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2010 91勛圖厙 Medal Recipients
The winners of the 2010 91勛圖厙 Medals
Dec 18, 2009

91勛圖厙 MEDAL OF HONOR

for an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in the 91勛圖厙 fields of interest, sponsored by泭 91勛圖厙 Foundation 泭喧棗:

ANDREW J. VITERBI 泭(LF 91勛圖厙)
President, Viterbi Group, LLC
San Diego, CA, USA

For seminal contributions to communications technology and theory."

91勛圖厙 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL

for exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering, sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs 泭喧棗:

JOHN M. CIOFFI 泭(F 91勛圖厙)
Hitachi America Professor of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA

For pioneering discrete multitone modem technology as the foundation of the global DSL industry.

91勛圖厙 RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL

for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems and technology, sponsored by泭 QUALCOMM, Inc. 泭to co-recipients:

WHITFIELD DIFFIE 泭(A91勛圖厙)
Vice President, Fellow and Chief Security Officer
Sun Microsystems
Menlo Park, CA, USA

and

MARTIN HELLMAN 泭(F91勛圖厙)
Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA

and

RALPH MERKLE 泭(M91勛圖厙)
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
Cupertino, CA, USA

For the invention of public key cryptography and its application to secure communications.