Professor Shlomo Shamai (Shitz) (Hebrew: שלמה שמאי (שיץ) ‏) is a distinguished professor at the Department of Electrical engineering at the Technion −

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Institute of Technology. Professor Shamai is an

information theorist Information theory is the scientific study of the quantification, storage, and communication of information. The field was originally established by the works of Harry Nyquist and Ralph Hartley, in the 1920s, and Claude Shannon in the 1940s. ...

and winner of the 2011

Shannon Award The Claude E. Shannon Award of the IEEE Information Theory Society was created to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory. Each Shannon Award winner is expected to present a Shannon Lecture at the following ...

. Shlomo Shamai (Shitz) received the

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, M.Sc., and

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degrees in electrical engineering from the Technion, in 1975, 1981 and 1986 respectively. During 1975-1985 he was with the Israeli Communications Research Labs. Since 1986 he is with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, where he is now the William Fondiller Professor of Telecommunications. His research areas cover a wide spectrum of topics in information theory and statistical communications. Prof. Shamai is an

IEEE Fellow As of 2019, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has 5,082 members designated Fellow, each of whom is associated with one of the 41 societies under the IEEE. The Fellow grade of membership is the highest level of membershi ...

and a member of the International Union of Radio Science (

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Awards

* 1999 van der Pol Gold Medal of URSI * 2000 co-recipient of the IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award * 2003 Joint IT/COM Societies Paper Award * 2004 Joint IT/COM Societies Paper Award * 2007 Information Theory Society Paper Award * 2009 The

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

FP7, Network of Excellence in Wireless COMmunications (NEWCOM++) Best Paper Award * 2010 Thomson Reuters Award for International Excellence in Scientific Research * 2011 Claude E. Shannon Award from the

IEEE Information Theory Society The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

* 2014

Rothschild Prize Yad Hanadiv (The Rothschild Foundation) is a Rothschild family philanthropic foundation in Israel. Goals and objectives Yad Hanadiv defines its mission as: Dedicated to creating resources for advancing Israel as a healthy, vibrant, democratic s ...

in Mathematics/Computer Sciences and Engineering * 2017 IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal He is also the recipient of the 1985 Alon Grant for distinguished young scientists and the 2000 Technion Henry Taub Prize for Excellence in Research. He has served as Associate Editor for the Shannon Theory of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, and has also served on the Board of Governors of the Information Theory Society. In 2013, Shamai was elected a member of the

National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of ...

for contributions to information theory for wireless communication technology.

References

External links

Shlomo Shamai's Webpage in the Technion WebsiteShlomo Shamai's List of publicationsCitation for Shannon Award
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