Claude E. Shannon Award Explained

Claude E. Shannon Award
Sponsor:	IEEE Information Theory Society
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.
Country:	USA
Year:	1974
Website:	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 award in the field of information theory.^{[2] [3]}

It is named for Claude E. Shannon, who was also the first recipient.

Recipients

The following people have received the Claude E. Shannon Award:^[4]

• 1972 – 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^[5]
• 2013 – Katalin Marton^[6]
• 2014 – János Körner
• 2015 – Robert Calderbank
• 2016 – Alexander Holevo
• 2017 – David Tse^[7]
• 2018 – Gottfried Ungerboeck
• 2019 – Erdal Arıkan
• 2020 – Charles Bennett
• 2021 – Alon Orlitsky^[8]
• 2022 – Raymond W. Yeung^[9]
• 2023 – Rüdiger Urbanke^[10]
• 2024 – Andrew Barron^[11]
• 2025 – Peter Shor^[12]

See also

• List of computer science awards

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Past ISITs. IEEE Information Theory Society. . 2017-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20170217211143/http://www.itsoc.org/conferences/past-conferences/past-isits. dead.
2. Web site: Claude E. Shannon Award IEEE Information Theory Society . 2024-07-28 . www.itsoc.org.
3. Roberts . Siobhan . Siobhan Roberts . 2016-04-30 . The Forgotten Father of the Information Age . 2023-09-28 . The New Yorker . en-US . 0028-792X.
4. Web site: Claude E. Shannon Award Recipients . . .
5. News: El Gamal Wins IEEE's Claude E. Shannon Award . Andrew Myers . The Dish . . August 9, 2011 . August 13, 2011.
6. News: 2013 Claude E. Shannon Award . . July 9, 2012 . July 9, 2012.
7. News: 2017 Claude E. Shannon Award . . July 22, 2016 . October 13, 2016 . December 4, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201204211538/https://ee.stanford.edu/news/award-faculty/07-22-2016/2017-claude-e-shannon-award . dead .
8. News: Alon Orlitsky Named 2021 Claude E. Shannon Award Winner . . June 25, 2020 . June 26, 2020.
9. News: Raymond W. Yeung Named 2022 Claude E. Shannon Award Winner . . July 20, 2021 . July 20, 2021.
10. News: Rüdiger Urbanke Named Recipient of the 2023 Claude E. Shannon Award . . June 30, 2022 . June 30, 2022.
11. News: Shannon Award for 2024 . . June 30, 2023 . June 30, 2023.
12. News: Shannon Award for 2025 . . July 11, 2024 . July 11, 2024.