Coding theory and practice Communication theory Compression Cryptography and data security Detection and estimation Information theory and statistics Network communication theory  Multiple terminal information theory Pattern recognition and learning Quantum information theory Sequences and complexity Shannon theory Signal processing Source coding Researchers working in emerging fields of information theory are especially  encouraged to submit original findings. The paper submission deadline will be announed soon, with notification of acceptance following shortly afterwards. For more information about the symposium, please contact its General Co-  Chairs: Invitation to Participate Welcome to the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2011) website. The conference will take place on July, 31 - August, 5, 2011, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the Nothern capital of Russian  Federation. Interested authors are encouraged to submit previously  unpublished contributions from a broad range of topics related to  information theory, including (but not limited to) the following areas: Vladimir Blinovsky IITP, Bolshoy Karetny, 19, Moscow, 127994, Russia +7 (926) 831-95-97 vblinovs@iitp.ru Alexander Kuleshov IITP, Bolshoy Karetny, 19, Moscow, 127994, Russia +7 (495) 650-42-25 kuleshov@iitp.ru Anthony Ephremides University of Maryland, USA College Park, MD 20742 +1 (301) 405-3641 tony@eng.umd.edu