Congratulations to Professor Alexander S. Holevo from Stekhlov Mathematical Institute in Moscow (Russia) who was selected to be awarded the prestiguous Claude E. Shannon Award 2016.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_E._Shannon_Award, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Holevo
This prize is given by IEEE Information Theory Society. It was instituted to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of Information Theory.