1. Nominations & Appointments Committee Report
Information Theory Society Board of Governors Meeting
Chicago
October 7, 2017

2. 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).

3. 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

4. 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