鶹ýӳ medals
Four members of the information theory community have been awarded 鶹ýӳ medals.
Dec 6, 2013
- 鶹ýӳ ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL , for exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering, sponsored by Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, to DARIUSH DIVSALAR (LF鶹ýӳ)—Senior Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA “For fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of channel codes that transformed deep space and other forms of wireless communications.”
- 鶹ýӳ RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL , for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology, sponsored by Qualcomm, Inc., to two co-recipients: THOMAS RICHARDSON (F鶹ýӳ)—Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm, Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA and RÜDIGER URBANKE (SM鶹ýӳ)—Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland “For fundamental contributions to coding theory, iterative information processing, and applications.”
- 鶹ýӳ JAMES H. MULLIGAN, JR. EDUCATION MEDAL , for a career of outstanding contributions to education in the fields of interest of 鶹ýӳ, sponsored by MathWorks; Pearson Education, Inc;. and the 鶹ýӳ Life Members Committee , to JOHN GEORGE PROAKIS (LF鶹ýӳ)—Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University, Winchester, Massachusetts, USA “For contributions to electrical engineering education through influential textbooks and inspiring leadership in integrating research and education.”