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�ۿ۴�ý MEDAL OF HONOR

for an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in the �ۿ۴�ý fields of interest, sponsored by�� �ۿ۴�ý Foundation ���ٴ�:

ANDREW J. VITERBI ��(LF’ �ۿ۴�ý)
President, Viterbi Group, LLC
San Diego, CA, USA

“For seminal contributions to communications technology and theory."

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�ۿ۴�ý ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL

for exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering, sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs ���ٴ�:

JOHN M. CIOFFI ��(F’ �ۿ۴�ý)
Hitachi America Professor of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA

“For pioneering discrete multitone modem technology as the foundation of the global DSL industry.”

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�ۿ۴�ý RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL

for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems and technology, sponsored by�� QUALCOMM, Inc. ��to co-recipients:

WHITFIELD DIFFIE ��(A’�ۿ۴�ý)
Vice President, Fellow and Chief Security Officer
Sun Microsystems
Menlo Park, CA, USA

and

MARTIN HELLMAN ��(F’�ۿ۴�ý)
Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA

and

RALPH MERKLE ��(M’�ۿ۴�ý)
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
Cupertino, CA, USA

“For the invention of public key cryptography and its application to secure communications.”