IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award

The IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1995.

It is named in honor of 1991 IEEE President Eric E. Sumner, who retired as Vice President, Operations Planning, AT&T Bell Laboratories after a long and distinguished career.

Recipient selection is administered by the Awards Board through its Technical Field Awards Council.

Sponsor: Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent

Presented to: An individual or a team of not more than three

Scope: For outstanding contributions to communications technology

Prize: The award consists of bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium.

Basis for judging: In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: research, development, and application contributions to all aspects of leading-edge communication technology (work cited could have appeared in the form of publications, patents, or products or could be a generally recognized major technological advancement in the field), and the quality of the nomination.

Nomination deadline: 31 January

Presentation: IEEE policy requires that its awards be presented at major IEEE events that are in keeping with the nature of the award and the cited achievement. 

• Marco Chiani, Chair
• Moe Win, Past Chair
• George Chrisikos
• T. Russell Hsing
• Andreas F. Molisch
• Gregory S. Mitchell
• Ian Oppermann