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The IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing was established in November 2012. The first presentation is scheduled for 2015. Recipient selection is administered by the Technical Field Awards Council of the IEEE Awards Board. Presented to: An individual or a team up to three in number Scope: For an outstanding contribution to the advancement of signal processing, other than in the areas of speech and audio processing Prize: The award consists of a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium Basis for judging: In the evaluation process, the following criteria will be considered: impact on the field of signal processing technology, including innovation; leadership; honors or seminal contributions as evidenced by publications or patents or transition to practice 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
The award consists of a bronze medal, certificate, and cash honorarium.
The IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing was established in 2012.
In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: impact on the field of signal processing technology, including innovation; leadership; honors or seminal contributions as evidenced by publications or patents or transition to practice; and quality of nomination.
Candidate eligibility: Any person may be nominated for an IEEE-level award, regardless of IEEE membership, with the following exceptions: Members of the IEEE Board of Directors, Members of the IEEE Awards Board, Members of the IEEE Awards Council – Chairs of the selection committees who sit on a Council are not eligible for an award that their Council oversees, Medal of Honor recipients cannot receive another IEEE Medal, Medal recipients cannot receive another medal or Technical Field Award for the same work, Technical Field Award recipients cannot receive another Technical Field Award for the same work, but may be elevated to a medal in a future year, An IEEE-level award recipient is ineligible to receive two IEEE-level awards in the same year, Award Selection Committee members cannot be considered while serving on a relevant board or committee, Deceased persons (exception: an award may be presented posthumously if recipient’s death occurs after the IEEE Board of Directors approves the nomination), Self-nominations, IEEE staff
2021
for outstanding leadership in and pioneering contributions to signal processing for wireless sensing and communications.
2020
for contributions to the foundations of statistical signal processing with applications to distributed sensing and performance benchmarking.
2019
for seminal contributions and high-impact innovations to the theory and application of perception-based image and video processing.
2018
for broad contributions to research and education in statistical signal processing and its applications.
2017
for sustained technical contributions to multidimensional digital signal processing.
2016
for foundational contributions to the analysis, design, and implementation of digital signal processing systems.
2015
for contributions to the theory and practice of statistical signal processing and its applications to wireless communications.