Education Award
The Signal Processing Society Education Award honors educators who have made pioneering and significant contributions to signal processing education. Nominees shall be judged by a career of meritorious achievement in signal processing education as exemplified by writing of scholarly books and texts, course materials, and papers on education; inspirational and innovative teaching; creativity in the development of new curricula and methodology. The prize shall be $1500, a plaque and a certificate, and shall be presented at the Society's Awards Ceremonies, normally held during ICASSP in the Spring following the selection of the winner. Current officers and members of the Signal Processing Society Board of Governors are ineligible. Current serving members of the Awards Board are ineligible. Self-nominations are not accepted or considered. Nominations may arise from any individual or committee and shall be submitted directly to the Society's Awards Board. The Awards Board will insure that all nominations are vetted by the Signal Processing Education Technical Committee as well as the Technical Committee covering the technical discipline of each nominee, prior to final nomination and subsequent balloting by the Board of Governors.
Nominations must be received by the SPS Vice President-Awards and Membership as follows:
- Nominations from SPS Community: by 1 May
- Nominations from Technical Committees: 1 October
Recipients of the Education Award
2000: J.H. McClellan
R.W. Schafer
M.A. Yoder
2001: S. Haykin
2002: H.L. Van Trees
2003: J. Proakis
2004: S. Kay
2005: A. Oppenheim
S. Mitra
2007: A. Bovik