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A new chapter  of the  Information Theory Society was formed in France
recently.
Gerard Cohen is serving as the Chairman, Gilles Zemor is the Cochairman, P. Godlewski is the Secretary/ Treasurer and T. Chebaro is the Student Representative.


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