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Annual IT Awards Announced. Summary of 2011 Shannon Lecture. President's Column. IT BOG Minutes.

The Departments of Electrical Engineering and Statistics are planning a memorial gathering to celebrate Tom Cover's life.

Special Issue on on Signal Processing for Cyber‐security and Privacy

The Board of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Society passed a resolution regarding reviewing duties for the Transactions at its July 1, 2012, meeting.

The creation of the Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award was announced during the awards luncheon at ISIT.

Several members of the Information Theory community have been awarded IEEE Medals and promoted to IEEE Fellows.

Ezio Biglieri has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award.

Katalin Marton has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Information Theory Society Claude E. Shannon award.

Three papers received the Student Paper Award at ISIT 2012, Cambridge, MA

A memorial session will be organized at the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium on Monday, July 2, 2012 from 8pm to 9:30pm .

The 2012 IEEE Communications Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award has been awarded.

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The Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint a University Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the intersection of Digital Communications and Signal Processing, including Information Theory.

The Marconi Society, the premier organization recognizing the achievements of living scientists in the field of communications science and the Internet, is seeking nominations for its 2013 Marconi Prize, given to individuals who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of communications for the benefit of mankind through scientific or technological discoveries or innovations.

Two research fellow positions in wireless communications open at Macquarie University, Sydney Australia. Candidates with active research profiles in wireless communications, with strong backgrounds in communications theory, are encouraged to apply. Research fellows will work with Stephen Hanly and his group. Closing date: June 1, 2012.

The Student Committee organizes the ISIT 2012 Student-Society Show on Thursday July 5th during lunch time.