Distinctions
He has received several distinctions:
- the SEE Ampère Medal (1997).
- the Golden Jubilee Award for Technological Innovation of IEEE Information Theory Society (1998), together with Alain Glavieux and Punya Thitimajshima.
- the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal (2003), together with Alain Glavieux.
- the French Grand Prix France Télécom of Académie des sciences (2005).
- the Marconi Prize (2005).
He was nominated for the European Inventor of the Year Award (2006).
He was finally elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 2007.
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