Richard W. Hamming Medal
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Richard W. Hamming Medal is an award given annually by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the international organization, for 'exceptional contributions to information sciences, information systems and information technology.' The medal is named after mathematician Richard W. Hamming.
[edit] Richard W. Hamming Medal Recipients
- 1988 - Richard W. Hamming
- 1989 - Irving S. Reed
- 1990 - Dennis M. Ritchie and Kenneth L. Thompson
- 1991 - Elwyn R. Berlekamp
- 1992 - Lotfi A. Zadeh
- 1993 - Jorma J. Rissanen
- 1994 - Gottfried Ungerboeck
- 1995 - Jacob Ziv
- 1996 - Mark S. Pinsker
- 1997 - Thomas M. Cover
- 1998 - David D. Clark
- 1999 - David A. Huffman
- 2000 - Solomon W. Golomb
- 2001 - A. G. Fraser
- 2002 - Peter Elias
- 2003 - Claude Berrou and Alain Glavieux
- 2004 - Jack K. Wolf
- 2005 - Neil J.A. Sloane
- 2006 - Vladimir I. Levenshtein
- 2007 - Abraham Lempel
- 2008 - Sergio Verdu
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Richard W. Hamming Medal - IEEE official page.
