IEEE Information Theory Society
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The IEEE Information Theory Society is a professional society within the IEEE dedicated to advancing the mathematical foundations and applications of information theory through research, publications, and conferences.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T245243 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE Information Theory Society Context triple: [IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, publishedBy, IEEE Information Theory Society]
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IEEE Communications Society
The IEEE Communications Society is a leading professional organization within IEEE that focuses on advancing the science, engineering, and application of communications and networking technologies worldwide.
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IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory is a leading peer-reviewed journal that publishes foundational and advanced research on the theory of information, coding, communication, and related mathematical disciplines.
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IEEE Signal Processing Society
The IEEE Signal Processing Society is a leading professional society dedicated to advancing the theory, algorithms, and applications of signal processing in areas such as communications, audio, image, and multimedia.
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IEEE Computer Society
The IEEE Computer Society is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing computer science and engineering through publications, conferences, standards, and educational activities.
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E.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a leading global professional association dedicated to advancing technology through standards development, publications, conferences, and educational activities in electrical engineering, electronics, and related fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE Information Theory Society Target entity description: The IEEE Information Theory Society is a professional society within the IEEE dedicated to advancing the mathematical foundations and applications of information theory through research, publications, and conferences.
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IEEE Communications Society
The IEEE Communications Society is a leading professional organization within IEEE that focuses on advancing the science, engineering, and application of communications and networking technologies worldwide.
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B.
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory is a leading peer-reviewed journal that publishes foundational and advanced research on the theory of information, coding, communication, and related mathematical disciplines.
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C.
IEEE Signal Processing Society
The IEEE Signal Processing Society is a leading professional society dedicated to advancing the theory, algorithms, and applications of signal processing in areas such as communications, audio, image, and multimedia.
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IEEE Computer Society
The IEEE Computer Society is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing computer science and engineering through publications, conferences, standards, and educational activities.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a leading global professional association dedicated to advancing technology through standards development, publications, conferences, and educational activities in electrical engineering, electronics, and related fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
learned society
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professional society ⓘ society of IEEE ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
coding theory
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communications theory ⓘ cryptography ⓘ data compression ⓘ information theory ⓘ machine learning ⓘ network information theory ⓘ signal processing ⓘ statistical inference ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
processing of information
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quantification of information ⓘ reliable data transmission ⓘ security of information ⓘ storage of information ⓘ theory of communication ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
educational outreach
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organization of conferences ⓘ publication of journals ⓘ standards-related activities ⓘ technical committees ⓘ |
| hasAward |
Claude E. Shannon Award
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IEEE Information Theory Society Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award ⓘ IEEE Information Theory Society Distinguished Service Award ⓘ IEEE Information Theory Society Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award ⓘ IEEE Information Theory Society James L. Massey Research and Teaching Award ⓘ IEEE Information Theory Society Paper Award ⓘ IEEE Information Theory Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE Information Theory Society Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award
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| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMembershipType |
professional members
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student members ⓘ |
| isPartOf | IEEE Technical Activities ⓘ |
| mission |
advance the mathematical foundations of information theory
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disseminate information-theoretic research ⓘ promote applications of information theory ⓘ |
| organizes |
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory
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schools on information theory ⓘ special sessions at IEEE conferences ⓘ workshops on information theory ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ |
| publishes |
IEEE Information Theory Society Newsletter
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IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory ⓘ IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security ⓘ IEEE Transactions on Information Theory ⓘ |
| shortName | ITSoc ⓘ |
| website | https://www.itsoc.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IEEE Information Theory Society Description of subject: The IEEE Information Theory Society is a professional society within the IEEE dedicated to advancing the mathematical foundations and applications of information theory through research, publications, and conferences.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
IEEE Information Theory Society
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hasAward
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IEEE Information Theory Society
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this entity surface form:
IEEE Information Theory Society Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award
IEEE Information Theory Society James L. Massey Research and Teaching Award
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sponsor
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IEEE Information Theory Society
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IEEE Information Theory Society James L. Massey Research and Teaching Award
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presentedBy
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IEEE Information Theory Society
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IEEE Information Theory Society Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award
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presentedBy
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IEEE Information Theory Society
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IEEE Information Theory Society Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award
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sponsor
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IEEE Information Theory Society Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award
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administeredBy
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this entity surface form:
Board of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Society
IEEE Information Theory Society Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award
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sponsor
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IEEE Information Theory Society
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IEEE Information Theory Society Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award
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awardingBody
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IEEE Information Theory Society Jack Keil Wolf ISIT Student Paper Award
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namedForAffiliation
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IEEE Information Theory Society
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IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory
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publishingOrganization
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IEEE Information Theory Society
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IEEE Information Theory Society Distinguished Service Award
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presentedBy
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IEEE Information Theory Society
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IEEE Information Theory Society Distinguished Service Award
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sponsor
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IEEE Information Theory Society Distinguished Service Award
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associatedSociety
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