Munich Workshop on Shannon Coding Techniques 2026
The 2026 Munich Workshop on Shannon Coding Techniques (MSCT) takes place at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) campus on April 8 to 10, 2026. The workshop consists of invited talks and contributed posters.
We look forward to seeing you in Munich!
Registration and Submission
Registration will open soon.
Topics of interest
The workshop aims at bringing together experts from the field of coding for communications. Topics can cover (but are not limited to) communications theory, short-block-length coding, LDPC and polar codes, coded modulation and shaping, as well as receiver algorithms (equalization, decoding, etc.).
Venue
The workshop will be taking place on the central TUM campus in the building of the Institute for Communications Engineering. You can find link of the location here (Google Maps) or here (TUM map).
- Welcome, Breaks, Lunch, and Poster Session will be held in Rooms N2407 , N2408, N2409 (2nd floor of building N4), and N1414 (1st floor of building N4).
- Talks will be held in Room 1100. (main campus)
Admission
The workshop is free of charge.
Schedule
We will release a schedule soon.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
- Stella Civelli (CNR-IEIIT)
- Henry Pfister (Duke University)
- Daniela Tuninetti (University of Illinois Chicago, UIC)
- Frans Willems (Eindhoven University of Technology, TU/e)
Confirmed Speakers
- Erdal Arıkan (Bilkent University)
- Giuseppe Caire (Technical University of Berlin)
- Mustafa Cemil Coşkun (Nokia Bell Labs)
- Balázs Matuz (Huawei Technologies)
- Tom Richardson (Qualcomm)
- Laurent Schmalen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT)
- Stephan ten Brink (University of Stuttgart)
- Rüdiger Urbanke (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL)
- Rick Wesel (University of California Los Angeles, UCLA)
- Peihong Yuan (Fudan University)
Accomodations
A list of hotels with discounted rates will be published soon.
Helpful Information for Getting Around Munich
Further Information
Co-Chairs
Alex Jäger, Diego Lentner, Constantin Runge, Andreas Straßhofer, Thomas Wiegart, Gianluigi Liva, Gerhard Kramer
Contact
E-Mail: msct2026(at)ice.cit.tum.de
