Claude E. Shannon Award

Claude E. Shannon Award
Awarded for To honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory.
Reward The award consists of a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium.
First awarded 1974
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The Claude E. Shannon Award of the IEEE Information Theory Society was instituted 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.[1] It is the most prestigious prize in Information Theory, covering technical contributions at the intersection of mathematics, communication engineering, and theoretical computer science.

Recipients

The following people have received the Claude E. Shannon Award:[2]

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