Shannon Award
The Claude E. Shannon Award of the IT Society has been institued to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory. Each Shannon Award winner is expected to present a Shannon Lecture at the following IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory. Transcripts of some of the lectures are available on-line.
Starting with the 2009 Award, the Shannon Award Committee has issued an open call for nominations. Although anyone may make a nomination, preferably using the nomination form below
,
the Committee retains the responsibility of assuring that a suitable slate of candidates is nominated, and may itself generate nominations.
Nominations and optional letters of endorsement must be submitted by March 1, 2012 to the current President of the IEEE Information Theory Society
(
Muriel Medard
).
The IEEE Information Theory Society invites you to nominate candidates for the Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award.
The Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award of the IT Society has been instituted to honor an individual who has shown outstanding leadership in, and provided long-standing, exceptional service to, the Information Theory community. This award was formerly known as the IT Society Distinguished Service Award.
Nominations for the Award can be submitted by anyone and are made by sending a letter of nomination to the President of the IT Society. The individual or individuals making the nomination have the primary responsibility for justifying why the nominee should receive this award. Please send all nominations by
March 1, 2012
to IT Society President,
Muriel Medard
.
IEEE Information Theory Society 2012 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. The Award consists of a certificate and an honorarium of US$1,000 for a paper with a single author, or US$2,000 equally split among multiple authors. The award will be given for a paper published in the two preceding years.
To nominate a paper, email the name of the paper you wish to nominate b
y
March 15, 2012
, along with a supporting statement explaining its contributions, to the Awards Committee chair
Gerhard Kramer
(not to the IT Transactions EiC as has been done in the past).
IEEE Joint Comsoc/IT 2012 Paper Award
The Joint Communications Society/Information Theory Society Paper Award recognizes outstanding papers that lie at the intersection of communications and information theory. Any paper appearing in a ComSoc or IT Society publication during the years 2009–2011 is eligible for the 2012 award.
To nominate a paper, email the name of the paper you wish to nominate b
y
February 1
, 2012
, along with a supporting statement explaining its contributions to both communications and information theory, to the chair of the awards committee, First Vice-President
Gerhard Kramer
.
The IEEE Information Theory Society invites you to nominate candidates for the Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award.
The Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award of the IT Society has been instituted to honor an individual who has shown outstanding leadership in, and provided long-standing, exceptional service to, the Information Theory community. This award was formerly known as the IT Society Distinguished Service Award.
Nominations for the Award can be submitted by anyone and are made by sending a letter of nomination to the President of the IT Society. The individual or individuals making the nomination have the primary responsibility for justifying why the nominee should receive this award. Please send all nominations by March 1, 2012 to IT Society President, Muriel Medard .
IEEE Information Theory Society 2012 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. The Award consists of a certificate and an honorarium of US$1,000 for a paper with a single author, or US$2,000 equally split among multiple authors. The award will be given for a paper published in the two preceding years.
To nominate a paper, email the name of the paper you wish to nominate b y March 15, 2012 , along with a supporting statement explaining its contributions, to the Awards Committee chair Gerhard Kramer (not to the IT Transactions EiC as has been done in the past).
IEEE Joint Comsoc/IT 2012 Paper Award
The Joint Communications Society/Information Theory Society Paper Award recognizes outstanding papers that lie at the intersection of communications and information theory. Any paper appearing in a ComSoc or IT Society publication during the years 2009–2011 is eligible for the 2012 award.
To nominate a paper, email the name of the paper you wish to nominate b y February 1 , 2012 , along with a supporting statement explaining its contributions to both communications and information theory, to the chair of the awards committee, First Vice-President Gerhard Kramer .