The highlight of this issue is the announcement of the IEEE Information Theory Society Golden Jubilee Awards for Technological Innovation and the Golden Jubilee Paper Awards, which recognize some of the accomplishments of the first 50 years of information theory. Also included in this issue are messages from the society President Thomas Ericson, society Historian Tony Ephremides, and new Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Alex Vardy.
Since this issue went to press before ISIT 1998, photos and articles concerning the Symposium will appear in the December issue of the Newsletter. Please help me to make the Newsletter as interesting and informative as possible by contributing suggestions, news, and articles. The deadlines for receiving material for the next few issues are as follows.
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