Information Theory Conference/Journals Deadlines

Countdowns to information theory conference and journal special-issue deadlines (ISIT, ITW, Allerton, CISS, DCC, ISITA, JSAIT, ...). Also several major Communication and ML venues where information theory is relevant. All deadlines shown in your local time.

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Last update: 26 August 2026

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ICLR 2027

International Conference on Learning Representations
April 26–30, 2027 // TBA (see iclr.cc)
Deadline: 2026-09-25 23:59
First deadline is the mandatory abstract; second is the full paper. New reciprocal-reviewing requirement this year. Venue listings conflict across trackers; confirm on iclr.cc.

ITW 2027

IEEE Information Theory Workshop
April 5–8, 2027 // Munich, Germany
Deadline: 2026-10-02 23:59
Themed session proposals were due July 19, 2026. Acceptance Dec 15, 2026; camera-ready Jan 15, 2027.

DCC 2027

IEEE Data Compression Conference
March 23–28, 2027 // Snowbird, UT, USA
Deadline: 2026-10-02 23:59
Deadline is 11:59pm US Pacific Time (per the official CFP).

ICC 2027

IEEE International Conference on Communications
May 30 – June 3, 2027 // Washington, DC, USA
Deadline: 2026-10-02 23:59
Submissions open now via EDAS per symposium track. Workshop-paper deadlines follow later; see the workshops page.

ISIT 2027

IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory
June 27 – July 2, 2027 // Sorrento, Italy
Deadline: 2027-01-10 23:59
Workshop proposals due Nov 30, 2026; tutorial proposals due Feb 26, 2027. Notification Mar 27, 2027.

ICML 2027

International Conference on Machine Learning
July 2027 (expected) // TBA
Deadline: TBA
Official CFP not yet posted. Community trackers expect abstracts ~mid-Jan and papers ~late Jan 2027; confirm on icml.cc when announced.

CISS 2027

60th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems
March 2027 // Baltimore, MD, USA (Johns Hopkins University)
Deadline: TBA
CISS 2026 was cancelled; JHU hosts the 2027 edition. Submissions historically due ~December 10 in final format. Watch the site for the CFP.

ITA 2027

Information Theory and Applications Workshop
February 2027 (expected) // San Diego, CA, USA
Deadline: TBA
Invitation-based; no proceedings. Listed for planning rather than a hard deadline.

NeurIPS Workshops 2026

Workshops at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems
December 2026 (workshop days) // Sydney, Australia (+ Atlanta & Paris satellites)
Deadline: TBA
Each workshop sets its own paper deadline, typically late Aug - Sep 2026. Info-theoretic ML workshops recur most years; check the accepted-workshops list for individual CFPs.

Allerton 2027

Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing
September 2027 (expected) // Urbana, IL, USA
Deadline: TBA
CFP typically opens May 1 with a mid-June deadline (2026 cycle was June 15).

GLOBECOM 2027

IEEE Global Communications Conference
December 2027 (expected) // TBA
Deadline: TBA
CFP not yet out; paper deadlines historically fall in early April. Verify the 2027 site when it goes live.

NeurIPS 2026

Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (40th)
December 6–12, 2026 // Sydney, Australia (+ Atlanta & Paris satellites)
Deadline (1 / 2): 2026-05-04 23:59
Main-track deadlines passed (abstract May 4, paper May 6). Notification Sep 24, 2026. See the NeurIPS Workshops entry for still-open workshop CFPs.

NeurIPS 2026

Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (40th)
December 6–12, 2026 // Sydney, Australia (+ Atlanta & Paris satellites)
Deadline (2 / 2): 2026-05-06 23:59
Main-track deadlines passed (abstract May 4, paper May 6). Notification Sep 24, 2026. See the NeurIPS Workshops entry for still-open workshop CFPs.

Allerton 2026

Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing
September 15–18, 2026 // Urbana, IL, USA (NCSA, UIUC)
Deadline: 2026-06-15 23:59
Deadline passed (extended from June 8). Final manuscripts due Sep 25, 2026.

ISITA 2026

International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications
November 1–4, 2026 // Okinawa, Japan
Deadline: 2026-05-11 23:59
Deadline passed (extended from Apr 28). Biennial (even years); next edition expected 2028.

ITW 2026

IEEE Information Theory Workshop
November 10–13, 2026 // Tempe, AZ, USA
Deadline: 2026-05-10 23:59
Deadline passed (extended from May 3). First ITW with a student paper award.

JSAIT SI Data Compression 2026

IEEE JSAIT Special Issue: Data Compression - Classical Theories Meet Modern Advances
Continuous publication after acceptance // Online (IEEE Xplore)
Deadline: 2026-03-31 23:59
Submission window closed Mar 31, 2026. Kept as a template entry; replace with the next announced JSAIT special issue.