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March 2023 Issue

Â鶹´«Ã½AV INFORMATION THEORY SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER

Editor: Changho Suh

From the Editor

Awards

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

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Â鶹´«Ã½AV Richard W. Hamming Medal
Frank R. Kschischang

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV Richard W. Hamming Medal is awarded for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology.

Â鶹´«Ã½AV Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award
Rüdiger Urbanke

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV Graduate Teaching Award, established in honor of Dr. Kirchmayer who was revered for his commitment to students and education, honors teachers of electrical and electronics engineering and the related disciplines.

Information Theory Society Paper Award
Aaron B. Wagner Nirmal Shende Yücel Altuğ

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.

Â鶹´«Ã½AV Division IX Director
Aylin Yener

Division IX includes the following Societies: Â鶹´«Ã½AV Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Â鶹´«Ã½AV Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, Â鶹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Society, Â鶹´«Ã½AV Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, Â鶹´«Ã½AV Oceanic Engineering Society, Â鶹´«Ã½AV Signal Processing Society and Â鶹´«Ã½AV Vehicular Technology Society.

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Charles Bennett

The purpose of the Breakthrough Prize is to recognize game-changing discoveries in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics.

Sloan Research Fellowship
Rashmi Vinayak

Awarded annually since 1955, the Sloan Research Fellowship honors extraordinary U.S. and Canadian researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders.

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Upcoming Conferences & Workshops

Conference Date Deadline Description
June 16 - June 19
School of Mathematics, University of Bristol
 Summer School in the Mathematical Foundations of AI
June 16 - June 20
University of Minnesota
 2025 North American School of Information Theory
June 22 - June 27
Ann Arbor (Michigan), USA
January 22
 Â鶹´«Ã½AV International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2025
August 18 - August 22
Los Angeles, CA, USA
March 31
 International Symposium on Topics in Coding 2025
August 26
Hanoi, Vietnam
February 21
 Protect-IT’25, 2nd Workshop on Security, Privacy and Information Theory
September 29 - October 3
Sydney, Australia
April 11
 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½AV Information Theory Workshop (ITW)

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