
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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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.
Shannon Award for 2024
The IEEE Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Andrew Barron is the recipient of…
2023 Information Theory Society Paper Award Recipient
The 2023 Information Theory Society Paper Award goes to “A unified framework for one-shot…
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.
Conferences
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 (…
Allerton Conference 2023
The 59th Allerton Conference will be held at the University of Illinois Allerton Park & Retreat…
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
The Center for Communications Research, Princeton (CCR Princeton) is seeking new research staff…
Ph.D. Position in Information Theory
We are looking for a Ph.D. student to work on Information Theory at the Information Coding Division…
PhD Position in DNA Data Storage (Coding Theory)
PhD position is available at Eindhoven University of Technology working at the group of Alberto…
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Recent Journal Issues
JSAIT is a multi-disciplinary journal of special issues.
The IEEE Transactions on Information Theory publishes papers concerned with the transmission, processing, and utilization of information.
Videos on Information Theory
Research In Information Theory
Shannon, Euler, and Mazes
One of Claude Shannon’s best remembered “toys” was his maze-solving machine, created by partitions on a rectangular grid. A mechanical mouse was started at one point in the maze with the task of finding cheese at another point. Relays under the board guided successive moves, each of which were taken in the first open counterclockwise direction from the previous move. In belated honor of Shannon’s centenary and of amnesia in the mouse at age 70, we compare this deterministic search strategy with ...
6G: The Personal Tactile Internet—And Open Questions for Information Theory
The initial vision of cellular communications was to deliver ubiquitous voice communications to anyone anywhere. In a simplified view, 1G delivered voice services for business customers, and only 2G for consumers. Next, this also initiated the appetite for cellular data, for which 3G was designed. However, Blackberry delivered business smartphones, and 4G made smartphones a consumer device. The promise of 5G is to start the Tactile Internet, to control real and virtual objects in real-time via c...
Function Load Balancing Over Networks
Using networks as a means of computing can reduce the communication flow over networks. We propose to distribute the computation load in stationary networks and formulate a flow-based delay minimization problem that jointly captures the costs of communications and computation. We exploit the distributed compression scheme of Slepian-Wolf that is applicable under any protocol information. We introduce the notion of entropic surjectivity as a measure of function’s sparsity and to understand the li...
Reed–Muller Codes: Theory and Algorithms
Reed-Muller (RM) codes are among the oldest, simplest and perhaps most ubiquitous family of codes. They are used in many areas of coding theory in both electrical engineering and computer science. Yet, many of their important properties are still under investigation. This paper covers some of the recent developments regarding the weight enumerator and the capacity-achieving properties of RM codes, as well as some of the algorithmic developments. In particular, the paper discusses the recent conn...
Deep Neural Network Approximation Theory
This paper develops fundamental limits of deep neural network learning by characterizing what is possible if no constraints are imposed on the learning algorithm and on the amount of training data. Concretely, we consider Kolmogorov-optimal approximation through deep neural networks with the guiding theme being a relation between the complexity of the function (class) to be approximated and the complexity of the approximating network in terms of connectivity and memory requirements for storing t...