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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
Ph.D. position in information theory at Chalmers (Sweden)
The division of Communication Systems and Information Theory at Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden) has an open Ph.D. position in the area of information theory.
Cyber-Physical Systems Faculty Position at Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Electrical Engineering invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of signals and systems including but not limited to subareas of control, information theory, machine learning and signal processing.
Research fellow position at University of Melbourne, Australia
A 1-year position is available in the Dept. Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia, to investigate information theory for feedback control systems.
Post Doctoral Fellow Position at University of New South Wales, Australia
The School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, offers a three year position for a post doctoral fellow in Wireless Communications.
Research fellow position in physical-layer security at University of South Australia
The Institute for Telecommunications Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, offers a three year position for a research fellow in the area of physical-layer security.
Post-doc positions at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Several post-doc positions available in the general area of network information theory at Institute of Communication Systems, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
ICREA Research Professorships
20 Research Professorships in all areas
Open position: Postdoc Fellow in Physical Layer Security for Wireless Communications
One postdoctoral position is available at The Wireless Communications Lab, University of New South Wales, Sydney. The research project is in collaboration with The Institute for Telecommunications Research (ITR), University of South Australia.
Open research fellow positions in wireless communications Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Two research fellow positions in wireless communications are available at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Faculty Position Announcement - University of Toronto
The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto invites applications for a faculty position at the Assistant/Associate Professor rank, with a start date of July 1, 2012, in the area of Communication Systems.
Postdoctoral Opportunities at the University of Melbourne
Up to four postdoctoral positions in wireless communications are available at the University of Melbourne.
Joint CS/EE Postdoctoral Opportunity at UT Austin
This is a joint postdoctoral position between Pradeep Ravikumar (CS, UT Austin) and Sriram Vishwanath (ECE, UT Austin)
Postdoctoral Position in Compressive Sensing at the University of Arizona
A Post-doctoral position in compressive sensing is available at the University of Arizona. The researcher will be working on the DARPA Knowledge Enhanced Compressive Measurement (KECoM) project.
Postdoctoral position in computational biology
A postdoc position at the BIO5 Institute for Collaborative Bioresearch, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Postdoctoral research fellowship in network coding
Postdoctoral position available, Institute of Network Coding, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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
Associate or Full Professor at UC Irvine in Theory and Applications of Data-Driven Systems
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for a Tenured Position (Associate or Full Professor). Areas include, but are not limited to, theoretical foundations and algorithms dealing with various aspects of big data broadly interpreted to include networked communication systems, distributed computing, high dimensional statistics, signal processing, scaling laws, data mining, and machine learning for high-performance and scalable computing and communication; applications include, but are not limited to, Internet-of-Things, augmented intelligence, social science, smart cities and other domains.
New IT Soc Video on Secret Sharing
A new video presenting the concepts behind secret sharing and Shamir's seminal paper is now on YouTube. This is the latest video in the Society's Great Papers: Information Theory series.
Levenshtein Special Issue of IT Trans — Deadline Extended
The deadline for paper submissions to the special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory dedicated to the memory of Vladimir I. Levenshtein has been extended to November 15th, 2019.
Postdoc at AI Now Institute at NYU
The AI Now Institute at New York University is hiring 1-2 postdoctoral researchers interested in joining an interdisciplinary and dynamic team of collaborative researchers. This two-year position is designed for scholars who want to engage with the social implications of AI and related technologies, and we welcome applications from all disciplines.
Professor of Data Sciences and Operations (Open Rank) at USC
University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, Tenure-Track Statistics Positions
Deadline extension to Oct. 15: JSAIT Deep Learning Special Issue
The deadline for JSAIT's first special issue on Deep Learning: Mathematical Foundations and Applications to Information Science has been extended to October 15. This is a hard deadline.
SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science (MDS 2020)
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is proud to introduce the first SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science (MDS 2020), which will take place on May 5–7, 2020 in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A
Call-for-Nominations: Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers
IEEE Information Theory Society invites nominations for the 2020 Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers.
New conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC)
We are happy to announce the birth of a new conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC). The first ITC conference will take place in Boston on June 17-19, 2020.
Call-for-Nominations: Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers
IEEE Information Theory Society invites nominations for the 2020 Padovani Lecturer, Goldsmith Lecturer, and Distinguished Lecturers.
New conference: Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC)
Announcing a new conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC)
Postdoctoral position at the University of Cambridge
Postdoctoral position in information theory and communications at the University of Cambridge.
Charles Bennett Named 2020 Claude E. Shannon Award Winner
The winner of the 2020 IEEE Information Theory Society Claude E. Shannon Award is Charles H. Bennett.
Redundancy 2019 in MIEM HSE, Moscow, Russia - Extended Deadline 18 August 2019
2019 XVI International Symposium "Problems of Redundancy in Information and
Control Systems" (REDUNDANCY) DEADLINE EXTENDED
Openings within the NICEST Lab @ UIC (Tuninetti, Devroye, Smida)
Several postdoctoral and PhD positions available within the NICEST lab at UIC, in network information theory and communication theory, with Profs Tuninetti, Devroye, and Smida.
JSAIT CFP: Deep Learning: Mathematical Foundations and Applications to Information Science
IEEE JSAIT's inaugural issue will be on Deep Learning: Mathematical Foundations and Applications to Information Science.
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.