December 2017 ITSOC Newsletter Available Online December 2017 ITSOC Newsletter Available Online Dec 15, 2017 Michael Langberg Past newsletters can also be found on the ITSOC website. The full issue can be downloaded here . Recent news Call for papers: IEEE Workshop on Information Forensics and Security Submission Deadline Extended: JSAIT Issue on The Role of Freshness and Semantic Measures in the Transmission of Information for Next Generation Networks Robert Calderbank - USC Viterbi Lecture, Thursday March 2, 2023 Submission Deadline Approaching: JSAIT Issue on Role of Freshness and Semantic Measures Submission Deadline Extended: IEEE BITS Special Issue on 6G Submission Deadline Extended: JSAIT Issue on Dimensions of Channel Codings IEEE Information Theory Society Call for 2023 Award Nominations Aylin Yener Has Been Elected To Be the Next IEEE Division IX Director