IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award

The IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award was established in 2011.

Sponsors: Hitachi, Ltd. and IEEE Computer Society

Presented to: An individual, team, or multiple recipients up to three

Scope: For 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

Prize: The award consists of a bronze medal, certificate, and cash honorarium.

Basis for judging: In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: impact on society with an emphasis on contributions to efficient infrastructure systems (e.g. breadth of use, energy savings, resource utilization, cost efficiency) as well as market size/revenue; originality of systems concept; leadership; impact on innovation; and extension to further technological development.

Nomination deadline: 31 January

Presentation: IEEE policy requires that its awards be presented at major IEEE events that are in keeping with the nature of the award and the cited achievement. The International Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized Systems (ISADS), co-sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, is considered a desirable venue for the presentation of the award, but not necessary.

The recipient(s) for the first presentation in 2014 will be selected in 2013.

• Pravin Varaiya, Chair
• Elisa Bertino
• Alberto Broggi
• Richard Cox
• Stephen Dukes
• Itaru Mimura
• Hussein Mouftah