2009 IEEE Medal, Recognition and Prize Paper Recipients
IEEE Medal of Honor
for an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in the IEEE fields of interest
sponsored by IEEE Foundation to:
ROBERT H. DENNARD (LF'IEEE)
IBM Fellow
IBM Thomas Watson Research Center
New York, NY, USA
“For invention of the single transistor Dynamic Random Access Memory and for developing scaling principles for integrated circuits.”
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
for exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs to:
ROBERT J. MCELIECE (LF'IEEE)
Allen E. Puckett Professor and Professor of Electrical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA, USA
“For fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of error-correcting codes and to the design of deep space telecommunication systems.”
IEEE Edison Medal
for a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science or electrical engineering or the electrical arts
sponsored by Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. to:
TINGYE LI (LF'IEEE)
Retired, Division Manager
Communications Infrastructure Research Laboratory
AT&T Labs
Holmdel, NJ, USA
“For leadership, vision, and pioneering contributions in the field of broadband optical fiber communications.”
IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
for a career of outstanding contributions to education in the fields of interest to the IEEE
sponsored by Mathworks, Inc., Pearson Prentice Hall, National Instruments Foundation, and the IEEE Life Members Committee to:
JOSE B. CRUZ, JR. (LF'IEEE)
Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA
“For excellence in engineering education through creative leadership, innovative textbooks, inspirational mentoring, and research contributions to circuits, controls, and systems.”
IEEE Founders Medal
for outstanding contributions in the leadership, planning and administration of affairs of great value to the electrical and electronics engineering profession
sponsored by IEEE Foundation to:
CRAIG R. BARRETT (LM'IEEE)
Chairman, Intel Corporation
Chandler, AZ, USA
“For bold, creative, and effective leadership in the electronics industry, and promoting education, research, competitiveness and corporate responsibility. “
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems and technology
sponsored by QUALCOMM, Inc. to:
PETER A. FRANASZEK (F'IEEE)
IBM Research (Retired)
Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
"For pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of run-length constrained channel coding for magnetic and optical storage.”
IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
for outstanding achievements in signal processing
sponsored by Texas Instruments, Inc. to:
CHARLES SIDNEY BURRUS (LF'IEEE)
Dean (Emeritus)
Rice University College of Engineering
Houston, TX, USA
“For contributions to Fast Fourier Transform algorithms, digital filter design, and signal processing education.”
IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award
for groundbreaking contributions that have had an exceptional impact on the development of electronics and electrical engineering or related fields
funded by Wolfson Microelectronics plc to:
ALBERTO SANGIOVANNI-VINCENTELLI (F'IEEE)
Edgar L. and Harold H. Buttner Chair of Electrical Engineering
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA
“For pioneering innovation and leadership in electronic design automation that has enabled the design of modern, complex, electronics and communications systems and their industrial implementation.”
IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal
for outstanding contributions to material and device science and technology, including practical application
sponsored by: The Federation of Electric Power Companies, Japan and Semiconductor Research Foundation to:
CHENMING HU (F'IEEE)
TSMC Distinguished Professor
University of California
Berkeley, CA, USA
“For technical contributions to MOS device reliability, scaling of CMOS and compact device modeling.”
IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal
for exceptional contributions to the microelectronics industry
sponsored by: Intel Foundation to:
ELI HARARI (M'IEEE)
Co-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
SanDisk Corporation
Milpitas, CA, USA
“For leadership in development and commercialization of flash memory and data storage products.”
IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications
for outstanding accomplishments in advancing the fields of radar technologies
sponsored by: Raytheon Corporation to:
PHILIP M. WOODWARD (NON-MEMBER)
Retired Deputy Chief Scientific Officer
Royal Radar Establishment
Malvern, United Kingdom
"For pioneering work of fundamental importance in radar waveform design, including the Woodward Ambiguity Function, the standard tool for waveform and matched filter analysis."
IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
for exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science
sponsored by: Northrup Grumman Corporation to:
ALBERT F. MYERS (M'IEEE)
Consultant
La Habra Heights, CA, USA
“For invaluable contributions to the flight-control system and specifically for flight testing of the
B-2 stealth bomber.”
IEEE John von Neumann Medal
for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology
sponsored by: IBM Corporation to:
SUSAN L. GRAHAM (M'IEEE)
Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley CA, USA
“For contributions to programming language design and implementation and for exemplary service to the discipline of computer science.”
IEEE Haraden Pratt Award
to recognize outstanding service to the Institute
sponsored by IEEE Foundation to:
JAMES H. BEALL (LF'IEEE)
Engineering Consultant
New Port Richey, FL, USA
“For a lifetime of continued leadership and service to the IEEE at all levels.”
IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award
for distinguished service to the development, viability, advancement, and pursuit of the technical objectives of the IEEE
sponsored by IEEE Technical Activities Board to:
HAROLD L. FLESCHER (F'IEEE)
Consultant
HLF Consulting Services
Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA
“For strong and effective leadership in the major reform of the financial structures of the Technical Activities Board and the IEEE.”
IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition
for outstanding and exemplary contributions by an industrial entity, governmental or academic organization, or other corporate body, which have resulted in major advancement of electrotechnology
sponsored by IEEE to:
CORNING, INC.
Corning, NY, USA
“For sustained, outstanding, contributions to optical fiber development and in particular the recent development of highly flexible fiber enabling applications breakthroughs."
and
IBM T.J. WATSON RESEARCH CENTER
Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
“For long-term commitment to pioneering research and innovative development in speech recognition.”
IEEE Honorary Membership
elected by the Board of Directors from among those individuals, not members of the IEEE, who have rendered meritorious service to humanity in the IEEE’s designated fields of interest
sponsored by IEEE to:
GERALD POSAKONY
Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA, USA
“For pioneering contributions in ultrasonic techniques for medical diagnosis and nondestructive evaluation.”
IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award
sponsored by IEEE Life Members Committee to:
DANIEL J. COSTELLO
Univ of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN, USA
and
G. DAVID FORNEY, JR.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA, USA
for their paper entitled: “Channel Coding: The Road to Channel Capacity”, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 95, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 1150-1177
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2007.895188
