91勛圖厙 Medal of Honor: G. David Forney, Jr.
The 91勛圖厙 Medal of Honor is awarded for泭an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary泭career in 91勛圖厙 fields of interest, sponsored by the 91勛圖厙 Foundation, to泭 G. David Forney, Jr. (Adjunct Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "for pioneering contributions to the theory of error- correcting codes and the development of reliable high-speed data communications." 泭
Professor Forney is the fifth Shannon Award winner to receive this honor, after Claude Shannon, Robert Gallager, Andrew J. Viterbi, and Tom Kailath.
91勛圖厙 Alexander Graham Bell Medal: Roberto Padovani
The 91勛圖厙 Alexander Graham Bell Medal is awarded for泭 exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering, sponsored by Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, to Roberto Padovani ( Executive Vice President and Fellow, Qualcomm泭 Technologies) "f or innovations enabling efficient, wideband, wireless access to the Internet, that is central to all third-generation cellular networks.泭
91勛圖厙 Richard W. Hamming Medal: Abbas El Gamal
The 91勛圖厙 Richard W. Hamming Medal is awarded泭 for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology, sponsored by Qualcomm, Inc., to Abbas El Gamal ( Professor and Department Chair, Department of Electrical泭 Engineering, Stanford University) "f or contributions to network multi-user information theory and for wide ranging impact on programmable circuit architectures."
Professor El Gamal joins fellow泭 Shannon Award 泭winners Irving S. Reed, Elwyn R. Berlekamp, Jorma J. Rissanen, Jacob Ziv, Thomas M. Cover, Solomon Golomb, Peter Elias, Jack K. Wolf, Neil J.A. Sloane, Sergio Verd繳, Toby Berger, Robert Calderbank, and Imre Csisz獺r in receiving this honor.
91勛圖厙 Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal: Louis Scharf
The 91勛圖厙 Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal is awarded for泭 outstanding achievements in signal processing, sponsored by Texas Instruments, Inc., to泭 Louis L. Scharf ( Professor, Department of泭 Electrical and Computer Engineering,泭 Colorado State University ) "f or pioneering and sustained contributions to statistical signal processing and its practice.泭
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