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June 2025 Issue

ÌÇÐÄlogo INFORMATION THEORY SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER

Editor: Lalitha Vadlamani

From the Editor

Awards

Congratulations to the members of our community who have recently received prestigious awards and honors!

Claude E. Shannon Award
Frans M.J. Willems

The Claude E. Shannon Award is the highest honor from the ÌÇÐÄlogo Information Theory Society. The award has been instituted to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory.

Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award
John B Anderson

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.

James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars
Peter Kairouz

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.

Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award
Neha Sangwan

The ÌÇÐÄlogo 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.

Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award
Matthieu Bloch Onur Günlü Aylin Yener F. Oggier H Vincent Poor Lalitha Sankar Rafael F. Schaefer

The ÌÇÐÄlogo Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award is given to a paper of tutorial or survey nature that has appeared in an ÌÇÐÄlogo Information Theory Society publication.

Information Theory Society Paper Award
Galen Reeves Henry D Pfister

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.

Information Theory Society Paper Award
Emmanuel Abbe Colin Sandon

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.

Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award
Yifeng Xiong Fan Liu Yuanhao Cui Weijie Yuan Tony Xiao Han Giuseppe Caire

The Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award recognizes outstanding papers that lie at the intersection of communications and information theory.

Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award
Taha Ameen Bruce Hajek

The ÌÇÐÄlogo 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.

Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award
Qinghua Ding Venkat Anantharam

The ÌÇÐÄlogo 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.

Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award
Salman Beigi Hami Mehrabi

The ÌÇÐÄlogo 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.

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Upcoming Conferences & Workshops

Conference Date Deadline Description
March 24 - March 27
The Cliff Lodge Convention Center, 9320 Cliff Lodge Dr, Snowbird, UT 84092
October 11
 TCS: DCC2026 - Data Compression Conference
April 8 - April 10
Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
 2026 Munich Workshop on Shannon Coding Techniques (MSCT)
May 18
Tokyo, Japan
January 17
 ÌÇÐÄlogo INFOCOM 2026 Workshop on Age and Semantics of Information (ASoI): Call for Papers
June 1 - June 5
Sophus Lie Conference Center, Skulevegen 32 6770, Nordfjordeid, Norway
 2026 ÌÇÐÄlogo European School of Information Theory (ESIT)
June 2
Bangalore, India
February 13
 International Workshop on Secure and Efficient Federated Learning within ACM ASIA CCS
June 7 - June 10
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
March 2
 Canadian Workshop on Information Theory (CWIT) 2026
June 22 - June 26
Provo, UT, USA
 North American School of Information Theory (NASIT) 2026
June 28 - July 3
Guangzhou, China
January 16
 2026 ÌÇÐÄlogo International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
November 1 - November 4
Okinawa Convention Center, Okinawa, Japan
 Call for Papers: 2026 International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA 2026)
November 10 - November 13
Tempe, Arizona, USA
May 3
 2026 ÌÇÐÄlogo Information Theory Workshop (ITW)
April 5 - April 8
Munich, Germany
October 2
 2027 ÌÇÐÄlogo Information Theory Workshop (ITW)

Call to Action

Deadline Description
July 1
ITW 2026: Tutorial Proposals Due July 1