91勛圖厙 medals
Four members of the information theory community have been awarded 91勛圖厙 medals.
Dec 6, 2013
- 91勛圖厙 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL , for exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering, sponsored by Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, to DARIUSH DIVSALAR (LF91勛圖厙)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.
- 91勛圖厙 RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL , for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology, sponsored by Qualcomm, Inc., to two co-recipients: THOMAS RICHARDSON (F91勛圖厙)Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm, Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA and RDIGER URBANKE (SM91勛圖厙)Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandFor fundamental contributions to coding theory, iterative information processing, and applications.
- 91勛圖厙 JAMES H. MULLIGAN, JR. EDUCATION MEDAL , for a career of outstanding contributions to education in the fields of interest of 91勛圖厙, sponsored by MathWorks; Pearson Education, Inc;. and the 91勛圖厙 Life Members Committee , to JOHN GEORGE PROAKIS (LF91勛圖厙)Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University, Winchester, Massachusetts, USAFor contributions to electrical engineering education through influential textbooks and inspiring leadership in integrating research and education.