Professor Jan Allebach has been awarded the 2016 Edwin H. Land Medal, which is jointly awarded by the Optical Society of America (OSA) and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T). The award "recognizes pioneering work empowered by scientific research to create inventions, technologies, and products."

Professor Allebach was cited "for diverse contributions in development of widely used commercial halftoning algorithms for digital printing, digital image processing and color management, and also for leadership as an educator and researcher in the field of electronic imaging."

The Edwin H. Land Medal was established in 1992 to honor Edwin H. Land and to recognize his unique career as scientist, technologist, industrialist, humanist, and public servant. He was the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation and invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography, and his retinex theory of color vision.