Outstanding Service Award

Past Recipients

• 2011 CTTC Service Award

  Leonard J. Cimini Jr. for his editorial service, including being the founding Editor-in-Chief of the JSAC Wireless Communication Series which became the Transactions on Communications.

• 2010 CTTC Service Award

  Richard D. Gitlin for his active involvement in the leadership of the Communication Theory Committee and organization of a Communication Theory Workshop.

  Larry Milstein for his active and continued involvement in the leadership of the Communication Theory Committee and editorial service including being editor-in-chief of the Journal on Selected Areas in Communication.

• 2009 CTTC Service Award

  Raymond L. Pickholtz for his continuous and active involvement in the leadership of the Communication Theory Committee and for his dedication and leadership in organizing and running the Communication Theory Workshop over a many-year period and

  Yeheskel Bar-Ness for his sustained leadership of the Communication Theory Committee, for his leadership in organizing the first Communication Theory Mini-Conference at a major conference and for his leadership in founding IEEE Communications Letters and serving as its inaugural Editor-in-Chief.

• 2006 CTTC Service Award

  Robert Lucky, Jack Salz, and Donald Schilling for their vision in initiating the Communication Theory Workshop and their long-standing service and contributions to the communication theory community.

Award

 A recognition plaque.

Basis For Judging

The award will recognize members of the Communication Theory Technical Committee (CTTC) of the IEEE Communications Society who have a distinguished record of service to the CTTC community, including CTTC symposia and workshop organization, leadership roles within the CTTC, and promoting CTTC activities and interests in the broader research community.

Presentation

 Annually, at GLOBECOM, or by request the Communication Theory Workshop or ICC. No more than two awards will be given per year.

Nominations

Nominations will be solicited by e-mail from the CTTC members in the Fall with nominations due 30 June of the year the award is to be made. The nomination should include a short sentence on the outstanding technical contribution and one page of supporting material. Additionally, letters supporting the nomination may be sent electronically to the CTTC Award Committee Chair together with the nomination or separately. No CTTC Awards Committee member can be nominated while they serve. In addition, the current chair of the CTTC cannot be nominated.

CTTC  Awards Committee

The CTTC Awards Committee will consist of 5 members as follows:

1. Angel Lozano, Chair (angel.lozano@upf.edu)

2. Michael Rice, committee member

3. Des Taylor, committee member

4. Elza Erkip, committee member

5. Nihar Jindal, committee member