Nominations & Appointments Committee Report Information Theory Society Board of Governors Meeting Chicago October 7, 2017
Committee Overview Members: Michelle Effros (Ex-Officio and Chair) Alon Orlitsky (Ex-Officio) Dan Costello Gerhard Kramer Amos Lapidoth Responsible for staffing Fellows, Shannon, Wyner, Cover, Massey, Awards, and External Nominating committees Deadlines October – January. Puts forward a BoG slate of candidates at the annual BoG meeting. Other appointments as needed (EiC, CC Chair, Membership sub-Committee chairs).
N&A Committee Candidates: Procedure Super-list generated based on N&A Committee suggestions. Proposed selection taking into account Committee requirements under Bylaws Geographic representation, including under-represented regions Technical area representation Seasoned wisdom vs. new energy & ideas Demonstrated Society leadership Diversity, broadly interpreted Modification and discussion until convergence
Appointments for 2018 Awards Committee Wyner Award Committee Alex Dimakis Bruce Hajek Negar Kiyavash Muriel Medard Haim Permuter Cover Award Committee Antonia Tulino Christina Fragouli Shannon Award Committee External Nominations Committee Janos Korner David Tse Ubli Mitra (chair) Fellows Committee Stephen Hanly Hirosuke Yamamoto Pierre Moulin Aylin Yener Vince Poor Massey Award Committee Erdal Arikan Tara Javidi