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The Society of Information Theory and its Applications (SITA) was found in 1978.
The Society promote close cooperation and exchange of technical information among its members. To do this, the Society holds two kinds of symposia : the domestic and the international ones. The objective of those symposia is to provide a forum for researchers and technologists to present new ideas and contributions related to information theory and its applications.
The domestic symposium takes place annually at a famous Japanese spa, while the international symposium, called ISITA, takes place outside Japan, typically in November, every other year.
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History of SITA |
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History of ISITA |
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Provenance of SITA Logo |
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About Exceptions to Loss of Novelty of Invention For Patent Filings After Presentation |
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Date |
Place |
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November 27,28, 1978 |
Kobe |
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November 29,30, 1979 |
Kyoto |
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November 20-22, 1980 |
Hakone (Workshop started) |
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November 30-December 2, 1981 |
Kashikojima |
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October 25-27, 1982 |
Hachimandaira |
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November 14-16, 1983 |
Matsuyama |
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November 5-7, 1984 |
Kinugawa |
| 8 |
December 4-7, 1985 |
Nara (Society was decided to be instituted) |
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October 29-31, 1986 |
Akakura |
| 10 |
November 19-21, 1987 |
Enoshima (English Session started) |
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December 7-10, 1988 |
Beppu |
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December 6-9, 1989 |
Inuyama |
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January 23-26, 1991 |
Tateshina (Held in January, because ISITA was held in November, 1990) |
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December 11-14, 1991 |
Ibusuki |
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September 8-11, 1992 |
Minakami |
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October 19-22, 1993 |
Kanazawa |
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December 6-9, 1994 |
Hiroshima |
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October 24-27, 1995 |
Hanamaki |
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December 3-6, 1996 |
Hakone |
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December 2-5, 1997 |
Matsuyama |
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December 2-5, 1998 |
Gifu |
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November 30 - December 3, 1999 |
Yuzawa(Niigata) |
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October 10 - 13, 2000 |
Aso |
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December 4 - 7, 2001 |
Kobe |
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December 10 - 13, 2002 |
Ikaho |
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December 15 - 18, 2003 |
Awaji |
| Table 2. Number of Papers and Participants |
| Year |
Papers |
Participants |
| 1978 |
35 |
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| 1979 |
79 |
-- |
| 1980 |
88 |
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| 1981 |
89 |
-- |
| 1982 |
102 |
-- |
| 1983 |
112 |
-- |
| 1984 |
138 |
-- |
| 1985 |
145 |
-- |
| 1986 |
147 |
260 |
| 1987 |
175 |
300 |
| 1988 |
212 |
282 |
| 1989 |
154 |
300 |
| 1990 |
139 |
232 |
| 1991 |
191 |
283 |
| 1992 |
126 |
234 |
| 1993 |
170 |
277 |
| 1994 |
212 |
329 |
| 1995 |
208 |
333 |
| 1996 |
190 |
343 |
| 1997 |
235 |
387 |
| 1998 |
209 |
330 |
| 1999 |
227 |
355 |
| 2000 |
170 |
254 |
| 2001 |
222 |
351 |
| 2002 |
193 |
304 |
| 2003 |
181 |
324 |
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| Table 3. History of ISITA |
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Date |
Place |
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November 27-30,1990 |
Honolulu |
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November 16-20,1992 |
Singapore (In conjunction with ICCS) |
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November 20-24,1994 |
Sydney |
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September 17-20,1996 |
Victoria |
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October 14-16,1998 |
Mexico City |
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November 5-8,2000 |
Honolulu (In conjunction with ISPACS) |
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October 7-11,2002 |
Xian (In conjunction with NOLTA) |
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October 10-13,2004 |
Parma |
| Table 4. Number of Papers and Participants |
| Year |
Papers |
Participants |
| 1990 |
295 |
330 |
| 1992 |
163 |
308 |
| 1994 |
293 |
254 |
| 1996 |
220 |
276 |
| 1998 |
182 |
168 |
| 2000 |
226 |
531 |
| 2002 |
229 |
241 |
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| ■ Provenance of SITA Logo |
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| Concept of Logo |
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The change of size and colors of diamonds surrounding "SITA" represents the depth of "Information Theory".
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| Author of Logo |
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Mr. Toshitaka Eguchi (Tokyo) |
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| How to decide the Logo |
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It was decided at the 1st board meeting in 2000 to choose the Logo of SITA from among the public. |
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Public Offering ( From April to June (three months) in 2000)
（449 Applications） |
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The above Logo was chosen at the 2nd board meeting in 2000． |
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| ■ About Exceptions to Loss of Novelty of Invention For Patent Filings After Presentation |
| The Society of Information Theory and Its Applications was Designated by the Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office as a Scientific Body specified in the Patent Law 30 by Japan Patent Office in August, 2002.
Terefore, as shown below, a person who presents papers at our symposiums, conferences and so on, can apply for the Exception to loss of novelty of invention.
If you need certificates for applying the exceptions, please contact us (sita-office@sita.gr.jp).
If you have questions, please contact us as well.
For details, please see the web site of the Japan Patent Office: http://www.jpo.go.jp/indexj.htm
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