Society Award

The Society Award honors outstanding technical contributions in a field within the scope of the Signal Processing Society and outstanding leadership within that field. The prize shall be $2500, a plaque and a certificate, and shall be presented at the Society's Awards Ceremonies, normally held during ICASSP in the Spring following selection of the winner. Current officers and members of the Signal Processing Society Board of Governors are ineligible. Previous recipients of the Signal Processing Society Award are ineligible. Nominees shall be judged on the basis of outstanding technical contributions and leadership in a field within the scope of the Society as evidenced by publications, patents, books, lectures, etc. Self-nominations are not accepted or considered. Nominations may arise from any individual or technical committees of the Society and shall be submitted directly to the Society's Awards Board. The Awards Board will insure that all nominations are vetted by the appropriate Society Technical Committee(s) 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

    • Nomination Form

    Recipients of the Pioneer in Speech Communication Award

    1972: F.S. Cooper
    1967: H.W. Dudley

    Recipients of the Society Award

    2011: H. Vincent Poor
    2010: Martin Vetterli
    2009: Rama Chellappa
    2008: Edward J. Delp
    2007: R.K. Ward
    2006: P. Stoica
    2005: S. Furui
    2004: L. Scharf
    2003: D. C. Munson, Jr.
    2002: A.Gersho
    2001: S. K. Mitra
    2000: M. Kaveh
    1999: B. Liu
    1998: B. Widrow
    1997: F. Jelinek
    1996: F. Itakura
    1995: J. H. McClellan
    1994: C. S. Burrus
    1993: R. M. Gray
    1992: B. S. Atal
    1991: T. S. Huang
    1990: T. Kailath
    1989: R.M. Mersereau
    1988: J. Makhoul
    1987: T. W. Parks
    1986: K. Steiglitz
    1985: B. Gold
    1984: C. M. Rader
    1983: J.W. Cooley
    1982: R.W. Schafer
    1981: J. F. Kaiser
    1980: L. R. Rabiner
    1979: A. V. Oppenheim
    1978: H. W. Schuessler
    1977: H. S. McDonald
    1976: No Recipient
    1975:J.L. Flanagan