Call for submissions

  • Submission server: https://beyondiid12.org/
  • Format: Extended abstract (up to 3 pages excl. references) AND (arXiv link to OR copy of) full manuscript
  • Deadline: May 2, 2024, Anywhere on Earth

The Beyond IID in Information Theory workshop, the twelfth in a series that started in 2013 in Cambridge, brings together specialists and students of classical and quantum Shannon theory, cryptography, mathematical physics, thermodynamics, etc., in the hope to foster collaboration in this exciting field. Participation is open to all. This year’s edition will take place at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from July 29 to August 2, 2024.

The topics covered under “Beyond IID” include but are not limited to the following:

  • Finite block length coding
  • Second and higher order analysis
  • Strong converses
  • Quantum Shannon theory
  • Cryptography and quantum cryptography
  • New information tasks
  • One-shot information theory and unstructured channels
  • Information spectrum method
  • Entropy inequalities
  • Non-standard entropies (e.g. Rényi entropies, min-entropy, …)
  • Matrix analysis
  • Thermodynamics
  • Generalized resource theories
  • Physics of information

The application process asks for an extended abstract of up to three pages together with a technical manuscript without page limits (in the same file – only one file to be uploaded). Both of these will help the programme committee to make a decision. There will be no formal review, but we will make it our mission to select a programme that features the most interesting research of the year, covers all the topics relevant to the conference well, and includes a broad variety of speakers. The programme committee will generally break the tie towards work that has been published on the electronic archive in the year preceding the conference.

Extended Abstract: This should be at most three pages in length and contain a nontechnical and clear description of the results and main ideas. The page limit does not include references.

Technical Manuscript: This is an appendix to the extended abstract describing the technical details of the work. This should only be included (in the same file – only one file to be uploaded) if the work is not yet published on an electronic archive. Otherwise, a reference to the published paper is preferred.

The submission server is located at https://beyondiid12.org/.

Please note that the submission works in two steps, where a single file can be uploaded only once the submission has been created using the password created during the first step. For poster only submission, please add at the end of the title of your submission: POSTER ONLY.