“Beyond IID in Information Theory” started as a workshop in Cambridge, organised by Nilanjana Datta and Renato Renner as a forum for the growing interest in new approaches in quantum information theory to obtain coding theorems in the finite block length regime. Since then, it has grown both in scope and size, now being the most prominent annual conference dedicated to quantum Shannon theory and its applications in quantum information science.

The present workshop, the 13th in the series, aims at bringing together specialists and students of classical and quantum Shannon theory and related fields. The plan is to have a few longer talks in the mornings and some shorter ones with accompanying poster presentations in the afternoons, to allow ample time for discussions and collaborations. Participation is open to all, but the organisers request that everyone interested in attending does register.

Dates: 14-18 July 2025

Venue: Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, 

Lichtenbergstrasse 2a, D-85748 Garching, Germany

Submissions and registration are closed now. The schedule is up!

Participation is free, but all interested participants are required to register. To help organise the available space and catering, please indicate the days you are planning to attend (talks will be streamed and recorded, and virtual participation is possible). Participants who have a talk or poster accepted are requested to indicate this information, and also if they are a presenter. We are aiming to have all talks given in-person.

The topics covered by the workshop include but are not limited to the following:

- Hypothesis testing and coding in composite and non-i.i.d. settings

- Error exponents and other trade-off relations

- Second, third and higher order order analysis

- Ultimate limits for finite block length coding

- Information spectrum method

- Shannon theory in quantum cryptography

- Quantum thermodynamics

- Resource theories

- Mathematical properties of information measures, entropy inequalities

- Matrix analysis in quantum information theory

- New information tasks