1. ICDAR Awards ICDAR Awards recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of Document Analysis and Recognition in one or more of the following areas: Research Training of students Research/Industry interaction Service to the profession

2. Nomination Process The nomination packet should include: –A nominating letter including a brief citation to be included in the certificate. –A brief vitae of the nominee highlighting the accomplishments being recognized. –Supporting letters from 5 active researchers from at least 3 different countries.

3. 2001 Award Committee Ranga Kasturi, Chair, USA Young Bin Kwon, TC10 Chair, Korea Lambert Schomaker, TC11 Chair, The Netherlands Atul Chhabra, 1999 Winner, USA Robert Haralick, ICDAR 2001 Chair, USA Hirobumi Nishida, Member-at-large, Japan Louisa Lam, Member-at-large, Hong Kong

4. 2001 ICDAR Awardees

5. Professor George Nagy ICDAR Award for Lifetime Contributions Citation For outstanding contributions for more than three decades which had a tremendous impact on our thinking on OCR and for his zealous commitment to share his valuable insights with generations of students

6. Professor Venu Govindaraju Outstanding Young Investigator Award Citation For his role in the evolution of the CEDAR which so visibly demonstrated the utility of PR algorithms in complex applications of postal document handling and for his outstanding scientific productivity