Channel coding is a fundamental component in wireless communication. From 2G to 5G, wireless systems have been powered by state-of-the-art channel coding technologies. This workshop aims to galvanize academic and industrial researchers to discuss solutions on the coding techniques for wireless systems beyond 5G.

The workshop is the first fully in-person edition in the series to provide the community interactions through on-site technical presentations. The co-chairs are Dr. Wen Tong (Huawei Canada), Prof. Erdal Arıkan (Bilkent University), Prof. Emanuele Viterbo (Monash University), Prof. Warren J. Gross (McGill University) and Prof. Stephan ten Brink (University of Stuttgart).

The workshop has received a total of 40 submissions. Among them, 18 papers were accepted for publication. The program included some latest research from the academia, including Imperial College London, University of Toronto, Sun Yat-sen University, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and MIT. We also received contributions from the industry, such as Huawei, Samsung, Qualcomm.

The in-person workshop was a 3/4-day event, started with an opening speech by Dr. Huazi Zhang (Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.), who thanked the co-organizers and welcomed the attendees on behalf of the organizing committee of the workshop. Prof. Emanuele Viterbo (Monash University), one of the workshop co-chairs, also attended the workshop in person.

The in-person part of the workshop was featured by two keynote speeches:

• Prof. Norbert Wehn, (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) on Advanced Forward Error Correction under Silicon Implementation Constraints
• Prof. Qin Huang, (Beihang university) on New Structure Behind Cyclic Codes: Polynomial Derivatives

The 18 accepted papers were presented in three sessions, chaired by Dr. Huazi Zhang, Dr. Alvin Y. Sukmadji (University of Toronto), and Prof. Li Chen (Sun Yat-sen University), respectively. The papers cover areas including polar codes, LDPC codes, algebraic codes, decoding of short codes, neural networks for channel coding, and feedback codes.

The workshop has achieved its success, realizing its motivation of promoting research on channel coding and brought together research efforts from both academia and industry. The attendance was among the highest in the workshops. We would like to sincerely thank all the speakers and participants.