Squared Portrait of Andrew Barron

Shannon Award for 2024

The IEEE Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Andrew Barron is the recipient of the Claude E. Shannon Award for 2024.

Volunteer artwork shows two people building the IT Society

Broadening Participation in the IT Society

The Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) committee introduces the new IT Society Volunteer website.

Joint D&I and WITHITS event at ISIT 2023

Read the September 2023 Newsletter

Read the report of the joint D&IT and WITHITS meeting at ISIT 2023, and more, in the September 2023 newsletter.

JSAIT Covert Art December 2022

JSAIT issue Modern Compression

The December 2022 issue of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory is on Modern Compression.

BITS cover Fall 2022

Katalin Marton's Legacy in IEEE BITS

The most recent issue of IEEE BITS the Information Theory Magazine is on Katalin Marton's Lasting Legacy.

Portrait of Aylin Yener

Aylin Yener Elected as IEEE Division Director

The IT Society congratulates Past President Aylin Yener for being elected to be the next IEEE Division IX Director.

Photo from ISIT 2019

Information Theory Society

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.

Aspects of Our Society

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Outreach
A gathering of videos, books and more that show how information theory impacts our lives.
Meet IT Society Students
The Student and Outreach Subcommittee plans student and outreach activities at symposia and workshops.
Read Our Newsletter
The IEEE Information Theory Society Newsletter connects our members and is published four times a year.  Beginning with the March 2022 issue, the Newsletter is online only.

News

Contributions for Society Newsletter

Please submit any contributions for the society newsletter by August 31, 2023.

Aug 13, 2023
Shannon Award for 2024

The IEEE Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Andrew Barron is the recipient of…

Jun 30, 2023
2023 Information Theory Society Paper Award Recipient

The 2023 Information Theory Society Paper Award goes to “A unified framework for one-shot…

Jun 27, 2023
Ning Cai, Pioneer of Network Coding, Passed Away at the Age of 75

Ning Cai, who pioneered the field of network coding, passed away on May 25, 2023 at the age of 75.

Jun 9, 2023

Conferences

25-28 Sep, 2023
Shanghai, China
24th IEEE International workshop on Signal Processing advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC 2023)

The 24th IEEE International workshop on Signal Processing advances in Wireless Communications (…

27-29 Sep, 2023
UIUC Allerton Park
Allerton Conference 2023

The 59th Allerton Conference will be held at the University of Illinois Allerton Park & Retreat…

02-05 Oct, 2023
Orlando, Florida
2023 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CCNS)

The eleventh annual IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (IEEE CNS) 2023 will be…

Jobs Board

Research Staff Member - CCR Princeton
CCR Princeton

The Center for Communications Research, Princeton (CCR Princeton) is seeking new research staff…

Sep 15, 2023
Ph.D. Position in Information Theory
Information Coding Division (ICG) at Linköping University, Sweden

We are looking for a Ph.D. student to work on Information Theory at the Information Coding Division…

Sep 15, 2023
PhD Position in DNA Data Storage (Coding Theory)
Eindhoven University of Technology with secondment at Technion

PhD position is available at Eindhoven University of Technology working at the group of Alberto…

Sep 13, 2023

Recent Journal Issues

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

The IEEE Transactions on Information Theory publishes papers concerned with the transmission, processing, and utilization of information.

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Videos on Information Theory

Research In Information Theory

Selected papers on information theory from our journals and conferences