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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 ¡ÈTokyo Chapter¡É in 1981, and reorganized as ¡ÈJapan Chapter¡É in 1999. The chapter has more than 370 members including fellows, senior members, and student members.



Activities(Symposiums,Workshops, Technical meetings):

2009    2008    2007    2006    2005     2004     2003     2002     2001     2000     1999



Committee Members of Japan Chapter:


*NEWS

ISITA2010/ISSSTA2010 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 ISITA2010/ISSSTA2010. SITA (Society of Information Theory and its Applications) also supports participants who are in financial need. This financial support and the IEEE IT Society Japan Chapter Travel Support Award are independent programs. Therefore, please you can apply for both of them if your are in financial need. In this case, please use the application form by SITA, and check for application to the IEEE IT Society Japan Chapter Travel Support Award in the form. You can download the application form from ISITA2010/ISSSTA2010 website. However, the winner of the IEEE IT Society Japan Chapter Travel Support Award is excluded from the recipients of this financial support. When you apply only for the IEEE IT Society Japan Chapter program, please fill out the application form by the IEEE IT Society Japan Chapter.

Application form IEEE IT Society Japan Chapter Travel Support Award [MS-Word]
Application form IEEE IT Society Japan Chapter Travel Support Award [PDF]

Commemorative Work Shop of Professor Te Sun Han's winning C. E. Shannon Award

IEEE IT Society Japan Chapter supports "Commemorative Work Shop of Professor Te Sun Han's winning C. E. Shannon Award" (Feb. 22, 2010) to be held in the University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo. Speaker: Suguru Arimoto (Ritsumeikan University), Shun-ichi Amari (Riken), Hiroshi Nagaoka (University of Electro-Communications), Te Sun Han (Waseda University)

6th Asia-Europe Workshop on Information Theory ---Concepts in Information Theory---

IEEE IT Soc. Japan Chapter supports AEW2010 (Oct.22-Oct.24,2010) to be held in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan.
The workshop focuses on fundamental concepts in Information Theory. For more details: CFP: AEW2010

Professor Te Sun Han is the winner of the 2010 Information Theory Society Claude E. Shannon Award

July 2, 2009, Seoul - Te Sun Han received the Claude Elwood Shannon Award 2010 of the IEEE Information Theory Society. The prize is designated after Calude Elwood Shannon and awarded for outstanding achievements in the area of the information theory. The Claude Elwood Shannon Award is the highest honor of the IT Society. We heartily congratulate Te Sun Han to win the prize and feel greatly honored to announce his award to all of you.

Forthcoming events:

AEW2010, Oct.22-Oct.24,2010, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan


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Tomoharu Shibuya
Last modified: Mar. 5, 2010