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