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Claude E. Shannon Award

IEEE award

IEEE award

FieldValue
nameClaude E. Shannon Award
sponsorIEEE Information Theory Society
awarded_forTo honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory.
rewardThe award consists of a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium.
countryUSA
year1973
websiteClaude E. Shannon Award

The Claude E. Shannon Award of the IEEE Information Theory Society was created 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. It is a prestigious prize in information theory, covering technical contributions at the intersection of mathematics, communication engineering, and theoretical computer science. It is the highest honor given by the IEEE Information Theory Society and is also regarded as the highest award in the entire field of information theory.

It is named for Claude E. Shannon, who was also the first recipient in 1973.

Recipients

The following people have received the Claude E. Shannon Award:

  • 1973 – Claude E. Shannon
  • 1974 – David S. Slepian
  • 1976 – Robert M. Fano
  • 1977 – Peter Elias
  • 1978 – Mark Semenovich Pinsker
  • 1979 – Jacob Wolfowitz
  • 1981 – W. Wesley Peterson
  • 1982 – Irving S. Reed
  • 1983 – Robert G. Gallager
  • 1985 – Solomon W. Golomb
  • 1986 – William Lucas Root
  • 1988 – James Massey
  • 1990 – Thomas M. Cover
  • 1991 – Andrew Viterbi
  • 1993 – Elwyn Berlekamp
  • 1994 – Aaron D. Wyner
  • 1995 – George David Forney
  • 1996 – Imre Csiszár
  • 1997 – Jacob Ziv
  • 1998 – Neil Sloane
  • 1999 – Tadao Kasami
  • 2000 – Thomas Kailath
  • 2001 – Jack Keil Wolf
  • 2002 – Toby Berger
  • 2003 – Lloyd R. Welch
  • 2004 – Robert McEliece
  • 2005 – Richard Blahut
  • 2006 – Rudolf Ahlswede
  • 2007 – Sergio Verdú
  • 2008 – Robert M. Gray
  • 2009 – Jorma Rissanen
  • 2010 – Te Sun Han
  • 2011 – Shlomo Shamai (Shitz)
  • 2012 – Abbas El Gamal
  • 2013 – Katalin Marton
  • 2014 – János Körner
  • 2015 – Robert Calderbank
  • 2016 – Alexander Holevo
  • 2017 – David Tse
  • 2018 – Gottfried Ungerboeck
  • 2019 – Erdal Arıkan
  • 2020 – Charles Bennett
  • 2021 – Alon Orlitsky
  • 2022 – Raymond W. Yeung
  • 2023 – Rüdiger Urbanke
  • 2024 – Andrew Barron
  • 2025 – Peter Shor
  • 2026 – Frans Willems

References

References

  1. "Past ISITs". [[IEEE Information Theory Society]].
  2. "Claude E. Shannon Award {{!}} IEEE Information Theory Society".
  3. Roberts, Siobhan. (2016-04-30). "The Forgotten Father of the Information Age".
  4. [[Peter Shor]]. (2019-07-12). "Charles Bennett is going to be the next Shannon Lecturer at the 2020 International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) in L.A. This is maybe the most prestigious award in information theory. Congratulations to Charlie!".
  5. "Claude E. Shannon".
  6. "Claude E. Shannon Award Recipients". [[IEEE Information Theory Society]].
  7. Andrew Myers. (August 9, 2011). "El Gamal Wins IEEE's Claude E. Shannon Award". [[Stanford University]].
  8. (July 9, 2012). "2013 Claude E. Shannon Award". [[IEEE Information Theory Society]].
  9. (July 22, 2016). "2017 Claude E. Shannon Award". [[Stanford University]].
  10. (June 25, 2020). "Alon Orlitsky Named 2021 Claude E. Shannon Award Winner". [[IEEE Information Theory Society]].
  11. (July 20, 2021). "Raymond W. Yeung Named 2022 Claude E. Shannon Award Winner". [[IEEE Information Theory Society]].
  12. (June 30, 2022). "Rüdiger Urbanke Named Recipient of the 2023 Claude E. Shannon Award". [[IEEE Information Theory Society]].
  13. (June 30, 2023). "Shannon Award for 2024". [[IEEE Information Theory Society]].
  14. (July 11, 2024). "Shannon Award for 2025". [[IEEE Information Theory Society]].
  15. (June 27, 2025). "Shannon Award for 2025". [[IEEE Information Theory Society]].
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