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The WIC is a professional organization that aims at coordinating and stimulating the work of professionals in the field of Information and Communication Theory in the Benelux (i.e. Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg) and Germany.

The WIC organizes an annual two-day technical symposium where researchers from Industry and Universities from Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany meet and discuss their current research results and interests. The WIC also organizes MidWinter Meetings of a tutorial nature on current topics in its field.


News and upcoming events


Symposium 2025

Date: May 19+20
Venue: Boekelo
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Frans Willems receives the 2025 IEEE Hamming Medal
Frans Willems

The 2025 Hamming Medal has been awarded to Frans Willems, full professor emeritus in the Signal Processing Systems group at TU Eindhoven. Frans Willems has made fundamental contributions in the field of information theory, with research contributions in the areas of multi-user information theory, noiseless source coding, data compression, data embedding, digital communication and biometrics. He was awarded the Hamming Medal for contributions to multiuser information theory, source coding, and information-theoretic security. Named after Richard Hamming, the medal is awarded annually to individuals or teams for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology.