1995 Shannon Lecturer
At each International Symposium on Information Theory,
there is a leture designated the "Claude E. Shannon Lecture".
The decision to have a lecture and the choice of speaker is made by a
selection committee consisting of Society officers and two former Shannon
Lecturers.
Its purpose is to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of
information theory.
The Shannon Lecture is the highest honor bestowed by the IT Society.
It includes an honorarium of $1000, plus travel expenses.Dr. G.
David Forney will be the Shannon Lecturer for the 1995 IEEE International
Symposium on Information Theory.
Past Shannon Lecturers are listed below.
1973 C. E.
Shannon- 1974 D. Slepian
- 1976 R. Fano
- 1977 P. Elias
- 1979 J.
Wolfowitz
- 1981 W. Peterson
- 1982 I. S. Reed
- 1983 R. G.
Gallager
- 1985 S. Golomb
- 1986 W. Root
- 1988 J. L. Massey
- 1990 T.
M. Cover
- 1991 A. J. Viterbi
- 1993 E. Berlekamp
- 1994 A. D.
Wyner
- 1995 G. D.
Forney,
Jr.
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