IEEE BITS calls for papers on how information theorists are helping the "second quantum revolution" and what potential opportunities lie ahead. White paper submission: 1st April 2022.

A short article appearing in the February 2022 issue of IEEE Spectrum argues that Claude Shannon, besides inventing information theory and the logic gate, had a contribution to machine learning.

Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a global research center and the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), is currently recruiting exemplary candidates in the field of computer science and electrical engineering

The registration for the 2022 IEEE European School of Information Theory (ESIT22) is now open. Please register for participation via our website https://www.itsoc.org/conferences/schools/ESIT2022

IEEE JSAC special issue call for papers on exploring the theoretical and algorithmic foundations of semantic and goal-oriented communications. Deadline: 1 April 2022

The IT Society calls for nominations for the Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award. Nominations are due by February 15, 2022 using the online nomination form.

Owing to extensive requests, we are extending the ISIT deadline once more, until Feb 6, 2022 11:59pm EST.

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

The ISIT submission deadline has been extended to January 30th 11:59pm EST.

The next JSAIT special issue will be on modern compression. Lead guest editors are Meir Feder and Tsachy Weissman. The CFP will be posted shortly. Papers are due April 1, 2022. Extended to April 15.

IEEE Information Theory Society member Madhu Sudan has been awarded the 2022 IEEE Hamming Medal

Are you planning an upcoming conference or workshop of interest to the information theory community? IT Society members can announce events by posting on itsoc.org

The deadline for the JSAIT special issue on distributed coding and computation has been extended to January 1, 2022 (hard deadline).

ITW 2022 seeks proposals for 90-minute themed sessions (invited sessions). Deadline: January 5, 2022 (extended)

The 2021 Croucher Summer Course in Information Theory was held in August 2021 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Videos and lecture material are now available at http://cscit.ie.cuhk.edu.hk/CSCIT2021/program.html

The IEEE Information Theory Society invites nominations for the 2022 class of Lecturers. Nomination deadline is November 1, 2021.

Please submit any contributions for the society newsletter by October 31st.

ITW2021 starts on October 17 as a virtual event, and the event platform is now online. There is still time to register for ITW2021 and get access to to papers, videos, presentation files, and of course participation in the live Zoom sessions. Plenaries, tutorials and technical presentations are described in the Technical Program.

The Cloud Computing, Networking and Storage track at ICC2022 seeks original contributions in coding and information theory for data storage, and related topical areas.