Professor Jan Allebach has been named recipient of the 2013 IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies for outstanding contributions to emerging technologies recognized within recent years with the following citation: "For the development of the Tone-Dependent Error Diffusion algorithm used widely in inkjet and laser printers."

For nearly a century, the IEEE Awards Program has paid tribute to technical professionals whose exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions have made a lasting impact on technology, society, and the engineering profession.