Call for Nominations for ITSOC and IEEE Awards and Honors
The IT Society and IEEE give out many awards and honors each year. A number of nomination deadlines are coming up. If you would like to nominate someone for an award, please read on to find out the procedure for nomination and the materials needed.
Nov 26, 2015


The awards are listed in chronological order of deadline.

Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award

The IEEE Information Theory Society Thomas M Cover Dissertation Award , established in 2013, is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding doctoral dissertation.

NOMINATION PROCEDURE: Nominations and letters of endorsement must be submitted by January 15, 2016 . All nominations should be submitted using the online nomination form .

IEEE Joint ComSoc/ITSoc Paper Award

The Communications Society/Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award recognizes outstanding papers that lie at the intersection of communications and information theory.  Any paper appearing in a ComSoc or ITSoc publication during the preceding three calendar years is eligible for the award.

NOMINATION PROCEDURE: Nominations and letters of endorsement must be submitted by February 15, 2016 . All nominations should be submitted using the online nomination form . Please include a statement outlining the paper’s contributions.

IEEE Information Theory Society Claude E. Shannon Award

The IEEE Information Theory Society Claude E. Shannon Award is given annually to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory.

NOMINATION PROCEDURE: Nominations and letters of endorsement must be submitted by March 1, 2016 .  All nominations should be submitted using the online nomination form .

IEEE Information Theory Society Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award

The  IEEE Information Theory Society Information Theory Society Aaron D. Wyner Service Award honors individuals who have shown outstanding leadership in, and provided long standing exceptional service to, the Information Theory community.

NOMINATION PROCEDURE: Nominations and letters of endorsement must be submitted by March 1, 2016 . All nominations should be submitted using the online nomination form .

IEEE Fellow Program

Do you have a colleague who is a senior member of IEEE and is deserving of election to IEEE Fellow status? If so, please submit a nomination on his or her behalf to the IEEE Fellow Committee The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2016 .  IEEE Fellow status is granted to a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments. The honor is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors, and the total number of Fellow recommendations in any one year is limited to 0.1% of the IEEE voting membership. For further details on the nomination process please consult the IEEE guidelines .

IEEE Information Theory Society Paper Award

The Information Theory Society Paper Award is given annually for an outstanding publication in the fields of interest to the Society appearing anywhere during the preceding two calendar years. The purpose of this Award is to recognize exceptional publications in the field and to stimulate interest in and encourage contributions to fields of interest of the Society.

NOMINATION PROCEDURE: Nominations and letters of endorsement must be submitted by March 15, 2016 .  All nominations should be submitted using the online nomination form . Please include a statement outlining the paper’s contributions.

IEEE Information Theory Society James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars

The purpose of the  James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award is to recognize outstanding achievement in research and teaching by young scholars in the Information Theory community. The award winner must be 40 years old or younger and a member of the IEEE Information Theory Society on January 1st of the year nominated.

NOMINATION PROCEDURE: Nominations and supporting materials must be submitted by April 30, 2016 .  All nominations should be submitted using the online nomination form .

IEEE Awards

The IEEE Awards program pays tribute to technical professionals whose exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions have made a lasting impact on technology, society and the engineering profession For information on the Awards program, and for nomination procedures, please refer to the IEEE guidelines .

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