Invest in the Profession: Make a Nomination for the Solid-State Circuits Award
“Awesome”
is how young members see the pioneering breakthroughs that have given
solid-state circuits the technical 
and
economic impact it has today. How can so many engineers design million-transistor
circuits with confidence and get products to market on time? What technical
advances and what algorithms are almost invisibly intuitive in our thinking
and software processes? How do we know where to start, where it is still
too risky invest time, or what is too risky to tweak? If you can remember
a decade or more ago when you dreamed about the work your team accomplishes
today, you can remember the seminal ideas that allowed circuits to evolve
a hundredfold. You could be a nominator for the IEEE Solid-State Circuits
Technical Field AwardÑthe Institute’s highest honor for outstanding contributions
in our field.
Since the 1980s this award has reflected the progress of the technology. The history of the field is the textbook for tomorrow’s engineers. How is it that engineers can design faster, smaller, and denser circuitry every year? Look back, look around. Some of the ideas and authors are probably on the Solid-State Circuits Digital Archive DVD.
The Solid-State Circuits Technical Field Award consists of a bronze medal, a certificate, and a $10,000 cash prize, and is presented at the ISSCC. It honors an individual, or team of up to three, for outstanding contributions in the field of solid-state circuits, as exemplified by enhancement to technology, benefit to society, and professional leadership. The nomination form is available to download online: http://www.ieee.org/ about/awards/noms/solidnom.htm.
Guidelines, also available online, emphasize the importance of the nominee’s accomplishments, the quality of the nomination itself, and the quality of the supporting endorsement letters. The true merits of a candidate need to be conveyed through the nomination and endorsement paperwork. The deadline for receipt of nomination materials (including nomination form and the supporting letters) is 31 January 2002.
For further information, to coordinate your efforts with others, or to determine if a nomination is already in progress, please contact Dick Jaeger, the Chair of the SSCS Awards Committee, at jaeger@eng.auburn.edu.
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