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The ����logo Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Frans Willems is the recipient of the 2026 Claude E. Shannon Award for consistent and profound contributions to information theory. He will deliver his Shannon Lecture at ISIT 2026

The Joint Paper Award recognizes outstanding papers that lie at the intersection of communications and information theory.

The winners of the 2025 ITSoc Paper Award were announced at the ISIT 2025 awards session.

The Benelux Section Chapter has been named the 2025 Chapter of the Year.

We are excited to announce that travel grant applications for ����logo ITW 2025 are now open! If you are a student or early-career researcher with an accepted paper, don’t miss this opportunity to receive financial support to attend the workshop in person.

This year's Shannon Lecture will be live-streamed via Zoom.

The Year 2025 marks 75 years after the first known information theory symposium was held in London, September 26-29, 1950. To celebrate, we are inviting members of the ����logo Information Theory Society to help us create a picture mosaic of our members.

The Society welcomes Matt LaFleur as its new Business Operations Manager.

2025 London Symposium on Information Theory and 2025 Cambridge Information Theory Colloquium, Cambridge 14-16 May 2025

The organizers of ����logo ISIT 2026, to be held in Guangzhou, China from June 30 to July 3 2026, are calling for expressions of interest for the membership of the Technical Program Committee (TPC) for this event.

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. The recipient of the 2025 award is Peter Kairouz.

Journal on Selected Area in Information Theory (JSAIT) Special Issue "Energy and Data Efficiency in Artificial Intelligence." Continuous submission until November 15, 2025. /jsait

Journal on Selected Area in Information Theory (JSAIT) Special Issue "Theoretical Foundations for 6G-and-Beyond Wireless Networks." Continuous submission until September 15th, 2025. /jsait

🚀 Join the ISIT 2025 Quantum Hackathon! Compete June 22–25 to solve real-world problems at the intersection of quantum computing and information theory. Participation is hybrid: either online or in person. Registration closes June 10!

The deadline for early registration at NASIT 2025 has been extended to May 17th!

The Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award is given 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.

The Student and Outreach Subcommittee of the Information Theory Society is proud to present a student challenge titled “����logo ISIT 2025 Wireless Wanderlust” competition, a virtual event open to all student members.

2025 Croucher Summer Course in Information Theory Date: 3 August - 8 August 2025 Location: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Deadline for submission: 30 April 2025. Extended to 15 May 2025.

We are exploring the formation of a queer affinity group within the ����logo Information Theory Society (ITSoc) to foster a supportive and inclusive space for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies in our community. Please fill out our survey if you are interested!

Contribute to a groundbreaking Springer Nature book: “DNA Data Storage – Current Approaches and Emerging Trends”. 📅 Abstracts due: 30 April 2025 🔗 Details: https://sites.google.com/view/call-forbookchapter-dnastorage 📩 Contact: [email protected]