IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award

Sponsored by: IBM Almaden Research Center

Nomination Form | Recipients  | Committee Roster

Nomination Deadline extended until 1 July

The IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award was established by the Board of Directors in 1991 and may be presented annually for outstanding contributions to information storage systems, with emphasis on computer storage systems. 

It may be presented to an individual, multiple recipients or team up to three in number.

It is named in honor of Reynold B. Johnson, who is renowned as a pioneer of magnetic disk technology and was founding manager of the IBM San Jose Research and Engineering Laboratory, San Jose, California in 1952, where IBM research and development in the field was centered.

In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: computer storage is emphasized, achievement may relate to materials, concepts, design, hardware or software, may be theoretical or experimental, but will be judged on the impact and the historical significance on the evolution of computer storage systems, and the quality of the nomination.

Recipient selection is administered by the Awards Board through its Technical Field Awards Council.

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