Claude 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.^[1] 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.^[2][3][4]

Claude E. Shannon Award
Awarded for	To honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory.
Sponsored by	IEEE Information Theory Society
Country	USA
Reward(s)	The award consists of a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium.
First awarded	1973
Website	Claude E. Shannon Award

It is named for Claude E. Shannon, who was also the first recipient in 1973.^[5][3]

Recipients

The following people have received the Claude E. Shannon Award:^[6]

• 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^[7]
• 2013 – Katalin Marton^[8]
• 2014 – János Körner
• 2015 – Robert Calderbank
• 2016 – Alexander Holevo
• 2017 – David Tse^[9]
• 2018 – Gottfried Ungerboeck
• 2019 – Erdal Arıkan
• 2020 – Charles Bennett
• 2021 – Alon Orlitsky^[10]
• 2022 – Raymond W. Yeung^[11]
• 2023 – Rüdiger Urbanke^[12]
• 2024 – Andrew Barron^[13]
• 2025 – Peter Shor^[14]

See also

• List of computer science awards

References

1. "Past ISITs". IEEE Information Theory Society. Archived from the original on 2017-02-17. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
2. "Claude E. Shannon Award | IEEE Information Theory Society". www.itsoc.org. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
3. Roberts, Siobhan (2016-04-30). "The Forgotten Father of the Information Age". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
4. Peter Shor [@PeterShor1] (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!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2024-09-19 – via Twitter.
5. "Claude E. Shannon". www.itsoc.org. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
6. "Claude E. Shannon Award Recipients". IEEE Information Theory Society. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
7. Andrew Myers (August 9, 2011). "El Gamal Wins IEEE's Claude E. Shannon Award". The Dish. Stanford University. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
8. "2013 Claude E. Shannon Award". IEEE Information Theory Society. July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
9. "2017 Claude E. Shannon Award". Stanford University. July 22, 2016. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
10. "Alon Orlitsky Named 2021 Claude E. Shannon Award Winner". IEEE Information Theory Society. June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
11. "Raymond W. Yeung Named 2022 Claude E. Shannon Award Winner". IEEE Information Theory Society. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
12. "Rüdiger Urbanke Named Recipient of the 2023 Claude E. Shannon Award". IEEE Information Theory Society. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
13. "Shannon Award for 2024". IEEE Information Theory Society. June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
14. "Shannon Award for 2025". IEEE Information Theory Society. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

External links

• IEEE Information Theory Society page
• Claude E. Shannon Award & recipients