2015 IEEE Technical Field Award Recipients and Citations

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IEEE ELECTROMAGNETICS AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions to electromagnetics in theory, application, or educat
2015 IEEE Technical Field Award Recipients and Citations 1. IEEE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of biomedical engineering—sponsored by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society—to Recipient CHRISTOFER TOUMAZOU (FIEEE)— Director, Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom Citation “For outstanding contributions to biomedical circuit technology.” 2. IEEE CLEDO BRUNETTI AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions to miniaturization and nanotechnology in the electronic arts—sponsored by the Brunetti Bequest and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation—to Recipient HIROSHI IWAI (LFIEEE)—Professor, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kangawa, Japan Citation “For contributions to the scaling of CMOS devices.” 3. IEEE COMPONENTS, PACKAGING, AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AWARD—recognizes meritorious contributions to the advancement of components, electronic packagaing, or manufacturing technologies—sponsored by the IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society—to Recipient NASSER BOZORG-GRAYELI (non-member)—Vice President Technology and Manufacturing and Director Corporate Quality Network, Intel Corporation, Tempe, Arizona, USA Citation “For contributions to the advancement of microelectronic packaging technology, manufacturing, and semiconductor ecosystems.”

4. IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions to control systems engineering, science, or technology—sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society—to Recipient BRUCE FRANCIS (LFIEEE)—Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Citation "For pioneering contributions to H-infinity, linear-multivariable, and digital control." 5. IEEE ELECTROMAGNETICS AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions to electromagnetics in theory, application, or education—sponsored by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, and IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society—to

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DONALD WILTON (LFIEEE)—Professor Emeritus, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA Citation “For fundamental contributions to integral equation methods in computational electromagnetics.” 6. IEEE JAMES L. FLANAGAN SPEECH AND AUDIO PROCESSING AWARD— recognizes outstanding contribution to the advancement of speech and/or audio signal processing—sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society—to Recipient STEVE YOUNG (FIEEE)—Professor, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Citation “For pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of automatic speech recognition and statistical spoken dialogue systems.” 7. IEEE FOURIER AWARD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING—recognizes an outstanding contribution to the advancement of signal processing, other than in the areas of speech and audio processing—sponsored by IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and IEEE Signal Processing Society-to

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GEORGIOS B. GIANNAKIS (FIEEE)—Endowed Chair Professor and Director of Research Center, Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Citation “For contributions to the theory and practice of statistical signal processing and its applications to wireless communications.” 8. IEEE ANDREW S. GROVE AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions to solid-state devices and technology—sponsored by the IEEE Electron Devices Society—to Recipient MASAYOSHI ESASHI (MIEEE)—Professor, The World Premier International Research Center Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Citation “For developments in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) used in transportation and industrial electronics.” 9. IEEE HERMAN HALPERIN ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions to electric transmission and distribution—sponsored by the Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation, in memory of Herman and Edna Halperin, and the IEEE Power & Energy Society—to Recipient WOLFRAM BOECK (non-member) —Professor Emeritus, Technical University of Munich, Meersburg, Germany Citation “For contributions to the understanding of dielectric behavior of SF6 insulated systems for high- and extra-high-voltage substations and transmission lines.” 10. IEEE MASARU IBUKA CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of consumer electronics technology— sponsored by Sony Corporation—to Recipient MARTIN COOPER (LFIEEE)—Chairman, Dyna LLC, Del Mar, California, USA Citation “For pioneering contributions to mobile wireless technology, including the first handheld cellular telephone.”

11. IEEE INTERNET AWARD—recognizes exceptional contributions to the advancement of Internet technology for network architecture, mobility, and/or end-use applications—sponsored by Nokia Corporation—to

Co-recipients

KIMBERLY CLAFFY (non-member)—Director, CAIDA and Adjunct Professor, CSE, La Jolla, California, USA AND VERN PAXSON (SMIEEE)—Professor, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA Citation "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." 12. IEEE REYNOLD B. JOHNSON INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEMS AWARD—for outstanding contributions to information storage systems with emphasis on computer storage systems—sponsored by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Hitachi Data Ltd.—to

Co-recipients

DOV MORAN (non-member)—Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Comigo, Yarkona, Israel AND AMIR BAN (non-member)—VP Business Development & CTO, Eyessessment, Ramat Hasharon, Israel AND SIMON LITSYN (SMIEEE)—Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Citation “For pioneering contributions to storage systems based on flash memory.” 13. IEEE RICHARD HAROLD KAUFMANN AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions in industrial systems engineering—sponsored by the IEEE Industry Applications Society—to Recipient CHARLES JOHN MOZINA (LFIEEE)—Consultant, Palm Harbor, Florida, USA

Citation “For contributions to the electrical protection of synchronous generators.” 14. IEEE JOSEPH F. KEITHLEY AWARD IN INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT—recognizes outstanding contributions in electrical measurements—sponsored by Keithley Instruments and IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society—to Recipient JEAN-CHARLES BOLOMEY (FIEEE)—Emeritus Professor, Paris Sud University, Paris, France Citation “For pioneering contributions to efficient modulated probe array technology for fast electromagnetic near-field techniques and microwave imagery.” 15. IEEE GUSTAV ROBERT KIRCHHOFF AWARD—recognizes an outstanding contribution to the fundamentals of any aspect of electronic circuits and systems that has a long-term significance or impact—sponsored by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society—to Recipient YOSIRO OONO (LFIEEE)—Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Citation “For fundamental contributions to the foundation of classical circuit theory.” 16. IEEE LEON K. KIRCHMAYER GRADUATE TEACHING AWARD—recognizes inspirational teaching of graduate students in the IEEE fields of interest— sponsored by the Leon K. Kirchmayer Memorial Fund—to Recipient DANIEL J. COSTELLO, JR. (LFIEEE)—Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA Citation “For profound and lasting contributions to graduate education in coding, information theory, and digital communications.” 17. IEEE KOJI KOBAYASHI COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS AWARD— recognizes outstanding contributions to the integration of computers and communications—sponsored by NEC Corporation—to

Recipient ALBERT G. GREENBERG (MIEEE)—Distinguished Engineer and Director of Networking, Microsoft Azure, Redmond, Washington, USA Citation “For fundamental contributions to large-scale backbone networks and data-center networks.” 18. IEEE WILLIAM E. NEWELL POWER ELECTRONICS AWARD—recognizes outstanding contribution(s) to the advancement of power electronics—sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics Society—to

Recipient

SHU YUEN RON HUI (FIEEE)— Chair Professor of Power Electronics, University of Hong Kong and Imperial College London, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong Citation “For contributions to power electronics applications in planar wireless charging and sustainable lighting technology.” 19. IEEE DANIEL E. NOBLE AWARD FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES— recognizes outstanding contributions to emerging technologies recognized within recent years—sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation—to Recipient KHALIL NAJAFI (FIEEE)—Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Citation “For leadership in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), technologies, and devices and for seminal contributions to inertial devices and hermetic wafer-level packaging.” 20. IEEE DONALD O. PEDERSON AWARD IN SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS— recognizes outstanding contributions to solid-state circuits—sponsored by the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society—to

Recipient

ROBERT W. ADAMS (FIEEE)—Fellow, Analog Devices, Inc., Acton, Massachusetts, USA Citation “For contributions to noise-shaping data converter circuits, digital signal processing, and log-domain analog filters.”

21. IEEE FREDERIK PHILIPS AWARD—recognizes outstanding accomplishments in the management of research and development resulting in effective innovation in the electrical and electronics industry—sponsored by Philips Electronics NV—to Recipient BENEDETTO VIGNA (non-member)—Executive Vice President and General Manager, Analog, MEMS & Sensors Group, STMicroelectronics, Geneva, Switzerland Citation “For leadership in conceiving, developing, and commercializing micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS).” 22. IEEE PHOTONICS AWARD—recognizes outstanding achievements in photonics—sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society—to

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PHILIP ST. J. RUSSELL (non-member)—Professor, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany Citation "For pioneering contributions to the conception and realization of photonic crystal fibers." 23. IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of robotics and automation—sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society—to Recipient RODNEY A. BROOKS (FIEEE)—Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Rethink Robotics, and Panasonic Professor of Robotics Emeritus, MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Citation “For pioneering contributions to and leadership in research and commercialization of autonomous robotics, spanning mobile, humanoid, service, and manufacturing robotics.” 24. IEEE FRANK ROSENBLATT AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of the design, practice, techniques, or theory in biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms, including but not limited to neural networks, connectionist systems, evolutionary computation, fuzzy systems, and hybrid intelligent systems in which these paradigms are contained—sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society—to

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MARCO DORIGO (FIEEE)—Professor, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium Citation “For contributions to the foundations of swarm intelligence.” 25. IEEE DAVID SARNOFF AWARD—recognizes exceptional contributions to electronics—sponsored by IEEE Sarnoff Fund—to Recipient PALLAB BHATTACHARYA (LFIEEE)—Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Citation “For contributions to near-infrared and visible quantum dot lasers.” 26. IEEE MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of nuclear and plasma sciences and engineering— sponsored by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society—to

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NOAH HERSHKOWITZ (LFIEEE)— Irving Languir Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Citation “For innovative research and inspiring education in basic and applied plasma science.” 27. IEEE INNOVATION IN SOCIETAL INFRASTRUCTURE AWARD—recognizes significant technological achievements and contributions to the establishment, development, and proliferation of innovative societal infrastructure systems through the application of information technology with an emphasis on distributed computing systems—sponsored by Hitachi, Ltd. and IEEE Computer Society—to Co-recipients TAKEMOCHI ISHII (non-member)—Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Minatoku, Tokyo, Japan AND HIROKAZU IHARA (LFIEEE)—Board Director, International Institute of Intelligence and Information, Machida, Tokyo, Japan

AND ATSUNOBU ICHIKAWA (non-member)—Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Machida, Tokyo, Japan Citation "For pioneering the concept of dependable autonomous decentralized systems and contributing to its practical application in early transport control systems." 28. IEEE CHARLES PROTEUS STEINMETZ AWARD—recognizes exceptional contributions to the development and/or advancement of standards in electrical and electronics engineering—sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association—to

Recipient

STEVE M. MILLS (SMIEEE)—Strategist (Retired), Hewlett-Packard Company, Senior Architect, Industry Standards Program Office, Sunnyvale, California, USA Citation “For outstanding leadership in the development of IEEE standards programs with global impact.” 29. IEEE ERIC E. SUMNER AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions to communications technology—sponsored by Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent—to Recipient SANJOY MITTER (LFIEEE)—Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Citation “For contributions to the unification of communications and control.” 30. IEEE NIKOLA TESLA AWARD—recognizes outstanding contributions to the generation and utilization of electric power—sponsored by The Grainger Foundation and the IEEE Power & Energy Society—to Recipient ION GHEORGHE BOLDEA (LFIEEE)—Professor Emeritus, University Politehnica Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania Citation “For contributions to the design and control of rotating and linear electric machines for industry applications.” 31. IEEE KIYO TOMIYASU AWARD—recognizes outstanding early to mid-career contributions to technologies holding the promise of innovative applications—

sponsored by Dr. Kiyo Tomiyasu, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society—to Co-Recipients KAUSTAV BANERJEE (FIEEE)—Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA AND VIVEK SUBRAMANIAN (MIEEE)—Professor, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA Citation “For contributions to nano-materials, devices, circuits, and CAD, enabling lowpower and low-cost electronics.” 32. IEEE TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES AWARD—recognizes advances in technologies within the fields of interest to the IEEE as applied in transportation systems—sponsored by IEEE Industry Applications Society, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, IEEE Power Electronics Society, IEEE Power & Energy Society, and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society—to Recipient ROBERT D. KING (LFIEEE)—Senior Electrical Engineer, GE Global Research, Schenectady, New York, USA Citation

“For contributions to the design, optimization, and implementation of propulsion

and energy management systems for hybrid-electric vehicles.”

33. IEEE UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING AWARD—recognizes inspirational teaching of undergraduate students in the fields of interest of the IEEE— sponsored by the IEEE Education Society—to Recipient BRANISLAV M. NOTAROS (SMIEEE)—Professor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Citation “For contributions to undergraduate electromagnetics education through inspiring teaching and innovative course materials.” 34. IEEE W. R. G. Baker Award - For the most outstanding paper reporting original work published in any IEEE Transactions, Proceedings of the IEEE, journals or magazines issued during a three to five year window prior to the

presentation year of the award, sponsored by IEEE Circuits and Systems, IEEE Communications, IEEE Control Systems, IEEE Information Theory, IEEE Power & Energy, IEEE Signal Processing, and IEEE Vehicular Technology Societies, to THOMAS L. MARZETTA (FIEEE) 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. 35. IEEE Donald G. Fink Award - For outstanding survey, review or tutorial paper in any of the IEEE Transactions, Proceedings of the IEEE, journals or magazines issued during the previous calendar year, sponsored by IEEE Life Members Fund, to, co-recipients: THEODORE S. RAPPAPORT (FIEEE), SHU SUN (GSIEEE), RIMMA MAYZUS (SIEEE), HANG ZHAO (MIEEE), YANIV AZAR (MIEEE), KEVIN WANG (SIEEE), GEORGE N. WONG (SIEEE), JOCELYN K. SCHULZ (SIEEE), MATHEW SAMIMI (GSIEEE), AND FELIX GUTIERREZ (MIEEE) For their paper titled, “Millimeter Wave Mobile Communications for 5G Cellular: It Will Work,” IEEE Access Vol. 1, pp. 335–349, May 2013.