The 2012 International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA2012) will take place in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, during October 28--31, 2012. The symposium has been held every two years. Hawaii is the place where the first ISITA was organized in the year 1990 as well as the sixth symposium in 2000. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

	Error Control Coding		Coding Theory and Practice
	Coded Modulation		Data Compression and Source Coding
	Communication Systems		Optical Communications
	Detection and Estimation		Mobile Communications
	Spread Spectrum Systems		Pattern Recognition and Learning
	Signal Processing		Speech/Image Coding
	Rate-Distortion Theory		Shannon Theory
	Stochastic Processes		Cryptology and Data Security
	Data Networks		Applications of Information Theory
	Multi-User Information Theory		Quantum Information Processing

Papers will be selected on the basis of a full paper (not exceeding 5pages). The deadline for submission is extended to May 5, 2012. Notification of decisions will be made by the middle of July 2012. Accepted papers will appear in the symposium proceedings.

Important Dates

Deadline for paper submission		May 5, 2012 [closed]
Notification of paper acceptance		Middle of July, 2012
Deadline for final paper submission		August 10, 2012
Deadline for author registration		August 10, 2012

List of Recent Updates

Travel grant, travel support award for young researchers		July 15, 2012
Registration site is now open		July 20, 2012
Technical program (tentative) is now available		July 23, 2012
Visa information is now available		July 27, 2012

Contact for enquiries

Enquiries on matters related to the Symposium should be addressed as follows:

General matters:		Technical program matters:
isita-2012@mail.ieice.org		isita-2012tpc@mail.ieice.org