IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award

Sponsored by: Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs

Nomination Form | Recipients | Committee Roster

Nomination Deadline - January 31st

The IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1995. It may be presented annually, to an individual or a team of not more than three, for outstanding contributions to communications technology. Recipient selection is administered by the Awards Board through its Technical Field Awards Council.

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

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.

The award consists of a bronze medal, certificate and honorarium.