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Awards
Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award
The Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award honors an individual who has shown outstanding leadership in, and provided long-standing, exceptional service to, the Information Theory community.
Claude E. Shannon Award
The Claude E. Shannon Award is the highest honor from the IEEE Information Theory Society. The award has been instituted to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory.
Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award
The Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award recognizes outstanding papers that lie at the intersection of communications and information theory.
Goldsmith Lecturer
The Goldsmith Lecturer Program was established with a generous gift of Dr. Andrea Goldsmith in 2019. The Goldsmith Lecture will be delivered by an early-career woman researcher at one of the ITSoc’s Schools of Information Theory, held for the benefit of students and postdoctoral researchers.
Information Theory Society Paper Award
The Information Theory Society Paper Award is given annually for an outstanding publication in the fields of interest to the Society appearing anywhere during the preceding four calendar years.
Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award
The IEEE Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award is given to up to 3 outstanding papers for which a student is the principal author and presenter.
James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars
The James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars recognizes outstanding achievement in research and teaching by young scholars in the Information Theory community.
Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award
The IEEE Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award is given to a paper of tutorial or survey nature that has appeared in an IEEE Information Theory Society publication.
Padovani Lecturer
The Padovani Lecturer Program was established with a generous gift of Dr. Roberto Padovani in 2009. The Padovani Lecture will be delivered by an outstanding member of the Information Theory community at one of the ITSoc’s Schools of Information Theory, held for the benefit of students and postdoctoral researchers.
Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award
The IEEE Information Theory Society Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding doctoral dissertation contributing to the mathematical foundations of any of the information sciences within the purview of the Society.
Awards
Distinguished Lecturers
The Distinguished Lecturers program promotes interest in information theory by supporting chapters who wish to invite prominent information theory researchers to give talks at their events.
Events
Conferences, Workshops & Meetings
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Information Theory Workshop 2026
The 2026 IEEE Information Theory Workshop will be held in the beautiful desert city of Tempe, Arizona, USA between November 10–13, 2026. We welcome original contributions across all areas of information theory.
Conferences
10-13 Nov, 2026
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Information Theory Workshop 2026
The 2026 IEEE Information Theory Workshop will be held in the beautiful desert city of Tempe,…
Job list
Tenured Faculty Position at EURECOM's Communication Systems Department
The Communications Systems department of EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France, invites applications for a full time tenured faculty position in the broad area of data-driven communication systems.
Multiple research positions in IT and nonlinear fiber optics at TU Eindhoven
We are hiring 1 postdoctoral researcher and one fully-funded PhD student to work on the project FUN-NOTCH: Fundamentals of the Nonlinear Optical Channel. Both positions are available for four years and are in the Signal Processing Systems (SPS) group at the Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Change Detection for Multimodal Data, Duke University
The postdoc is at the IID center under the supervision of Prof. Vahid Tarokh.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Non-Commutative Information Theory and Processing, Duke University
The postdoc is at Duke University under the supervision of Prof. Vahid Tarokh.
Faculty position at Telecom ParisTech in Information Processing and Communications
Telecom ParisTech is seeking applicants for a faculty position in the Digital Communications Group, Department of Communications and Electronics.
Tenure-Track Faculty Position open at Princeton University
The Department of Electrical Engineering seeks applications in all areas of Electrical Engineering for a tenure-track assistant professor faculty position.
Tenured Faculty Position open at Princeton University
The Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University seeks outstanding applicants for a tenured appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level, effective as early as September 1, 2018.
Postdoc Openings at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Institute of Theoretical Computer Science and Communications at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has several postdoc openings with a flexible start date.
Multiple Positions in Fiber Optical Communications at TU Eindhoven
One Postdoctoral Researcher (for up to 3 years) and one PhD student position (fully funded for 4 years) are available at the the Signal Processing Systems (SPS) Group, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands.
Channel Coding Researcher Position at InterDigital London
InterDigital (IDCC) Europe currently has a research engineer position in its London office. The researcher will work on the design and development of next generation channel codes, including polar codes, particularly for beyond 5G applications. The successful candidate will be an IDCC team member of the recently EU funded beyond-5G project called EPIC (Sept 2017-Sept 2020) and will constantly interact and work with project partners including Polaran (Prof. Erdal Arikan), Telecom Bretagne (Prof. Catherine Douillard), Un. Kaiserslautern (Prof. Norbert Wehn), Ericsson, and IMEC.
Postdoctoral Position at University of Southern California
There is currently a postdoctoral scholar position available in Prof. Avestimehr’s research group at University of Southern California (USC), at the cross section of information theory, distributed computing, and data analytics. The project, which is funded by DARPA, will focus on development of various “coded computing” frameworks that combine coding with distributed computing to alleviate several bottlenecks in large-scale data analytics.
Interested applicants should send their CV, along with the names of two references, to Prof. Avestimehr via email ([email protected]).
Postdoctoral Opening at Purdue University
We are actively looking for Electrical Engineering/Computer Science/Applied Math background scholars with interests in modeling and analysis of computer networking systems.
Joint Postdoc Position at ASU and Harvard
Joint Postdoc Position at ASU and Harvard
Applications Being Accepted for CSoI Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The Center for Science of Information (CSoI) invites nominations and applications for its CSoI Research Fellows program.
Postdoctoral Fellow Position at the National University of Singapore
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the National University of Singapore is offering a position for a postdoctoral fellowship to work with Prof. Vincent Tan.
Caltech Center for the Mathematics of Information Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The Center for the Mathematics of Information at the California
Institute of Technology is accepting applications for its Postdoctoral
Fellowship Program. Applications are due on December 16, 2016. Details are available at http://www.cms.caltech.edu/about/cmi
Professorship of Information and Communications at the University of Cambridge
Applications are invited for a newly established Professorship in Information and Communications Engineering at the University of Cambridge.
Senior Research Scientist position on Machine Learning (Statistical Learning)
The Network and Traffic Optimization research team of the Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab, Huawei France Research Center, located in the Paris area, is looking for candidates for a permanent research position on Machine Learning to commence by the end of the year. The research will focus on developing algorithms and novel network analysis schemes to drive research and innovation in the context of advanced traffic engineering. The successful candidate will be involved in the development of competitive solutions in Intelligent Network Management systems.
Jobs Board
PhD stipend
Aalborg University
Fully funded PhD stipend available in the field of causal discovery and spatiotemporal analysis of…
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Information Theory and Statistics
University of Cambridge
Postdoc position in information theory and statistics, funded by the EPSRC's INFORMED-AI Hub.…
Posdoctoral Researcher Position in Information and/or Communication Theory
Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
We want to work with the leading information and communication theorists at TU Dortmund - Lehrstuhl…
News
IEEE USA Virtual Career Fair
A nationwide, virtual recruitment event connecting students, young professionals, and members with…
IEEE Day Offer - Discount ITSoc membership
In celebration of IEEE Day, take advantage of an exclusive offer available for first-time ITSoc…
Election of Members to the Board of Governors for a Three-Year Term 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2028
Voting is now open to society members for the Board of Governors (2026-2028) Election
2025 Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award Recipients Named
The three winning papers were announced during the banquet at ISIT 2025.
News
Reminder: Information Theory Society Call for 2021 Award Nominations
There is still time for all members to submit nominations for the following Information Theory Society awards.
Registrations for ITW 2020
Registrations for ITW 2020 are now open.
Workshop dates: April 11-15, 2021.
Detailed information at http://itw2020.it
Meir Feder Wins Academy Award
IT Society Life Fellow Meir Feder is a co-recipient of the Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his work on wireless video transmission.
Postdoctoral Position, University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral position at the boundary of information theory, Network Sciences, and Learning.
JSAIT Updates
Deadline extension for 6th special issue, CFP for 7th special issue, call for proposals
Invitation to attend the PIPP: Pandemic Readiness for Emerging Pathogens workshop (February 16, 17, 2021)
Interdisciplinary workshop on predictive intelligence for pandemic prevention; seeking participation from Engineering (ENG), Biological Sciences (BIO), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). February 16, 17, 2021
ERC-Funded Positions in Goal-Oriented Semantic Communication
A variety of PhD student, Postdoc Fellow and 5-year Researcher Positions are available at the Communication Systems Department, EURECOM, France.
Call for 2021 Information Theory Society Award Nominations
We look forward to receiving nominations from all members for the following Information Theory Society awards. Please note the deadlines to nominate.
Jacob Ziv Awarded IEEE Medal of Honor
Jacob Ziv has received the most prestigious award of the IEEE, the IEEE Medal of Honor.
"How Claude Shannon Invented the Future" in Quanta Magazine
David Tse writes about not only Claude Shannon's impact on communications, but also on how his work illustrates the importance of top-rate science. Read David's article in Quanta Magazine.
Call for 2021 Information Theory Society Award Nominations
We look forward to receiving nominations from all members for the following Information Theory Society awards. Please note the deadlines to nominate.
Good News! IEEE Student Membership Dues Are Now 50% Off
Attention Students! IEEE now offers a discounted dues option for all student and graduate student members. Simply enter promotion code FUTURE50 when you join or renew to receive 50% off your student membership!
CFP: JSAIT Special Issue on Coded Computing (Feb 15 deadline)
The intersection of information theory and computing has been a fertile ground for novel, relevant intellectual problems. Recently, coding-theoretic techniques have been designed to improve performance metrics in distributed computing systems. This has generated a significant amount of research that has produced novel fundamental limits, code designs, and practical implementations. The set of ideas leveraged by this new line of research is collectively referred to as coded computing. This special issue will focus on coded computing, including aspects such as tradeoffs between reliability, latency, privacy, and security. Specific topics of interest include:
Bridge to the Faculty Postdoc Position at ECE, University of Illinois Chicago
The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) will be recruiting a Bridge to the Faculty (B2F) Scholar with start date on August 16, 2021.
JSAIT Sixth Call for papers: Special Issue on Coded Computing
JSAIT Sixth Call for papers: Special Issue on Coded Computing. Papers due Feb. 15, 2021.
Now Running: European School of Information Theory
The 2020 IEEE European School of Information Theory (based in Stuttgart, Germany) is currently running as a virtual event. It is still accepting registrations and registration is free for members of the Information Theory Society.
Call for Nominations for Executive Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
The IEEE Information Theory Society (ITSoc) invites nominations for the position of Executive Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory for an 18-month term, starting on July 1, 2021. It is expected that the Executive Editor (EE) will subsequently transition to Editor-in-Chief (EiC) on January 1, 2023, for an additional 18-month term, ending on June 30, 2024.
Submit to Information-Theoretic Cryptography
Submit papers to the conference on Information-Theoretical Cryptography (ITC). Deadline Feb 1, 2021.
Call for Nominations for the 2021 Padovani, Goldsmith and Distinguished Lecturers
The submission deadline is (extended to) November 15, 2020.
Past meeting
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting, NYC - November 2025
This will be a hybrid meeting in person room and on Zoom.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2025, Ann Arbor, Michigan
This will be a hybrid meeting, in-person and on zoom, in conjunction with ISIT 2025.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ITA 2025, San Diego, California
This will be a hybrid meeting on zoom.
BOG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ University of Toronto
This will be a hybrid meeting in person room and on Zoom.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2024, Athens, Greece
This will be a hybrid meeting in person room and on zoom in conjunction with ISIT 2024.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ITA 2024, San Diego, California
This will be a hybrid meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid; Atlanta, GA 2023
This will be a hybrid meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2023, Taipei, Taiwan
This will be a hybrid meeting in person room and on zoom in conjunction with ISIT 2023.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ITA 2023, San Diego, California
This will be a hybrid meeting in person and on zoom in conjunction with ITA 2023.
BoG Meeting - October 2022
This will be a virtual meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2022, Espoo, Finland
This will be a hybrid meeting in person and on zoom in conjunction with ISIT 2022.
BoG Meeting - March 2022
This will be a virtual meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting - November 2021
This will be a virtual meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting - June 2021
The second BoG meeting of 2021 will be held virtually on zoom. BOG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting - March 2021
This will be a virtual meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will have received an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting @ New Brunswick, NJ - 2019
The third BoG Meeting of 2019 will take place at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
BoG Meeting @ Chicago, IL 2015
Meeting will be held right after Allerton
BoG Meeting @ ISIT 2015, Hong Kong
Annual Meeting of the Information Theory Society
BoG Meeting - GlobalMeet
The BoG Meeting will be held via GlobalMeet on Saturday, September 20 (7:00 AM Pacific Time).
BoG Meeting @ ITA 2014, San Diego, CA
First BoG meeting of 2014
BoG Meeting @ ITA 2013, San Diego, CA
First BoG meeting of 2013
BoG meeting @ ITW 2012, Lausanne
Last BoG meeting of 2012.
BoG meeting @ ISIT 2012, Cambridge, MA
BoG meeting July 2012.
IT BoG meeting @ ITA 2012, UCSD
Meeting of the Board of Governors
BoG Meeting @ ITW 2011, Paraty, Brazil
The third BoG meeting of 2011 will take place on ***Monday*** October 17, in Paraty Brazil, in conjunction with ITW 2011, starting at about 6:00pm with a buffet dinner at the restaurant Banana de Terra (one block away from the conference center).
BoG Meeting @ ISIT 2011, St. Petersburg, Russia
The annual BoG meeting will take place on Sunday July 31, at the ISIT 2011 conference hotel, starting at 12:00 noon **sharp** with a buffet lunch. The meeting room is "Green 6+7" and will be clearly indicated at the registration desk, operational from Sunday July 31, morning. Please follow the signs and/or ask the registration desk in order to get to the lunch and meeting.
BoG Meeting, ISIT 2010
Annual meeting of the IEEE Information Theory Society Board of Governors. All are welcome to attend. Some portions of the meeting will be conducted in camera. The formal part of the meeting will commence at 12:45pm.
BoG Meeting, La Jolla, CA, 2010
First Board of Governors' meeting of 2010.
BoG Meeting, ITW Taormina 2009
The final BoG meeting of 2009. Dinner will be served at 6:30 and the meeting will start shortly thereafter. Everyone is welcome to attend. Meeting will be held in the Saletta Belvedere room of the Villa Diodoro (workshop hotel).
BoG Meeting, ISIT 2009
Annual meeting of the Information Theory Society BOGs. Everyone is welcome to attend all or part of the meeting. The meeting will be preceeded by lunch at 12:15, with the formal meeting starting at 1pm, ending at 5:30pm.
Research In Information Theory
Upcoming Events
The Information Theory Society's upcoming conferences, workshops and schools
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IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2026
2026 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, June 28 - July 3, Guangzhou, China.