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The deadline for paper submission to the Ìý2025 Asia Pacific Workshop on Data Science and Information Theory (APWDSIT'25) , Shenzhen, China, has been extended to July 6, 2025 (AoE).

The Asia Pacific Workshop on Data Science and Information Theory (APWDSIT) aims at providing a platform for information theorists in the Asia Pacific region to exchange frontier research ideas in information theory as well as the applications to emerging scientific fields, and promote cross-disciplinary researches between information theory and other research areas, such as signal processing, control and optimization, and machine learning.

This conference is featured with 3 tutorial speakers and 14 invited speakersÌýin the topics ofÌýAdvanced Coding Technology, Semantic Communication, and Cryptography and Information Theory.

Topic 1: Advanced Coding Technology

• Tutorials:

Ìý Ìý Ìý Presenter: Huazi Zhang, Research Engineer, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Ìý
Ìý Ìý Ìý Title: Channel Coding beyond 5G

• Invited Talks:

Ìý Ìý Ìý (1) Wai Ho MOW, Associate Dean of Engineering (Undergraduate Studies), Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyÌý
Ìý Ìý Ìý (2) Xiaohu Tang, Professor, Southwest Jiaotong UniversityÌý
Ìý Ìý Ìý (3) Qin Huang, Professor, Beihang UniversityÌý
Ìý Ìý Ìý (4) Ling Liu, Associate Professor, Xidian University (Guangzhou)

Topic 2: Semantic Communication

• Tutorials:

Ìý Ìý Ìý Presenter: Wenyi Zhang, Professor, University of Science and Technology of ChinaÌý
Ìý Ìý Ìý Title: Semantic Information Theory: Rate-Distortion Approaches

• Invited Talks:

Ìý Ìý Ìý (1) Jun Chen, Professor, McMaster UniversityÌý
Ìý Ìý Ìý (2) Kai Niu, Professor, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Ìý Ìý Ìý (3) Yongjune Kim, Associate Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Ìý Ìý Ìý (4) Bo Bai, Director of Theory Lab, Chief Scientist of Information Theory, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Ìý Ìý Ìý (5) Dong Liu, Professor, The University of Science and Technology of China
Ìý Ìý Ìý (6) Tao Guo, Associate Professor, Southeast University

Topic 3: Cryptography and Information Theory

• Tutorials:

Ìý Ìý Ìý Presenter: Shun Watanabe, Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyÌý
Ìý Ìý Ìý Title: Information-Theoretic Cryptography

• Invited Talks:

Ìý Ìý Ìý (1) Amin Gohari, Vice-Chancellor Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong KongÌý
Ìý Ìý Ìý (2) Mitsugu Iwamoto, Professor, University of Electro-CommunicationsÌý
Ìý Ìý Ìý (3) Vinod Prabhakaran, Associate Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, IndiaÌý
Ìý Ìý Ìý (4) Guodong Shi, Associate Professor, The University of Sydney