The IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) is the flagship meeting of the

IEEE Information Theory Society The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

. Every year and during the course of a week, researchers in the field of

information theory Information theory is the scientific study of the quantification (science), quantification, computer data storage, storage, and telecommunication, communication of information. The field was originally established by the works of Harry Nyquist a ...

gather to share their work in a series of presentations. The main event of the symposium is the Shannon Lecture, which is given by the recipient of the prestigious

Claude E. Shannon Award The Claude E. Shannon Award of the IEEE Information Theory Society was created to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory. Each Shannon Award winner is expected to present a Shannon Lecture at the following ...

of the year; the year's awardee was revealed during the previous ISIT.

History

The first meeting took place in 1950, although back then it was only called "Information Theory".

Claude Shannon Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American people, American mathematician, electrical engineering, electrical engineer, and cryptography, cryptographer known as a "father of information theory". As a 21-year-o ...

was a major participant; he had published his seminal work ''A Mathematical Theory of Communication'' only two years before this meeting. The symposium was held sporadically in the beginning and it has become a yearly event only after the turn of the millennium.

Conferences

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