Welcome

The Canadian Workshop on Information Theory (CWIT) is a prestigious international conference on communications, information theory, and signal processing and data science.  The 17th CWIT conference will be held on the campus of University of Ottawa, Ontario, from June 5 to June 8, 2022. Albeit some uncertainty due to Covid, the current plan is to make the workshop The workshop is an in-person event (held in Desmarais Hall, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Room 12102), an academic and social gathering that is long due to our community.

Submit your paper now …

Papers in (but not exclusive to) the following fields of research are solicited:

  • Shannon Theory
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Multiuser Information Theory
  • Quantum Information Processing
  • Coding Theory and Practice
  • Coded Modulation
  • Data Compression and Source Coding
  • Optical Communications
  • Cooperative Communication
  • Low-latency Communication
  • Information Theory in Biology
  • Cryptology and Data Security
  • Information Theory and Statistics
  • Signal Processing
  • Pattern Recognition and Learning
  • Sequences and Complexity
  • Machine Learning and Information Theory
  • Data Networks
  • Detection and Estimation
  • Cognitive Radio
  • Underwater Communications
  • Network Coding and Applications

    Authors wishing to have papers considered for the workshop should electronically submit their full papers (maximum six pages) in PDF format through EDAS (https://edas.info/N28868) using the standard IEEE two- column format (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html). Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.

    Student participants will enjoy significantly discounted registration fees. They will also receive a per diem of up to 80 Canadian Dollars for each day of their participation.

    Important Dates

    • Full-length paper submission: March 14, 2022
    • Notification of acceptance: April 25, 2022
    • Final manuscript submission / Author registration: May 5, 2022

    Organizing Commitee

    • General Chair: Yongyi Mao (uOttawa)
    • TPC Co-Chairs: Masoud Ardakani (uAlberta), Dmitry Trukhachev (Dalhousie U), Lele Wang (UBC)
    • Publication Chair: Ian Marsland (Carleton U)
    • Treasurer: Chen Feng (UBC Okanagan)
    • Web Master: Andrew Eckford (York U)

    Download Call for Paper in PDF : Click Here