Technical Achievement Award
The Technical Achievement Award honors a person who, over a period of years, has made outstanding technical contributions to theory and/or practice in technical areas within the scope of the Society, as demonstrated by publications, patents, or recognized impact on the field. 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 selection of the winner.
Current officers and members of the Signal Processing Society Board of Governors are ineligible. Previous recipients of the Signal Processing Technical Achievement Award are ineligible. Self-nominations are not accepted or considered. Nominations may arise from any individual or technical committee 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
Recipients of the Technical Achievement Award
1954: B.B. Bauer
1955: H.F. Olson
1956: H.E. Roys
1957: M. Camras
1958: D.W. Martin
1959: A.B. Bereskin
P.C. Goldmark
1960: W.B. Snow
1961: J.R. Macdonald
1962: J.K. Hilliard
1963: D.F. Eldridge
1964: C.D. Mee
1965: H.H. Scott
Recipients of the Technical Achievement Award
1967: D. von Recklinghausen
1968: M.S. Corrington
1969: H.B. Knowles
1970: W.W. Lang
1971: J.L. Flanagan
1972: B. Gold
1973: No Recipient
1974: No Recipient
1975: B.S. Atal
J.W. Cooley
1976 A.V. Oppenheim
C. Rader
1977: A.H. Gray
J.F. Kaiser
J.D. Markel
1978: L. R. Rabiner
1979: R. W. Schafer
1980: T. W. Parks
1981: K. Steiglitz
1982: J. Makhoul
1983: L. B. Jackson
1984: B. Liu
1985: C. S. Burrus
1986: J. H. McClellan
1987: J.B. Allan
T.S. Huang
1988: T. Kailath
1989: B. Friedlander
1990: R. W. Broderson
1991: R.A. Roberts
1992: S. Y. Kung
1993: D. G. Messerschmitt
J. W. Woods
1994: T. P. Barnwell, III
L. L. Scharf
1995: T. Kohonen
S. K. Mitra
1996: M. Kunt
P. Stoica
1997: R. M. Gray
B. Porat
1998: H. De Man
B. H. Juang
1999: J. R. Treichler
D. W. Tufts
2000: R. Chellappa
G. B. Giannakis
2001: P. P. Vaidyanathan
M. Vetterli
2002: H.S. Malvar
M.D. Zoltowski
2003: J. Bohme
A. J. Paulraj
2004: E. J. Delp
S. J. Young
2005: A. Bovik
H. Ney
2006: A. Nehorai
C. H. Lee
2007: H.V. Poor
2008: Harry L. Van Trees
Michael Unser
2009: Alan S. Willsky
Michael Unser