Nominations are now open for paper awards as well as annual awards and recognition from the IEEE Information Theory Society.

The IT Society congratulates our Past President Aylin Yener for being elected to be the next IEEE Division IX Director in the recently concluded 2022 IEEE Elections.

The deadline for JSAIT Special Issue on Causality is extended to January 10, 2023.

IEEE Information Theory Society congratulates member Frank Kschischang for receiving the 2023 IEEE Hamming Medal

The IEEE Information Theory Society invites nominations for the position of Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, starting July 1, 2023.

The 2022 Chicago Workshop on Coding and Learning will be held online on Friday, December 2nd, 9am-4pm, and host 14 faculty member speakers from various universities

2022 Information Theory Society Paper Award Recipients Named

Please submit any contributions for the society newsletter by Nov. 30, 2022.

The submission website for ISIT 2023 is now open. All submission details and a LaTeX template can be found at https://isit2023.org/authors/papers-submission

Call for Papers for JSAIT Issue on Sensing: Fundamental Limits and Modern Applications. The imminent extended submission deadline is October 10, 2022.

JSAIT call for papers on Causality: Fundamental Limits and Applications is open. Paper submission deadline is December 20, 2022.

JSAIT call for papers on Sensing: Fundamental Limits and Modern Applications. The paper submission deadline has been extended to October 10, 2022

Please submit any contributions for the society newsletter by Aug. 31, 2022.

Videos of the ISIT 2022 plenary lectures, including the Shannon Lecture, are available to IT Society members for streaming via the ITSOC website.

We are seeking nominations for the Editor in Chief (EiC) of IEEE BITS the Information Theory Magazine, who will, together with the Steering Committee and the Editorial Board, ensure its smooth operation and success.

The IEEE Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Rüdiger Urbanke is the recipient of the Claude E. Shannon award for consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory.

IEEE BITS calls for papers that showcase the role that information theory and communication theory will play in the 6G era. White paper submission: 4th February 2023.

JSAIT call for papers on Dimensions of Channel Coding: Special Issue Dedicated to the Memory of Alexander Vardy. Paper submission deadline is January 15, 2023.

Pravin P. Varaiya died on June 10th at his home in Berkeley, CA at the age of 81.

The UK and Ireland Section Chapter has been named the 2022 Chapter of the Year.