Nominations for ComSoc Prize Paper Awards

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COMSOC PRIZE PAPER AWARDS

The Society welcomes nominations for Prize Papers. Your action will give a deserving colleague a chance for one of these prestigious awards. ComSoc magazines and journals are defined as those financially sponsored, in whole or in part, by the IEEE Communications Society. The following are the Prize Paper Awards

Your nomination should clearly state the authors, paper title, the publication and issue in which the paper appeared, and, in a few words, why the paper deserves an award (Nominations deadline is February 15 unless otherwise noted.)

1. The Communications Society Best Tutorial Paper Award
   
   Given to an outstanding tutorial paper published in any Communications Society magazine or journal in the previous 5 calendar years.
2. The Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize in the Field of Communications Systems
   
   Restricted to a paper published in any journal financially sponsored or co-sponsored by the Communications Society in the previous 3 calendar years.
3. The Communications Society Stephen O. Rice Prize in the Field of Communications Theory
   
   Restricted to a paper published in any journal financially sponsored or co-sponsored by the Communications Society in the previous 3 calendar years.
4. The Communications Society William R. Bennett Prize in the Field of Communications Networking (Award recently redefined for networking)
   
   Restricted to a paper from any journal financially sponsored or co-sponsored by the Communications Society in the previous 3 calendar years.
5. The Fred W. Ellersick Prize
   
   For a paper in any Communications Society magazine in the previous 3 calendar years.
6. The ComSoc & Information Theory Joint Paper Award (Deadline March 15)
   
   For a paper, relevant to both Societies, that appeared in any publication of the Communications Society or the Information Theory Society in the previous 3 calendar years.
7. The IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications (ComSoc and Signal Processing Society)
   
   Restricted to a paper from IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications in the previous 3 calendar years.
8. The Communications Society Award for Advances in Communication
   
   For a paper in any Communications Society journal or magazine in the previous 15 calendar years.
9. The Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award for Best Communications Letter (Deadline March 1)
   
   For letters published in any letter journal financially sponsored or co-sponsored by the Communications Society which essentially enlarge the field of communications engineering in the previous 3 calendar years.

Questions or comments may be sent to:
Andreas Molisch - Andreas [dot] Molisch [at] ieee [dot] org
Chair, IEEE ComSoc Awards Committee