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

    • Nomination Form

    Recipients of the Technical Achievement Award

    2011: Bernd Girod
    Björn Ottersten

    2010: Aggelos Katsaggelos
    José M. F. Moura

    2009: Alan S. Willsky
    K.J. Ray Liu

    2008: Harry L. Van Trees
    Michael Unser

    2007: H.V. Poor

    2006: A. Nehorai
    C. H. Lee

    2005: A. Bovik
    H. Ney

    2004: E. J. Delp
    S. J. Young

    2003: J. Bohme
    A. J. Paulraj

    2002: H.S. Malvar
    M.D. Zoltowski

    2001: P. P. Vaidyanathan
    M. Vetterli

    2000: R. Chellappa
    G. B. Giannakis

    1999: J. R. Treichler
    D. W. Tufts

    1998: H. De Man
    B. H. Juang

    1997: R. M. Gray
    B. Porat

    1996: M. Kunt
    P. Stoica

    1995: T. Kohonen
    S. K. Mitra

    1994: T. P. Barnwell, III
    L. L. Scharf

    1993: D. G. Messerschmitt
    J. W. Woods

    1992: S. Y. Kung

    1991: R.A. Roberts

    1990: R. W. Broderson

    1989: B. Friedlander

    1988: T. Kailath

    1987: J.B. Allan
    T.S. Huang

    1986: J. H. McClellan

    1985: C. S. Burrus

    1984: B. Liu

    1983: L. B. Jackson

    1982: J. Makhoul

    1981: K. Steiglitz

    1980: T. W. Parks

    1979: R. W. Schafer

    1978: L. R. Rabiner

    1977: A.H. Gray
    J.F. Kaiser
    J.D. Markel

    1976 A.V. Oppenheim
    C. Rader

    1975: B.S. Atal
    J.W. Cooley

    1974: No Recipient

    1973: No Recipient

    1972: B. Gold

    1971: J.L. Flanagan

    1970: W.W. Lang

    1969: H.B. Knowles

    1968: M.S. Corrington

    1967: D. von Recklinghausen

    Recipients of the Achievement Award

    1965: H.H. Scott

    1964: C.D. Mee

    1963: D.F. Eldridge

    1962: J.K. Hilliard

    1961: J.R. Macdonald

    1960: W.B. Snow

    1959: A.B. Bereskin
    P.C. Goldmark

    1958: D.W. Martin

    1957: M. Camras

    1956: H.E. Roys

    1955: H.F. Olson

    1954: B.B. Bauer