The IEEE Information Theory Society is the premier professional society dedicated to the advancement of the mathematical underpinnings of information technology for the benefit of humanity. Information theory encompasses the processing, transmission, storage, and use of information, and the foundations of the communication process.

It is thrilled to introduce to you the first edition of our IT society newsletter, which maintains the online format that was launched last year. The transition to the digital version has been seamless, thanks to our productive collaboration with IEEE BITS in terms of content. Moreover, we have established a stable structure and publication schedule for future issues.It is thrilled to introduce to you the first edition of our IT society newsletter, which maintains the online format that was… Read More

It is thrilled to introduce to you the first edition of our IT society newsletter, which maintains the online format that was launched last year. The transition to the digital version has been seamless, thanks to our productive collaboration with IEEE BITS in terms of content. Moreover, we have established a stable structure and publication schedule for future issues.

Congratulations to the members of our community that have recently received prestigious awards and honors, and to those that have been recently elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow!

Congratulations to the members of our community that have recently received prestigious awards and honors, and to those that have been recently elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow!

Toby Berger was born and raised in New York City. He received his Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Yale University in 1962 and his PhD degree in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1966. At Harvard, he studied with Don Tufts. Among Tufts’ students, others known in this community are John Proakis and Terry Fine. An outstanding researcher and educator of our time, Toby Berger will be remembered for his technical legacy. For those who know him, he will also be… Read More

Toby Berger was born and raised in New York City. He received his Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Yale University in 1962 and his PhD degree in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1966. At Harvard, he studied with Don Tufts. Among Tufts’ students, others known in this community are John Proakis and Terry Fine. An outstanding researcher and educator of our time, Toby Berger will be remembered for his technical legacy. For those who know him, he will also be… Read More

Toby Berger was born and raised in New York City. He received his Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Yale University in 1962 and his PhD degree in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1966. At Harvard, he studied with Don Tufts. Among Tufts’ students, others known in this community are John Proakis and Terry Fine. An outstanding researcher and educator of our time, Toby Berger will be remembered for his technical legacy. For those who know him, he will also be… Read More

Toby Berger was born and raised in New York City. He received his Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Yale University in 1962 and his PhD degree in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1966. At Harvard, he studied with Don Tufts. Among Tufts’ students, others known in this community are John Proakis and Terry Fine. An outstanding researcher and educator of our time, Toby Berger will be remembered for his technical legacy. For those who know him, he will also be… Read More

Congratulations to the members of our community that have recently received prestigious awards and honors, and to those that have been recently elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow!

It is a great honor and privilege to serve as the 2022 Information Theory Society President, surrounded by an outstanding set of BoG and leadership members. During the last two decades in ITSoc, I had the opportunity to meet and interact with so many creative and intellectually brilliant members of our Society, learned so much from our publications and conferences, and have seen the field evolve, expand and grow in so many ways. I am looking forward to learning even more, witnessing even more… Read More

Congratulations to the members of our community who have recently received prestigious awards and honors!

IEEE Information Theory Society (ITSoc) Board of Governors (BoG) Meeting
Location: Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2022, Espoo, Finland
Date: June 26, 2022

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area International Workshop on coding and data storage took place on Jun. 18-19, 2022 at the University Town International Hotel in Guangzhou. This workshop was jointly organized by Guangdong University of Technology and the IEEE Information Theory Society Guangzhou Chapter.

I hope you have been enjoying the summer in particular with our flagship conference, ISIT, as well as with some of the IT Schools (ESIT and Indian School). This is the June issue of our society newsletter.

It is a great honor and privilege to serve as the 2022 Information Theory Society President, surrounded by an outstanding set of BoG and leadership members. During the last two decades in ITSoc, I had the opportunity to meet and interact with so many creative and intellectually brilliant members of our Society, learned so much from our publications and conferences, and have seen the field evolve, expand and grow in so many ways. I am looking forward to learning even more, witnessing even more… Read More

The IEEE Information Theory Society (ITSoc) is pleased to announce 2023 named lecturers: Padovani Lecturer (Erdal Arıkan); Goldsmith Lecturer (Rashmi Vinayak); and Distinguished Lecturers (Ashish Khisti, Oliver Kosut, Arya Mazumdar, Chao Tian, and Shun Watanabe).

It is a great honor and privilege to serve as the 2022 Information Theory Society President, surrounded by an outstanding set of BoG and leadership members. During the last two decades in ITSoc, I had the opportunity to meet and interact with so many creative and intellectually brilliant members of our Society, learned so much from our publications and conferences, and have seen the field evolve, expand and grow in so many ways. I am looking forward to learning even more, witnessing even more… Read More

The 13th edition of Joint Telematics Group/IEEE Information Theory Society Summer School on Signal Processing, Communications, and Networks was conducted from 20th to 23rd June 2022 at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi in the virtual mode.

The 2022 IEEE European School of Information Theory (ESIT) was held July 4-7, 2022, at Technische Universität (TU) Wien in Vienna, Austria, and was hosted by the Institute of Telecommunications. The school returned to an on-site format (after the previous virtual school due to COVID-19) to take full advantage of the community experience through on-site plenary lectures and online tutorials, interactive poster sessions for participants, and social events in scenic Vienna. With about 50… Read More