Peter Shor

Shannon Award for 2025

The IEEE Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Peter Shor is the recipient of the Claude E. Shannon Award for 2025.

(Photo: Peter Harting, MIT News)

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2024 IEEE Information Theory Workshop

The IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW) will be held in Shenzhen, China, Nov. 24–28, 2024.

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IEEE BITS Information Theory's Role in 6G

The most recent issue of IEEE BITS the Information Theory Magazine is on the role of Information Theory in 6G.

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International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications 2024

ISITA 2024 will be held on November 10-13 at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, paper submission deadline is April 30, AoE.

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Broadening Participation in the IT Society

The Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) committee introduces the new IT Society Volunteer website.

Information Theory Society

The IEEE Information Theory Society is the premier professional society dedicated to the advancement of the mathematical underpinnings of information technology for the benefit of humanity. Information theory encompasses the processing, transmission, storage, and use of information, and the foundations of the communication process.

Aspects of Our Society

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Outreach
A gathering of videos, books and more that show how information theory impacts our lives.
Meet IT Society Students
The Student and Outreach Subcommittee plans student and outreach activities at symposia and workshops.
Read Our Newsletter
The IEEE Information Theory Society Newsletter connects our members and is published four times a year.  Beginning with the March 2022 issue, the Newsletter is online only.

Upcoming Events

The Information Theory Society's upcoming conferences, workshops and schools

News

Call for ISIT and ITW Proposals

IEEE Information Theory Society is calling for proposals for the International Symposium on…

Oct 9, 2024
Call for Nominations: Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers

The IEEE Information Theory Society solicits nominations for the 2025 Padovani Lecturer, the 2025…

Sep 23, 2024
Call for Nominations: Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award

The Society solicits nominations for the inaugural IEEE Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award. Deadline:…

Sep 23, 2024
Dr. Mario Diaz Torres: Obituary and Request for Help

We regret to share that the IT Society lost a rising information theorist and statistician Dr.…

Sep 17, 2024

Conferences

Oct 18, 2024
University of Toronto
BOG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ University of Toronto

This will be a hybrid meeting in person room and on Zoom.

20-23 Oct, 2024
Chicago
FOCS 2024

IEEE 65th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) will be held in Chicago, IL,…

21-24 Oct, 2024
South Korea
WiOpt 2024 Workshop on Modeling and Optimization for Semantic Communications (MOSC) - October 21-24, 2024, South Korea

We are pleased to invite original papers to the Workshop on Modeling and Optimization for Semantic…

Jobs Board

Research Staff Member - CCR Princeton
Center for Communications Research -- Princeton

The Center for Communications Research, Princeton (CCR Princeton) is seeking new permanent research…

Sep 25, 2024

Recent Journal Issues

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

The IEEE Transactions on Information Theory publishes papers concerned with the transmission, processing, and utilization of information.

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Research In Information Theory

Selected papers on information theory from our journals and conferences