ÌÇÐÄlogo Richard W. Hamming Medal, established in 1986, for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems and technology.
Sponsor: Qualcomm, Inc.
Presentation: May be awarded to an individual or team, up to three in number.
Basis for Judging: Breadth, impact on technology, patents/publications, and quality of nomination. The scope includes information transmission, coding, storage, and recovery. Subject areas include information theory, coding theory, data communication, computer networks, data storage and retrieval, and image and speech understanding.
Prize: Bronze medal, certificate and USD20,000 shared equally among all recipients
Nomination Deadline: 15 June 2026
The list of previous award recipients can be found here:
