JSAIT's third issue will focus on statistical estimation and inference. Papers are due May 1, 2020 and expected publication is November/December 2020.

Robert G. Gallager will be awarded the 2020 Japan Prize for his contributions to information theory, including the development of error-correcting codes that are used in 5G systems.

Tribute to Piet Schalkwijk, who passed away on January 30, 2020. Han Vinck writes about Pieter's scientific career and his contributions to coding and information theory.

Entropy Special Issue on "Information Flow in Neural Systems" articles on both artificial and natural neural networks are welcome

There are vacancies for two PhD positions at the Information Theory and Applications Chair (Prof. Rafael Schaefer) at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), Germany. The positions are initially limited to two years with a possible extension. The positions are part of the projects "Post Shannon Communication," funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and "Machine Learning for Physical Layer Security" funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

The paper deadline for ISIT 2020 in Los Angeles has been extended to Wednesday January 15.

The ISIT Paper Submission Deadline is extended to Wednesday, January 15, 11:59PM Eastern Time.

The ISIT deadline has been extended to 1/15/2020 11:59pm EST

The deadline for paper submission is Sunday, January 12, 2020, at 11:59 PM, Eastern Time (New York, USA).

The IEEE Information Theory Society names the Class of 2020-21 Distinguished Lecturers

Ayfer Özgür named the IEEE Information Theory Society 2020 Goldsmith Lecturer

David Tse named the IEEE Information Theory Society 2020 Padovani Lecturer

Post-doctoral vacancies at the Institute of Theoretical Computer Science and Communications at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

The paper submission portal is now open for ISIT 2020: https://2020.ieee-isit.org/Papers.asp

Updates on ITSoc's new journal JSAIT

The 8th Van der Meulen Seminar was held on December 13, 2019

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.