Here are the recipients of the 2015 IEEE medals, service awards, honorary membership, corporate recognitions, technical field awards, and prize paper awards, presented on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors.
IEEE Medal of Honor
Sponsor: IEEE Foundation
MILDRED S. DRESSELHAUS
MIT
“For leadership and contributions across many fields of science and engineering.”
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
Sponsor: Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent
FRANK KELLY
Cambridge
“For creating principled mathematical foundations for the design and analysis of congestion control, routing, and blocking in modern communication networks.”
IEEE Edison Medal
Sponsor: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
JAMES J. SPILKER JR.
AoSense, Inc.
Half Moon Bay, Calif.
“For contributions to the technology and implementation of civilian GPS navigation systems.”
IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies
Sponsor: Toyota Motor Corp.
Corecipients:
RODOLFO SCHÖNEBURG
Mercedes-Benz Daimler AG
Sindelfingen, Germany
MARICA PAUREVIC
Daimler AG
Sindelfingen, Germany
HANS WEISBARTH
Daimler AG
Sindelfingen, Germany
“For significant contributions to automotive safety through crash prevention and passenger protection using sensors, warning systems, and autonomous restraint systems.”
IEEE Founders Medal
Sponsor: IEEE Foundation
JAMES D. PLUMMER
Stanford
“For leadership in the creation and support of innovative, interdisciplinary, and globally focused education and research programs.”
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
Sponsor: Qualcomm, Inc.
IMRE CSISZAR
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Budapest
“For contributions to information theory, information-theoretic security, and statistics.”
IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
Sponsor: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
TAKUO AOYAGI
Nihon Kohden Corp.
Tokyo
“For pioneering contributions to pulse oximetry that have had a profound impact on healthcare.”
IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
Sponsor: Texas Instruments, Inc.
HARRY L. VAN TREES
George Mason University
Stanardsville, Va.
“For fundamental contributions to detection, estimation, and modulation theory; sensor array processing; and Bayesian bounds.”
IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal
Funded By: Cirrus Logic
LYNN CONWAY
University of MichiganAnn Arbor
“For contributions to and leadership in design methodology and pedagogy enabling rapid advances and dissemination of VLSI design tools and systems.”
IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal
Sponsors: MathWorks, Pearson Education, Inc., and IEEE Life Members Fund
RICHARD G. BARANIUK
Rice University
Houston
“For fundamental contributions to open educational resources for electrical engineering and beyond.”
IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal
Sponsor: The Federation of Electric Power Companies, Japan
DIMITRI ANTONIADIS
MIT
“For contributions to metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor physics, technology, and modeling.”
IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal
Sponsor: Intel Foundation
MARTIN VAN DEN BRINK
ASMLVeldhoven, Netherlands
“For pioneering contributions to the design and commercialization of high-speed, mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuits for communication and data storage.”
IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications
Sponsor: Raytheon Co.
MARSHALL GREENSPAN
Retired
Northrup Grumman Corp.
Norwalk, Conn.
“For contributions to the development of multiple phase-center airborne surface surveillance and targeting radars.”
IEEE Medal in Power Engineering
Sponsors: IEEE Industry Applications, IEEE Industrial Electronics, IEEE Power Electronics, and IEEE Power & Energy societies
FRED C. LEE
Virginia Tech
"For contributions to power electronics, especially high-frequency power conversion.”
IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
Sponsor: Northrop Grumman Corp.
PAUL G. KAMINISKI
Technovation, Inc.
Sterling, Va.
“For leading the development of advanced low-observable airborne systems, including the F-117, and the supporting tools, training, and weapons.”
IEEE John von Neumann Medal
Sponsor: IBM Corp.
JAMES A. GOSLING
Liquid Robotics
Redwood City, Calif.
“For the Java programming language, Java Virtual Machine, and other contributions to programming languages and environments.”
IEEE Corporate Innovation Award
Sponsor: IEEE
SANDISK CORPORATION
Milpitas, Calif.
“For pioneering innovation, development, and deployment of Flash Memory Technology, which has profoundly changed the world.”
IEEE Ernst Weber Managerial Leadership Award
Sponsor: IEEE
SHANG-YI CHIANG
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.
Los Gatos, Calif.
“For visionary leadership in research and development establishing foundry, System-on-Chip, and 3-Dimensional Integrated Circuit technologies that transformed the industry.”
IEEE Haraden Pratt Award
Sponsor: IEEE Foundation
FUMIO HARASHIMA
Tokyo Metropolitan University
“For outstanding leadership in globalization and diversity of IEEE communities.”
IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award
Sponsor: IEEE Technical Activities Board
RAYMOND S. LARSEN
Stanford
“For inspiring locally owned businesses to provide sustainable humanitarian benefits in underprivileged communities.”
IEEE Honorary Membership
Sponsor: IEEE
ELON MUSK
Tesla MotorsPalo Alto, Calif.
“For leadership in and innovative contributions to space-exploration technology, combatting global warming and promoting science education, pediatric health, and clean energy.”
TECHNICAL FIELD AWARDS
IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award
Sponsors: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, IEEE Circuits and Systems, and IEEE Computational Intelligence societies
CHRISTOFER TOUMAZOU
Imperial College
London
“For outstanding contributions to biomedical circuit technology.”
IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award
Sponsors: Brunetti Bequest and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.
HIROSHI IWAI
Tokyo Institute of Technology
“For contributions to the scaling of CMOS devices.”
IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Award
Sponsor: IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society
NASSER BOZORG-GRAYELI
Intel Corp.
Tempe, Ariz.
“For contributions to the advancement of microelectronic packaging technology, manufacturing, and semiconductor ecosystems.”
IEEE Control Systems Award
Sponsor: IEEE Control Systems Society
BRUCE FRANCIS
University of Toronto
“For pioneering contributions to H-infinity, linear-multivariable, and digital control.”
IEEE Electromagnetics Award
Sponsors: IEEE Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques, and IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing societies
DONALD WILTON
University of Houston
“For fundamental contributions to integral equation methods in computational electromagnetics.”
IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award
Sponsor: IEEE Signal Processing Society
STEVE YOUNG
Cambridge
“For pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of automatic speech recognition and statistical spoken dialogue systems.”
IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing
Sponsors: IEEE Signal Processing and IEEE Circuits and Systems societies
GEORGIOS B. GIANNAKIS
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
“For contributions to the theory and practice of statistical signal processing and its applications to wireless communications.”
IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award
Sponsor: IEEE Electron Devices Society
MASAYOSHI ESASHI
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
“For developments in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) used in transportation and industrial electronics.”
IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award
Sponsors: The Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation in memory of Herman and Edna Halperin, and the IEEE Power & Energy Society
WOLFRAM BOECK
Technische Universität München
Germany
“For contributions to the understanding of dielectric behavior of SF6 insulated systems for high- and extra-high-voltage substations and transmission lines.”
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award
Sponsor: Sony Corp.
MARTIN COOPER
Dyna, LLC
Del Mar, Calif.
“For pioneering contributions to mobile wireless technology, including the first handheld cellular telephone.”
IEEE Internet Award
Sponsor: Nokia Corp.
Corecipients:
KIMBERLY CLAFFY
Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) and University of California,San Diego
VERN PAXSON
University of California
Berkeley
“For seminal contributions to the field of Internet measurement, including security and network data analysis, and for distinguished leadership in and service to the Internet community by providing open-access data and tools.”
IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award
Sponsors: Hitachi Data Systems and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Corecipients:
DOV MORAN
Comigo
Yarkona, Israel
AMIR BAN
Eyessessment
Ramat Hasharon, Israel
SIMON LITSYN
Tel Aviv University
“For pioneering contributions to storage systems based on flash memory.”
IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award
Sponsor: IEEE Industry Applications Society
CHARLES JOHN MOZINA
Consultant
Palm Harbor, Fla.
“For contributions to the electrical protection of synchronous generators.”
IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement
Sponsors: Keithley Instruments and IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
JEAN-CHARLES BOLOMEY
Paris Sud University
“For pioneering contributions to efficient modulated probe array technology for fast electromagnetic near-field techniques and microwave imagery.”
IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award
Sponsor: IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
YOSIRO OONO
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
“For fundamental contributions to the foundation of classical circuit theory.”
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
Sponsor: NEC Corp.
ALBERT G. GREENBERG
MicrosoftAzure
Redmond, Wash.
“For fundamental contributions to large-scale backbone networks and data-center networks.”
IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award
Sponsor: IEEE Power Electronics Society
SHU YUEN RON HUI
University of Hong Kong
“For contributions to power electronics applications in planar wireless charging and sustainable lighting technology.”
IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies
Sponsor: Motorola Solutions Foundation
KHALIL NAJAFI
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
“For leadership in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), technologies, and devices and for seminal contributions to inertial devices and hermetic wafer-level packaging.”
IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits
Sponsor: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
ROBERT W. ADAMS
Analog Devices, Inc.
Acton, Mass.
“For contributions to noise-shaping data converter circuits, digital signal processing, and log-domain analog filters.”
IEEE Frederik Philips Award
Sponsor: Philips Electronics NV
BENEDETTO VIGNA
STMicroelectronics NV
Geneva
“For leadership in conceiving, developing, and commercializing micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS).”
IEEE Photonics Award
Sponsor: IEEE Photonics Society
PHILIP ST. J. RUSSELL
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Erlangen, Germany
“For pioneering contributions to the conception and realization of photonic crystal fibers.”
IEEE Robotics and Automation Award
Sponsor: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
RODNEY A. BROOKSRethink RoboticsBoston
“For pioneering contributions to and leadership in research and commercialization of autonomous robotics, spanning mobile, humanoid, service, and manufacturing robotics.”
IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award
Sponsor: IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
MARCO DORIGO
IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Belgium
“For contributions to the foundations of swarm intelligence.”
IEEE David Sarnoff Award
Sponsor: SRI International Sarnoff
PALLAB BHATTACHARYA
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
“For contributions to near-infrared and visible quantum dot lasers.”
IEEE MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE AWARD
Sponsor: IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
NOAH HERSHKOWITZ
University of Wisconsin
Madison
“For innovative research and inspiring education in basic and applied plasma science.”
IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award
Sponsors: Hitachi, Ltd. and IEEE Computer Society
Corecipients:
TAKEMOCHI ISHII
University of TokyoMinatoku, Japan
HIROKAZU IHARA
International Institute of Intelligence and InformationTokyo
ATSUNOBU ICHIKAWA
Tokyo Institute of Technology
“For pioneering the concept of dependable autonomous decentralized systems and contributing to its practical application in early transport control systems.”
IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award
Sponsor: IEEE Standards Association
STEVE M. MILLS
Hewlett-Packard
Sunnyvale, Calif.
“For outstanding leadership in the development of IEEE standards programs with global impact.”
IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award
Sponsor: Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent
SANJOY MITTER
MIT
“For contributions to the unification of communications and control.”
IEEE Nikola Tesla Award
Sponsors: The Grainger Foundation and the IEEE Power & Energy Society
ION GHEORGHE BOLDEA
University Politehnica Timisoara
Romania
“For contributions to the design and control of rotating and linear electric machines for industry applications.”
IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award
Sponsors: Dr. Kiyo Tomiyasu, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, and IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
Corecipients:
KAUSTAV BANERJEE
University of California
Santa Barbara
VIVEK SUBRAMANIAN
University of California
Berkeley
“For contributions to nano-materials, devices, circuits, and CAD, enabling low-power and low-cost electronics.”
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
ROBERT D. KING
GE Global Research
Schenectady, N.Y.
“For contributions to the design, optimization, and implementation of propulsion and energy management systems for hybrid-electric vehicles.”
TEACHING AWARDS
IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award
Sponsor: Leon K. Kirchmayer Memorial Fund
DANIEL J. COSTELLO JR.
University of Notre Dame
Indiana
“For profound and lasting contributions to graduate education in coding, information theory, and digital communications.”
IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award
Sponsor: IEEE Education Society
BRANISLAV M. NOTAROS
Colorado State UniversityFort Collins
“For contributions to undergraduate electromagnetics education through inspiring teaching and innovative course materials.”
PRIZE PAPERS
IEEE W.R.G. Baker Award
Sponsors: IEEE Circuits and Systems, IEEE Communications, IEEE Control Systems, IEEE Information Theory, IEEE Power & Energy, IEEE Signal Processing, and IEEE Vehicular Technology societies
THOMAS L. MARZETTA
Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent
Murray Hill, N.J.
For his paper titled, “Non-cooperative Cellular Wireless with Unlimited Numbers of Base Station Antennas,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 9, Issue 11, pp. 3590–3600, November 2010.
IEEE Donald G. Fink Award
Sponsor: IEEE Life Members Committee
Corecipients:
THEODORE SCOTT RAPPAPORT
New York University
New York
SHU SUN
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
RIMMA MAYZUS
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
HANG ZHAO
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
YANIV AZAR
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
KEVIN WANG
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
GEORGE WONG
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
JOCELYN SCHULZ
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
MATHEW KHALIL SAMIMI
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
FELIX GUTIERREZ JR.
Par Level Systems
San Antonio, Texas
For their paper titled, “Millimeter Wave Mobile Communications for 5G Cellular: It Will Work,” IEEE Access, Vol. 1, pp. 335–349, May 2013.
For additional information on the recipients and the awards process, visit the IEEE Awards Web page.