Here are the recipients of the 2018 IEEE medals, service awards, honorary membership, corporate recognition, and technical field awards. The awards are presented on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors.
IEEE Medal of Honor
Sponsor: IEEE Foundation
BRADFORD W. PARKINSON
Stanford
“For fundamental contributions to and leadership in developing the design and driving the early applications of the Global Positioning System.”
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
Sponsor: Nokia Bell Labs
NAMBIRAJAN SESHADRI
University of California
San Diego
Quantenna Corp.
San Jose, Calif.
“For contributions to the theory and practice of wireless communications.”
IEEE Edison Medal
Sponsor: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
ELI YABLONOVITCH
University of California
Berkeley
“For leadership, innovations, and entrepreneurial achievements in photonics, semiconductor lasers, antennas, and solar-cells.”
IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies
Sponsor: Toyota Motor Corp.
Corecipients:
JEROME FAIST
ETH Zurich
FRANK KLAUS TITTEL
Rice University
Houston
“For pioneering contributions to the quantum cascade laser and optical chemical sensors for environmental sensing.”
IEEE Founders Medal
Sponsor: IEEE Foundation
N.R. NARAYANA MURTHY
Infosys
Bangalore, India
“For visionary leadership at Infosys contributing to human progress through technology and for advancing corporate ethics and social responsibility.”
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
Sponsor: Qualcomm, Inc.
ERDAL ARIKAN
Bilkent University
Ankara, Turkey
“For contributions to information and communications theory, especially the discovery of polar codes and polarization techniques.”
IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
Sponsor: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
THOMAS F. BUDINGER
University of California
Berkeley
“For pioneering contributions to tomographic radiotracer imaging.”
IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
Sponsor: Texas Instruments, Inc.
BEDE LIU
Princeton
“For sustained contributions to the analysis and the development of low-complexity realizations of digital signal processing algorithms.”
IEEE/RSE JAMES CLERK MAXWELL MEDAL
Sponsor: IEEE Foundation
Corecipients:THOMAS HAUG
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
Sollentuna, Sweden
PHILIPPE DUPUIS
ETSI
Gif sur Yvette, France
“For leadership in the development of the first international mobile communications standard with subsequent evolution into worldwide smartphone data communication.”
IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
Sponsor: MathWorks, Pearson, and the IEEE Life Members Fund
DELORES M. ETTER
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
“For contributions to engineering through innovative textbooks on problem solving with computing languages and software tools.”
IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal
Sponsor: The Federation of Electric Power Companies, Japan
JOE C. CAMPBELL
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
“For contributions to the development of high-speed, low-noise, long-wavelength avalanche photodiodes.”
IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal
Sponsor: Intel Foundation
TSUGIO MAKIMOTO
Technovision
Tokyo
“For technical and managerial leadership in CMOS memory and microprocessors.”
IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications
Sponsor: Raytheon Co.
MARK E. DAVIS
medavis consulting
Prospect, N.Y.
“For technical contributions to advanced aerospace multifunction microwave and foliage penetration radars, and for leadership within the radar community.”
IEEE Medal in Power Engineering
Sponsors: IEEE Industry Applications, IEEE Industrial Electronics, IEEE Power Electronics, and IEEE Power & Energy societies
HIROFUMI AKAGI
Tokyo Institute of Technology
“For pioneering contributions to theory and practice of power conversion systems and their applications.”
IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
Sponsor: Northrop Grumman Corp.
HEINZ STOEWER
Space Associates GmbH
Munich
“For pioneering accomplishments in and technical leadership of space systems engineering, and for profound influence on teaching and practice of systems engineering.”
IEEE John von Neumann Medal
Sponsor: IBM Corp.
PATRICK COUSOT
New York University
New York City
“For introducing abstract interpretation, a powerful framework for automatically calculating program properties with broad application to verification and optimization.”
IEEE Corporate Innovation Award
Sponsor: IEEE
PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS
Emeryville, Calif.
“For a long history of pioneering innovations in computer animation and computer graphics.”
IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award
Sponsor: IEEE Technical Activities Board
DONALD N. HEIRMAN
Don Heirman Consultants
Lincroft, N.J.
“For leadership and service to industry and IEEE, and for the development of global consensus and education in IEEE technical fields and standards.”
IEEE Haraden Pratt Award
Sponsor: IEEE Foundation
LORETTA ARELLANO
Retired
Raytheon Technical Services Co.
Sun Valley, Calif.
“For furthering IEEE’s objectives, promoting cooperation among IEEE organizational units, and exemplary innovation in developing IEEE volunteer leaders.”
IEEE Honorary Membership
Sponsor: IEEE
Corecipients:
MIHAL (MIKE) LAZARIDIS
Quantum Valley Investments
Waterloo, Ont., Canada
“For revolutionary contributions to wireless communication and visionary leadership in fostering the advancement of fundamental physics toward future innovation.”
ANTON ZEILINGER
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Vienna
“For pioneering conceptual and experimental contributions to the development of quantum communications and encryption.”
TECHNICAL FIELD AWARDS
IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award
Sponsors: IEEE Circuits and Systems and IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology societies
MARK S. HUMAYUN
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
“For contributions to the bioelectronic retinal implant.”
IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award
Sponsor: Brunetti Bequest
SIEGFRIED SELBERHERR
Vienna University of Technology
“For pioneering contributions to Technology Computer Aided Design.”
IEEE Control Systems Award
Sponsor: IEEE Control Systems Society
JOHN N. TSITSIKLIS
MIT
“For contributions to the theory and application of optimization in large dynamic and distributed systems.”
IEEE Electromagnetics Award
Sponsors: IEEE Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing, and IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques societies
TATSUO ITOH
University of California
Los Angeles
“For contributions to electromagnetic modelling, artificial materials, microwave electronics, and antennas.”
IEEE ELECTRONICS PACKAGING AWARD
Sponsor: IEEE Electronics Packaging Society
WILLIAM T. CHEN
ASE Inc.
Sunnyvale, Calif.
“For contributions to electromagnetic solutions of complex multiphysics problems and inverse scattering methods.”
IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award
Sponsor: IEEE Signal Processing Society
MARI OSTENDORF
University of Washington
Seattle
“For contributions to statistical and computational models for analysis, interpretation, and synthesis in speech and language processing.”
IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing
Sponsors: IEEE Circuits and Systems and the IEEE Signal Processing societies
PETER STOICA
Retired, Uppsala University
Uppland, Sweden
“For broad contributions to research and education in statistical signal processing and its applications.”
IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award
Sponsor: IEEE Electron Devices Society
GURTEJ SINGH SANDHU
Micron Technology Inc.
Boise, Idaho
“For contributions to silicon CMOS process technology that enable DRAM and NAND memory chip scaling.”
IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award
Sponsor: The Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation, in memory of Herman and Edna Halperin, and the IEEE Power & Energy Society
JINLIANG HE
Tsinghua University
Beijing
“For contributions to lightning protection of power transmission systems, including advancing analytic methods and innovation in line surge arresters.”
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award
Sponsor: Sony Corp.
LINUS TORVALDS
Linux Foundation
San Francisco
“For his leadership of the development and proliferation of Linux.”
IEEE Internet Award
Sponsor: Nokia Corp.
RAMESH GOVINDAN
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
“For sustained contributions to the dynamic analysis of the Internet (protocols, topologies, configurations) and the Internet of Things (sensor networks).”
IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award
Sponsor: IEEE Industry Applications Society
GREG STONE
Iris Power L.P.
Mississauga, Ont., Canada
“For advancements in rotating machines insulation evaluation and testing.”
IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement
Sponsors: Keithley Instruments, Inc. (a Tektronix company) and the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
DAVID W. ALLAN
Allan’s TIME
Fountain Green, Utah
“For leadership in time determination and precise timing instruments.”
IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award
Sponsor: IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
ALAN WILLSON
Retired
University of California
Los Angeles
“For fundamental contributions to the theory and design of nonlinear circuits and signal processing systems.”
IEEE LEON K. KIRCHMAYER GRADUATE TEACHING AWARD
Sponsor: Leon K. Kirchmayer Memorial Fund
MARK S. LUNDSTROM
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, Ind.
“For creating a global online community for graduate education in nanotechnology as well as teaching, inspiring, and mentoring graduate students.”
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
Sponsor: NEC Corp.
VICTOR BAHL
Microsoft Research
Redmond, Calif.
“For contributions to broadband wireless systems.”
IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award
Sponsor: IEEE Power Electronics Society
RAINER MARQUARDT
Bundeswehr University Munich
Neubiberg, Germany
“For development of the modular multilevel converter application in medium drives and high-voltage DC transmission systems.”
IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies
Sponsor: Motorola Solutions Foundation
RAJIV V. JOSHI
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
“For contributions to predictive failure analytics, VLSI memory design, and technology.”
IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits
Sponsor: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
Corecipients:
WILLIAM S. CARTER
Retired
Xilinx
Los Gatos, Calif.
STEPHEN TRIMBERGER
Xilinx
San Jose, Calif.
“For pioneering real-time programmable digital signal processor architectures.”
IEEE Frederik Philips Award
Sponsor: Philips Electronics N.V.
IAN A. YOUNG
Intel Corp.
Hillsboro, Ore.
“For industry influence and leadership in the development of leading-edge microelectronics technology and collaborative research.”
IEEE Photonics Award
Sponsor: IEEE Photonics Society
URSULA KELLER
ETH Zurich
“For seminal contributions to ultrafast laser technology enabling important industrial applications and novel scientific breakthroughs.”
IEEE Robotics and Automation Award
Sponsor: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
MATTHEW T. MASON
Carnegie Mellon
“For scientific and educational contributions to the mechanics of manipulation enabling real-world robot autonomy, and for leadership in robotics.”
IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award
Sponsor: Computational Intelligence Society
ENRIQUE H. RUSPINI
Independent Consultant
Palo Alto, Calif.
“For fundamental contributions to the understanding of fuzzy logic concepts and their applications.”
IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award
Sponsor: IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
DAVID NYGREN
University of Texas
Arlington
“For pioneering radiation detector developments, enabling major discoveries in diverse areas of science.”
IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award
Sponsors: Hitachi, Ltd. and the IEEE Computer Society
DAVID FERRAIOLO
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Gaithersburg, Md.
D. RICHARD KUHN
NIST
RAVI SANDHU
University of Texas
San Antonio
“For accelerating innovation of energy, information, and communication technologies for the urban environment.”
IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award
Sponsor: IEEE Standards Association
CRAIG M. WELLMAN
Retired
Newark, Del.
“For leadership in developing and promoting standards that enable arc hazard assessment and injury-risk mitigation.”
IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award
Sponsor: Bell Labs, Nokia
PETER W. SHOR
MIT
“For contributions to quantum communication and information theory.”
IEEE Nikola Tesla Award
Sponsors: Wolong Electric Group Co., Ltd., and the IEEE Industry Applications and IEEE Power & Energy societies
LONGYA XU
Ohio State University
Columbus
“For contributions to design and control of efficient electric machines for wind power generation and electrified vehicles.”
IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award
Sponsors: Dr. Kiyo Tomiyasu, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing and the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques societies
J. NICHOLAS LANEMAN
University of Notre Dame
Indiana
“For contributions to wireless network communication theory, algorithms, and architectures.”
IEEE Transportation Technologies Award
Sponsors: IEEE Industry Applications, IEEE Industrial Electronics, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Power Electronics, IEEE Power & Energy, and IEEE Vehicular Technology societies
C.C. CHAN
University of Hong Kong
“For contributions to air transportation systems, focusing on collision avoidance protocol design and avionics safety verification.”
IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award
Sponsor: IEEE Education Society
SUSAN M. LORD
University of San Diego
“For contributions to the development of more inclusive and innovative undergraduate teaching in electrical and computer engineering.”
For additional information on the recipients and the awards process, visit the IEEE Awards website.
