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Affiliate Membership

Affiliate membership in the Information Theory Society is available to Scientists and Engineers who do not want to be an ½­ÄÏÌåÓý member because of interests and/or background. Society Affiliates are non-½­ÄÏÌåÓý members who have been admitted by a Society to some of the rights and privileges of Society activities. The qualifications for Society Affiliates, limits in rights and privileges, and dues are established by the Executive Committee.

Senior Membership

Senior Membership is available -- according to ½­ÄÏÌåÓý Bylaw I-105.3 -- to engineers, scientists, educators, technical executives and originators in ½­ÄÏÌåÓý-designated fields who have been in professional practice for at least ten years and have shown significant performance for at least five of those years. An existing member who meets these criteria may apply for elevation or a prospective member who has reached this level may submit an application for membership AND Senior Member status at the same time.

Membership Fee Subsidy Program

½­ÄÏÌåÓý policy currently allows a 50% discount on ½­ÄÏÌåÓý dues and one society membership for any individual whose annual salary is less than US $10,100. This offering is referred to as the Minimum Income Special Considerations Option. The Information Theory Society now has a new program called the Membership Fee Subsidy Program (MFSP), which will both complement the ½­ÄÏÌåÓý Minimum Income offering and provide a significant additional benefit for qualified individuals.

Online Editor's Report, ISIT 2008

Updates on the web project, anticipation of web hosting issues, and summary of the Plone experiment for the First Annual School of Information Theory.

New Website Development

Project Overview

The Society launched a $60K project with for a new website based upon the CMS.Ìý The initial scope of the envisioned project is broken into three phases: