and the application of machine learning in reliable communications at the Communications Engineering Lab (CEL, Prof. Laurent Schmalen) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany.
Dec 17, 2019
NVMW 2020 Call for Presentations
The 11th Annual Non-Volatile Memories Workshop (NVMW 2020) provides a unique showcase for outstanding research on solid state, non-volatile memories, including devices, error coding, architectures, systems, and applications. Submissions to the workshops are 2-page extended abstracts. They are due December 11th, 2019.
Dec 4, 2019
Postdoc in Privacy and Fairness at Arizona State University
Lalitha Sankar and Oliver Kosut at Arizona State University are looking for a postdoc to work on privacy and fairness in the context of learning.
Dec 2, 2019
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor at UC Irvine in Theory and Applications of Data-Driven Systems
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for an Assistant (tenure-track) or Associate/Full Professor (tenured) position.
Nov 14, 2019
Postdocs at EURECOM in Coded Caching and Distributed Computing
We are looking for postdocs at EURECOM who have worked on coded caching and/or distributed computing. Planned research includes coded caching, distributed computing, data shuffling, as well as a variety of other applications in the area of communications and computing. The duration can be 1.5, or up to 3-4 years.
Nov 12, 2019
Jørn Justesen Has Passed Away
Jørn Justesen, a well-known expert in coding theory, communications, and data compression, passed away on October 27, 2019 in Washington, DC, USA at the age of 75. His notable results include the construction of low-complexity, asymptotically good error-correcting codes (1972), a discovery of fast decoding algorithms for Reed-Solomon and algebraic-geometric codes, as well as research into construction and properties of convolutional codes.
Oct 31, 2019
Elwyn Berlekamp Has Passed Away
Shannon Award winner Elwyn Berlekamp passed away on April 9, 2019 at the age of 78.
Oct 31, 2019
Elwyn Berlekamp Has Passed Away
Shannon Award winner Elwyn Berlekamp passed away on April 9, 2019 at the age of 78.
Oct 31, 2019
Call for Nominations: NVMW Persistent Impact Prize
The NVMW Persistent Impact Prize is awarded annually to a paper published at least five years prior that has had exceptional impact on the fields of study related to non-volatile memories, including coding and information theory. The award includes a cash prize.
Oct 30, 2019
The Bit Player Screens November 3 at MIT in Cambridge
Join us for the latest screening of the The Bit Player, the first feature film about Claude Shannon. The IEEE Information Theory Society has helped to produce this film, which combines interviews with leading scientists, archival film, inventive animation and compelling commentary from Shannon himself to tell the story of an overlooked genius who revolutionized the world, but never lost his childlike curiosity. Mark Levinson, director of the award-winning film Particle Fever, wrote, produced and directed The Bit Player.
Oct 29, 2019
Associate or Full Professor at UC Irvine in Theory and Applications of Data-Driven Systems
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for a Tenured Position (Associate or Full Professor). Areas include, but are not limited to, theoretical foundations and algorithms dealing with various aspects of big data broadly interpreted to include networked communication systems, distributed computing, high dimensional statistics, signal processing, scaling laws, data mining, and machine learning for high-performance and scalable computing and communication; applications include, but are not limited to, Internet-of-Things, augmented intelligence, social science, smart cities and other domains.
Oct 28, 2019
New IT Soc Video on Secret Sharing
A new video presenting the concepts behind secret sharing and Shamir's seminal paper is now on YouTube. This is the latest video in the Society's Great Papers: Information Theory series.
Oct 22, 2019

Past meeting

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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 - 2023 test
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 IEEE 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

Videos on Information Theory