IEEE Information Theory Society Japan Chapter

IEEE Infomation Theory Society
Japan Chapter

The Japan Chapter Awarded The 2005 IEEE Infomation Theory Society
Chapter of The Year Award.
Chapter Award(Award certificate, jpg)

Japan Chapter Awarded the First "Best IT Chapter Award"
IEEE Information Theory Society Chapter Meeting
Palais Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday July 1, 2002
(Refer "IEEE Information Theory Society Newsletter, vol.52, no.3, pp.8-9, Setp. 2002")
Chapter Award(Award certificate, pdf file) Award ceremony(pdf file)

Welcome:

The Information Theory Society Japan Chapter aims to promote local activities in information theory and related fields. The chapter sponsors symposiums, workshops, technical meetings in cooperation with the SITA (Society of Information Theory and Its Applications) and/or the IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) in Japan. The chapter was organized originally as “Tokyo Chapter” in 1981, and reorganized as “Japan Chapter” in 1999. The chapter has more than 370 members including fellows, senior members, and student members.

Activities(Symposiums, Workshops, Technical meetings):

2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

* IEEE IT Society Japan Chapter Travel Support Award for Young Researchers

IEEE Information Theory Society Japan Chapter sponsors a travel support award for young researchers who have their residence in JAPAN and will present their research in ISITA2008 (https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/research/conferences/isita2008/index.php).

At most five winners will receive 40,000 yen to support their travel to the venue of ISITA2008.

Applicants must be or agree to become IEEE members who are less than 35 years old at December 31, 2008 and they must be the first authors and speakers of their papers. The winner will be decided
by reviewing their final manuscripts.

Further details will be announced at the beginning of August through the home pages of both IEEE IT Society Japan Chapter and ISITA2008. Researchers who may meet the criteria should contact to Prof. T. Wadayama of Nagoya Institute of Technology, IEEE IT Society Japan Chapter Secretary (wadayama@nitech.ac.jp).