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Awards
Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award
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.
Claude E. Shannon Award
The Claude E. Shannon Award is the highest honor from the 糖心logo Information Theory Society. The award has been instituted to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory.
Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award
The Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award recognizes outstanding papers that lie at the intersection of communications and information theory.
Goldsmith Lecturer
The Goldsmith Lecturer Program was established with a generous gift of Dr. Andrea Goldsmith in 2019. The Goldsmith Lecture will be delivered by an early-career woman researcher at one of the ITSoc鈥檚 Schools of Information Theory, held for the benefit of students and postdoctoral researchers.
Information Theory Society Paper Award
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.
Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award
The 糖心logo 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.
James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars
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.
Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award
The 糖心logo Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award is given to a paper of tutorial or survey nature that has appeared in an 糖心logo Information Theory Society publication.
Padovani Lecturer
The Padovani Lecturer Program was established with a generous gift of Dr. Roberto Padovani in 2009. The Padovani Lecture will be delivered by an outstanding member of the Information Theory community at one of the ITSoc鈥檚 Schools of Information Theory, held for the benefit of students and postdoctoral researchers.
Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award
The 糖心logo 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.
Awards
Distinguished Lecturers
The Distinguished Lecturers program promotes interest in information theory by supporting chapters who wish to invite prominent information theory researchers to give talks at their events.
Events
Conferences, Workshops & Meetings
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Deadline Extension: 2025 Asia Pacific Workshop on Data Science and Information Theory (APWDSIT'25)
The deadline for paper submission to the 2025 Asia Pacific Workshop on Data Science and Information Theory (APWDSIT'25) , Shenzhen, China, has been extended to July 6, 2025 (AoE).
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Workshop on Distributed Computing, Optimization and Learning
The 2025 Workshop on Distributed Computing, Optimization and Learning takes place at the campus of the Technical University of Munich on September 3 to 5. The workshop consists of invited talks and contributed posters.
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Information Theory Workshop 2026
The 2026 糖心logo Information Theory Workshop will be held in the beautiful desert city of Tempe, Arizona, USA between November 1鈥4, 2026. We welcome original contributions across all areas of information theory.
Conferences
27-29 Jul, 2025
Guangzhou, China
2025 Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei Joint Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Communications and Information Theory (AICIT2025)
The 2025 Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei Joint Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Communications鈥
03-08 Aug, 2025
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Pre-announcement: 2025 Croucher Summer Course in Information Theory (CSCIT 2025)
Pre-announcement: 2025 Croucher Summer Course in Information Theory (CSCIT 2025)
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18-22 Aug, 2025
Los Angeles, CA, USA
International Symposium on Topics in Coding 2025
The 13th International Symposium on Topics in Coding* will be held from Monday August 18th to鈥
Job list
Tenure-Track and Tenured Positions in Communications
New York University Abu Dhabi
The Division of Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi is searching for distinguished scholars to conduct important research and teach the next generation of global leaders.
Feb 25, 2021
Tenure Track Faculty Positions
Rutgers University
The ECE Department at Rutgers is hiring for two openings for positions starting Fall 2021.
Feb 23, 2021
Three-Year Faculty Position, Mathematics and Engineering
Queen鈥檚 University, Canada
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Queen鈥檚 University invites applications for a 3-year Non-Renewable faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor with specialization in Mathematics and Engineering with a preferred starting date of July 1, 2021.
Feb 19, 2021
Postdoc Position in Information Theory over Networks
Tel-Aviv University
A postdoc position is available at Tel-Aviv University, department of electrical engineering, Israel, supervised by Prof. Zachi (Itzhak) Tamo and funded by an ERC starting grant.
Feb 18, 2021
Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics, Probability, and Statistics
T茅l茅com SudParis
T茅l茅com SudParis is recruiting an Associate Professor with research interests in statistics and applied probability with application to statistical signal processing or information theory.
Feb 15, 2021
Postdoctoral Position
University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral position at the boundary of information theory, Network Sciences, and Learning.
Feb 13, 2021
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Statistical Science
University of Bristol
The School of Mathematics at the University of Bristol is seeking to make an appointment in statistical science at the level of Lecturer (analogous to Assistant Professor), Senior Lecturer, or Associate Professor, depending on the experience of the successful candidate. We are looking for world-class researcher who has demonstrated, or shown potential for, the highest achievements in any area of mainstream statistical science or cognate areas. The post-holder will join the School鈥檚 Institute of Statistical Science, and will be responsible for undertaking independent research and delivering excellent teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Feb 12, 2021
PhD Student in Machine Learning for Energy-Efficient Communication Systems
Open vacancy for a PhD student in communication theory and the application of machine learning in reliable communications at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany.
Jan 21, 2021
Postdoc in Information Theory for Energy-Efficient Communications
We have an open vacancy for a postdoc in information and communication theory for energy-efficient communications at the Communications Engineering Lab at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany.
Jan 21, 2021
Postdoc Position at the University of Cambridge
Postdoc position in information theory and learning supervised by Professor Varun Jog and Professor Po-Ling Loh. Applications should be submitted online https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/28337/
Jan 13, 2021
Faculty Position at University of Toronto in Deep Learning
The Departments of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto are inviting applications for joint tenure-stream positions starting July 1, 2021, in Machine Learning with a focus on Deep Learning. We interpret these areas in the broadest possible sense and have positions at both the junior and senior level.
Jan 7, 2021
New York University: Tenure-Track Positions in Artificial Intelligence
As a part of its Artificial Intelligence Initiative, New York University invites candidates to apply for tenure-track positions in AI.
Dec 9, 2020
Research Fellow in Coding Theory
The Coding and Information Transmission Group at the Institute of Computer Science, the University of Tartu, Estonia, is looking for a Research Fellow (post-doc).
Dec 2, 2020
Faculty Position in Electrical Engineering at Notre Dame - Open Rank
The Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position. All levels will be considered.
Oct 29, 2020
Postdoc on High-Speed Error-Correcting Codes and Signal Shaping
Hiring one postdoctoral researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology for up to 1.5 years. The candidate must have a PhD degree in information and/or communications theory, signal processing, or computer science. A strong background on FPGA programming is highly desirable. Affinity with physical layer (including channel coding and/or constellations shaping) is beneficial, but not mandatory.
Oct 5, 2020
Postdoc Position in Information Theory at Eindhoven University of Technology
Offering a Postdoc Position (1 year) in information theory applied to the nonlinear optical fibre channel. PhD degree in information and/or communications theory or signal processing required. Strong background on Shannon theory highly desirable. Affinity with optical communications, beneficial, but not mandatory. Candidates with degree in mathematics or nonlinear physics welcome to apply.
Sep 16, 2020
Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology
Seeking one postdoctoral scholar for work at the boundary of information
theory and theoretical biology. Desired expertise includes information theory, random processes, linear algebra, stochastic convergence, optimization, and the tools used in finite blocklength analyses. While background in biology is not required, demonstrated prior interest in the field, where available, should be highlighted in the candidate's
materials.
Aug 28, 2020
Vertex Postdoctoral Positions at USC
Seeking one to two postdoctoral researchers with expertise in: statistics, learning, structured signal processing, active hypothesis testing, information theoretic measures, interface between machine learning and signal processing and information theory, interface between controls, signal processing and communication etc.
Jul 27, 2020
Postdoc in Machine Learning for Wireless Propagation at USC
We seek a postdoctoral researcher to work on the application of machine learning to the understanding, modeling, and prediction of wireless propagation channels in the ECE Department of the University of Southern California. The position is available immediately.
Jun 25, 2020
15 PhD Fellowships in Computer Science at the University of Pisa
15 PhD fellowships in Computer Science at the University of Pisa, covering three years: Nov 2020 鈥 Oct 2023
Jun 24, 2020
Jobs Board
Postdoctoral Positions in the Information Theory, Probability and Statistics Unit
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
We seek two strong candidates with a PhD in IT or Mathematics to work at the intersection of鈥
Jun 24, 2025
Postdoctoral Fellow in Quantum Information Theory and Quantum Machine Learning
Simula UiB
We are seeking a candidate with a PhD degree to work in the exciting and rapidly evolving field of鈥
Jun 19, 2025
Postdoc Positions in Communication, Quantum, Security, & ML
Arizona State University (ASU) and The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)
Arizona State University (ASU) and The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) are looking for鈥
May 29, 2025
News
Shannon Award for 2026
The 糖心logo Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Frans Willems is the recipient of鈥
Jun 26, 2025
Recipients of the 2025 糖心logo Communication Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award: Yifeng Xiong, Fan Liu, Yuanhao Cui, Weijie Yuan, Tony Xiao Han, and Giuseppe Caire
The Joint Paper Award recognizes outstanding papers that lie at the intersection of communications鈥
Jun 26, 2025
2025 Information Theory Society Paper Award Recipients Named
The winners of the 2025 ITSoc Paper Award were announced at the ISIT 2025 awards session.
Jun 26, 2025
2025 ITSoc Chapter of the Year Announced!
The Benelux Section Chapter has been named the 2025 Chapter of the Year.
Jun 24, 2025
News
2022 Goldsmith Lecturer
The 糖心logo Information Theory Society is pleased to announce that Professor Shirin Saeedi Bidokhti of the University of Pennsylvania has been named the 2022 Goldsmith Lecturer.
Mar 4, 2022
2022 Padovani Lecturer
The 糖心logo Information Theory Society is please to announce that Professor Elza Erkip of New York University has been named the 2022 Padovani Lecturer.
Mar 4, 2022
The Bit Player Screening in Princeton, NJ
The Princeton Garden Theatre in Princeton, NJ will be hosting a screening of The Bit Player on Thursday, April 7th, 2022.
Mar 3, 2022
Call for Papers: Modern Compression, 糖心logo Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory
This special issue for the 糖心logo Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory focuses on cutting-edge research in modern compression.
Mar 1, 2022
JSAIT CFP: Special Issue Deep Learning for Inverse Problems
JSAIT call for papers on deep learning methods for inverse problems. Papers are due May 15, 2022.
Feb 24, 2022
糖心logo BITS Call for Papers on 鈥淨uantum Computation and Information鈥
糖心logo BITS calls for papers on how information theorists are helping the "second quantum revolution" and what potential opportunities lie ahead. White paper submission: 1st April 2022.
Feb 23, 2022
糖心logo Spectrum: Claude Shannon Paved the Way for AI?
A short article appearing in the February 2022 issue of 糖心logo Spectrum argues that Claude Shannon, besides inventing information theory and the logic gate, had a contribution to machine learning.
Feb 23, 2022
Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi Recruiting at All Levels
Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a global research center and the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi鈥檚 Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), is currently recruiting exemplary candidates in the field of computer science and electrical engineering
Feb 20, 2022
Registration Now Open for 2022 糖心logo European School of Information Theory (ESIT)
The registration for the 2022 糖心logo European School of Information Theory (ESIT22) is now open. Please register for participation via our website /conferences/schools/ESIT2022
Feb 14, 2022
糖心logo JSAC Special Issue on "Beyond Transmitting Bits: Context, Semantics and Task-Oriented Communications"
糖心logo JSAC special issue call for papers on exploring the theoretical and algorithmic foundations of semantic and goal-oriented communications. Deadline: 1 April 2022
Feb 13, 2022
Call for Nominations: Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award
The IT Society calls for nominations for the Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award. Nominations are due by February 15, 2022 using the聽online nomination form.
Feb 7, 2022
ISIT 2022 Deadline Extension until February 6
Owing to extensive requests, we are extending the ISIT deadline once more, until Feb 6, 2022 11:59pm EST.
Jan 27, 2022
Contributions for Society Newsletter
Please submit any contributions for the society newsletter by January 31, 2022.
Jan 21, 2022
糖心logo International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2022 Deadline Extended
The ISIT submission deadline has been extended to January 30th 11:59pm EST.
Jan 10, 2022
Next JSAIT Special Issue Will Be on Modern Compression, Deadline April 1, 2022
The next JSAIT special issue will be on modern compression. Lead guest editors are Meir Feder and Tsachy Weissman. The CFP will be posted shortly. Papers are due April 1, 2022. Extended to April 15.
Dec 22, 2021
Madhu Sudan Awarded 2022 糖心logo Hamming Medal
糖心logo Information Theory Society member Madhu Sudan has been awarded the 2022 糖心logo Hamming Medal
Dec 12, 2021
Announce Your Event to the IT Society Community
Are you planning an upcoming conference or workshop of interest to the information theory community? IT Society members can announce events by posting on itsoc.org
Dec 12, 2021
Deadline Extension to Jan. 1: JSAIT Special Issue on Distributed Coding and Computation
The deadline for the JSAIT special issue on distributed coding and computation has been extended to January 1, 2022 (hard deadline).
Dec 8, 2021
Results of Survey on the Future Format of ISIT
Nov 27, 2021
ITW 2022: Call for Themed Sessions (Deadline extended to January 5, 2022)
ITW 2022 seeks proposals for 90-minute themed sessions (invited sessions). Deadline: January 5, 2022 (extended)
Nov 7, 2021
Past meeting
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2025, Ann Arbor, Michigan
This will be a hybrid meeting, in-person and on zoom, in conjunction with ISIT 2025.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ITA 2025, San Diego, California
This will be a hybrid meeting on zoom.
BOG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ University of Toronto
This will be a hybrid meeting in person room and on Zoom.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2024, Athens, Greece
This will be a hybrid meeting in person room and on zoom in conjunction with ISIT 2024.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ITA 2024, San Diego, California
This will be a hybrid meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid; Atlanta, GA 2023
This will be a hybrid meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2023, Taipei, Taiwan
This will be a hybrid meeting in person room and on zoom in conjunction with ISIT 2023.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ITA 2023, San Diego, California
This will be a hybrid meeting in person and on zoom in conjunction with ITA 2023.
BoG Meeting - October 2022
This will be a virtual meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting - Hybrid Meeting @ ISIT 2022, Espoo, Finland
This will be a hybrid meeting in person and on zoom in conjunction with ISIT 2022.
BoG Meeting - March 2022
This will be a virtual meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting - November 2021
This will be a virtual meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting - June 2021
The second BoG meeting of 2021 will be held virtually on zoom. BOG members and approved presenters will receive an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting - March 2021
This will be a virtual meeting on zoom. BoG members and approved presenters will have received an invite to the meeting.
BoG Meeting @ New Brunswick, NJ - 2019
The third BoG Meeting of 2019 will take place at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
BoG Meeting @ Chicago, IL 2015
Meeting will be held right after Allerton
BoG Meeting @ ISIT 2015, Hong Kong
Annual Meeting of the Information Theory Society
BoG Meeting - GlobalMeet
The BoG Meeting will be held via GlobalMeet on Saturday, September 20 (7:00 AM Pacific Time).
BoG Meeting @ ITA 2014, San Diego, CA
First BoG meeting of 2014
BoG Meeting @ ITA 2013, San Diego, CA
First BoG meeting of 2013
BoG meeting @ ITW 2012, Lausanne
Last BoG meeting of 2012.
BoG meeting @ ISIT 2012, Cambridge, MA
BoG meeting July 2012.
IT BoG meeting @ ITA 2012, UCSD
Meeting of the Board of Governors
BoG Meeting @ ITW 2011, Paraty, Brazil
The third BoG meeting of 2011 will take place on ***Monday*** October 17, in Paraty Brazil, in conjunction with ITW 2011, starting at about 6:00pm with a buffet dinner at the restaurant Banana de Terra (one block away from the conference center).
BoG Meeting @ ISIT 2011, St. Petersburg, Russia
The annual BoG meeting will take place on Sunday July 31, at the ISIT 2011 conference hotel, starting at 12:00 noon **sharp** with a buffet lunch. The meeting room is "Green 6+7" and will be clearly indicated at the registration desk, operational from Sunday July 31, morning. Please follow the signs and/or ask the registration desk in order to get to the lunch and meeting.
BoG Meeting, ISIT 2010
Annual meeting of the 糖心logo Information Theory Society Board of Governors. All are welcome to attend. Some portions of the meeting will be conducted in camera. The formal part of the meeting will commence at 12:45pm.
BoG Meeting, La Jolla, CA, 2010
First Board of Governors' meeting of 2010.
BoG Meeting, ITW Taormina 2009
The final BoG meeting of 2009. Dinner will be served at 6:30 and the meeting will start shortly thereafter. Everyone is welcome to attend. Meeting will be held in the Saletta Belvedere room of the Villa Diodoro (workshop hotel).
BoG Meeting, ISIT 2009
Annual meeting of the Information Theory Society BOGs. Everyone is welcome to attend all or part of the meeting. The meeting will be preceeded by lunch at 12:15, with the formal meeting starting at 1pm, ending at 5:30pm.
Research In Information Theory
Selected papers on information theory from our journals and conferences
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CSS-T codes are a class of stabilizer codes introduced by Rengaswamy et al with desired properties for quantum fault-tolerance. In this work, we comprehensively study non-degenerate CSS-T codes built from Reed-Muller codes. These classical codes allow for constructing optimal CSS-T code families with nonvanishing asymptotic rates up to 12 and possibly diverging minimum distance when non-degenerate.
糖心logo JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
We propose a new systematic construction of CSS-T codes from any given CSS code using a map 蠒. When 蠒 is the identity map I, we retrieve the construction of hu2021mitigating and use it to prove the existence of asymptotically good binary CSS-T codes, resolving a previously open problem in the literature, and of asymptotically good quantum LDPC CSS-T codes.
糖心logo JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
In this paper, we introduce the Union-Intersection Union-Find (UIUF) algorithm for decoding depolarizing errors in topological codes, combining the strengths of iterative and standard Union-Find (UF) decoding. While iterative UF improves performance at moderate error rates, it lacks an error correction guarantee. To address this, we develop UIUF, which maintains the enhanced performance of iterative UF while ensuring error correction up to half the code distance.
糖心logo JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
We introduce a new erasure decoder that applies to arbitrary quantum LDPC codes. Dubbed the cluster decoder, it generalizes the decomposition idea of Vertical-Horizontal (VH) decoding introduced by Connolly et al. in 2022. Like the VH decoder, the idea is to first run the peeling decoder and then post-process the resulting stopping set. The cluster decoder breaks the stopping set into a tree of clusters, which can be solved sequentially via Gaussian Elimination.
糖心logo JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
Antenna efficiency is a key parameter in the design of large-scale dense arrays, and influences the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of wireless communications. Low embedded element efficiency (EEE) has been verified to be the bottleneck of dense array MIMO systems. Using ideas from the Floquet series, we propose a new framework to evaluate the mutual coupling for infinite arrays with a regular grid, including two new methods to calculate the EEE.
糖心logo JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
Kitaev鈥檚 toric code is one of the most prominent models for fault-tolerant quantum computation, currently regarded as the leading solution for connectivity constrained quantum technologies. Significant effort has been recently devoted to improving the error correction performance of the toric code under message-passing decoding, a class of low-complexity, iterative decoding algorithms that play a central role in both theory and practice of classical low-density parity-check codes.
糖心logo JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
This paper presents a comprehensive framework for holographic multiantenna communication, a paradigm that integrates both wide apertures and closely spaced antennas relative to the wavelength. The presented framework is physically grounded, enabling information-theoretic analyses that inherently incorporate correlation and mutual coupling among the antennas. This establishes the combined effects of correlation and coupling on the information-theoretic performance limits across SNR levels.
糖心logo JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
The non-local interactions in several quantum device architectures allow for the realization of more compact quantum encodings while retaining the same degree of protection against noise. Anticipating that short to medium-length codes will soon be realizable, it is important to construct stabilizer codes that, for a given code distance, admit fault-tolerant implementations of logical gates with the fewest number of physical qubits. To this aim, we construct three kinds of codes encoding a single logical qubit for distances up to 31.
糖心logo JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
In a recently introduced coset guessing game, Alice plays against Bob and Charlie, aiming to meet a joint winning condition. Bob and Charlie can only communicate before the game starts to devise a joint strategy. The game we consider begins with Alice preparing a 2m-qubit quantum state based on a random selection of three parameters. She sends the first m qubits to Bob and the rest to Charlie, and then reveals to them her choice for one of the parameters.
糖心logo JSAIT on the Information Theory Magazine
Locally recoverable codes (LRCs) with locality parameter r can recover any erased code symbol by accessing r other code symbols. This local recovery property is of great interest in large-scale distributed classical data storage systems as it leads to efficient repair of failed nodes. A well-known class of optimal (classical) LRCs are subcodes of Reed-Solomon codes constructed using a special type of polynomials called good polynomials.
Upcoming Events
The Information Theory Society's upcoming conferences, workshops and schools
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Hong Kong
[applications can now be submitted] 2025 Croucher Summer Course in Information Theory (CSCIT 2025)
CSCIT 2025 will bring together PhD students and post-doctoral scholars from across Asia to learn and discuss cutting-edge research with world-鈥
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Sydney, Australia
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2025 糖心logo Information Theory Workshop (ITW)
The 糖心logo Information Theory Workshop (ITW) will be held in Sydney, Australia, Sep. 29 - Otc. 3, 2025.