IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal

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The IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal is a prestigious IEEE award honoring exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf IEEE award
science and engineering award
administeredBy IEEE Awards Board
awardedFor exceptional contributions to information sciences
exceptional contributions to information systems
exceptional contributions to information technology
exceptional contributions to information theory and practice
awardLevel international
category technical field award
country United States
discipline information and communication technologies
eligibleRecipients individuals
teams
up to three persons
field computer science
electrical engineering
information science
information systems
information technology
firstAwarded 1988
frequency annual
hasAwardType individual award
hasPart bronze replica
certificate
gold medal
honorarium
inception 1986
namedAfter Richard W. Hamming
namedAfterKnownFor error-correcting codes
information theory
namedAfterOccupation mathematician
notableFor recognizing fundamental contributions in information sciences and systems
officialLanguage English
organizer IEEE Technical Field Awards Committee
partOf IEEE Awards Program
presentedBy IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
shortName IEEE Hamming Medal
sponsor IEEE
website https://www.ieee.org/awards


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