2012 IEEE Medals
2012 IEEE Medals received by IT Society members
Dec 3, 2011
2012 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
The IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal for exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering has been awarded to Leonard Kleinrock , Professor at UCLA, for pioneering contributions to modeling, analysis, and design of packet- switching networks.
2012 IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
The IEEE Richard W. Hammin Medal for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology has been awarded to
Michael Luby
, CTO at Digital Fountain Inc, and
Amin Shokrollahi
, Professor at EPFL, for the conception, development, and analysis of practical rate less codes.