The IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) is the flagship meeting of the IEEE Information Theory Society. Every year and during the course of a week, researchers in the field of information theory 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 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".[1] Claude Shannon 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.[2]
Conferences
History of the ISIT conference | |||||||
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Year | City | Country | Date | ||||
2020 | Los Angeles | United States of America | 21–26 June | ||||
2019 | Paris | France | 7–12 July | ||||
References
- ↑ "Conference on Information Theory, London 1950". www.turing.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
- ↑ "Previous ISITs — Information Theory Society". www.itsoc.org. Retrieved 2018-04-13.