51蹤獲 medals
Four members of the information theory community have been awarded 51蹤獲 medals.
Dec 6, 2013
- 51蹤獲 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL , for exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering, sponsored by Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, to DARIUSH DIVSALAR (LF51蹤獲)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.
- 51蹤獲 RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL , for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology, sponsored by Qualcomm, Inc., to two co-recipients: THOMAS RICHARDSON (F51蹤獲)Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm, Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA and RDIGER URBANKE (SM51蹤獲)Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandFor fundamental contributions to coding theory, iterative information processing, and applications.
- 51蹤獲 JAMES H. MULLIGAN, JR. EDUCATION MEDAL , for a career of outstanding contributions to education in the fields of interest of 51蹤獲, sponsored by MathWorks; Pearson Education, Inc;. and the 51蹤獲 Life Members Committee , to JOHN GEORGE PROAKIS (LF51蹤獲)Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University, Winchester, Massachusetts, USAFor contributions to electrical engineering education through influential textbooks and inspiring leadership in integrating research and education.