2006 IEEE Medal & Service Award Recipients

IEEE Medal of Honor - sponsored by the IEEE Foundation to:

JAMES D. MEINDL (LF’IEEE) – Joseph M. Petit Chair Professor of Microelectronics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

“For pioneering contributions to microelectronics, including low power, biomedical, physical limits and on-chip interconnect networks.”

IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal - sponsored by Lucent Technologies to:

JOHN WOZENCRAFT (LF’IEEE) – Professor Emeritus, M.I.T., MA

“For the development of sequential decoding and the signal space approach to digital communication.”

IEEE Edison Medal - sponsored by the Samsung Electrics Co. to:

FAWWAZ T. ULABY (F’IEEE) – Vice-President of Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

“For pioneering research in microwave and radar remote sensing technology and their environmental and industrial applications.”

IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal - sponsored by Mathworks, Inc, National Instruments Foundation, Pearson Prentice Hall and Xilinx, Inc. to:

SANJIT K. MITRA (LF’IEEE) – Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

“For outstanding contributions to electrical engineering education through pioneering textbooks, innovative laboratory development, and curriculum reform.”

IEEE Founders Medal - sponsored by the IEEE Foundation to:

TOSHIHARU AOKI (F’IEEE) – NTT Data Corp., Tokyo, Japan

“For outstanding visionary leadership in global standardization and commercialization of broadband multi-media networks.”

IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal - sponsored by Qualcomm Inc. to:

VLADIMIR I. LEVENSHTEIN (F’IEEE) – Leading Scientific Researcher, Keldysh Institute for Applied Mathematics, Moscow, Russia

“For contributions to the theory of error-correcting codes and information theory, including the Levenshtein distance.”

IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Award - sponsored by Texas Instruments, Inc to:

THOMAS KAILATH(F’IEEE) - Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

“For seminal contributions to the theory and applications of statistical signal processing.”

IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal - sponsored by the Federation of Electric Power Companies-Japan and Semiconductor Research Foundation to:

HIDEO SUNAMI (F’IEEE) – Professor, Hiroshima University, Research Center, Hiroshima, Japan, and MITSUMASA KOYANAGI (F’IEEE) – Professor, Tohoku University, Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Sendai, Japan, and KIYOO ITOH (F’IEEE) -  Fellow, Hitachi, Ltd., Central Research Laboratory, Tokyo 

“For pioneering contributions to dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell structures and architecture.”

IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal - sponsored by Intel Foundation to:

SHOICHIRO YOSHIDA (Non-Member) - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nikon Corporation

“For contributions to, and leadership in, the technology and business development of IC lithography.”

IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications - sponsored by Raytheon Company to:

ELI BROOKNER (F’IEEE) – Raytheon Company, Sudbury MA

“For pioneering contributions to phased array radar system designs, to radar signal processing designs, and to continuing education programs for radar engineers.”

IEEE Simon Ramo Medal - sponsored by the Northrop Grumman to:

DONALD C. WETZEL (Non-Member) - Dallas, TX

“For conceiving, implementing, and promoting the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM).”

IEEE John von Neumann Medal - sponsored by IBM Corporation to:

EDWIN CATMUL (A’IEEE) – President, Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, CA

“For fundamental contributions to computer graphics, and a pioneering role in the use of computer animation in motion pictures.”

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IEEE Prize Paper

IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award - sponsored by IEEE Life Members Committee to:

SUHAS N. DIGGAVI, NAOFAL AL-DHAHIR, ANASTASIOS STAMOULIS &  ROBERT CALDERBANK for their paper entitled, “Great Expectations: The Value of Spatial Diversity in Wireless Networks.”

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IEEE Corporate Recognitions

IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition - sponsored by IEEE to:

ARM Limited, Cambridge, England

"For creating the ARM microprocessor technology that has been successfully embedded into a broad spectrum of today's digital consumer electronic products."

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IEEE Service Awards

IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award - sponsored by IEEE Technical Activities Board to:

DON BOLLE (F’IEEE) – Packard Laboratory, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

“For a distinguished career of Institute leadership in the technical and transnational areas.”

IEEE Haraden Pratt Award - sponsored by IEEE Foundation to:

ANTONIO C. BASTOS (SM’IEEE) – Assistant for planning and academic management, Faculty of Science and Technology, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

“For leadership and distinguished service in sustaining and extending IEEE’s global recognition.”

IEEE Honorary Membership - sponsored by IEEE to:

VLADIMIR ROKHLIN (NON-MEMBER) - Professor of Computer and Mathematics, Yale University, New Haven, CT

“For the development of the Fast Multipole Method.”