IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association, honors the top minds in technology at its annual IEEE Honors Ceremony. The Honors Ceremony is designed to recognize technical professionals in a wide variety of disciplines for exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions that have made a lasting impact on technology, society, and the engineering profession.

IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR, for an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in IEEE fields of interest, sponsored by the IEEE Foundation, to IRWIN MARK JACOBS (LFIEEE)Director, QUALCOMM, Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA

IEEE HARADEN PRATT AWARD, for outstanding service to IEEE, sponsored by the IEEE Foundation, to BARRY L. SHOOP (FIEEE)Professor and Department Head, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, USA

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 two co-recipients:

IEEE EDISON MEDAL, for a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering, or the electrical arts, sponsored by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., to IVAN PAUL KAMINOW (LFIEEE)Adjunct Professor, University of California Berkeley, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department, Berkeley, CA, USA

IEEE DENNIS J. PICARD MEDAL FOR RADAR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS, for outstanding accomplishments in advancing the fields of radar technologies and their applications, sponsored by Raytheon Company, to MICHAEL WICKS (FIEEE)Senior Scientist (Retired), Sensors Signal Processing, United States Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY, USA

IEEE MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES, for outstanding accomplishments in the application of technology in the fields of interest to IEEE that improve the environment and/or public safety, sponsored by Toyota Motor Corporation, to TSUNEO TAKAHASHI (MIEEE)President, NF Corporation, Yokohama, Japan

IEEE ROBERT N. NOYCE MEDAL, for exceptional contributions to the microelectronics industry, sponsored by Intel Foundation, to two co-recipients: SUNLIN CHOU (Non-member)Senior Vice President and General Manager (Retired), Technology and Manufacturing Group, Intel Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, USA YOUSSEF A. EL-MANSY (FIEEE)Vice President (Retired), Director of Logic Technology Development, Intel Corp., CA, USA

IEEE JACK S. KILBY SIGNAL PROCESSING MEDAL, for outstanding achievements in signal processing, sponsored by Texas Instruments, Inc., to BISHNU S. ATAL (LFIEEE)Affiliate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

IEEE RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL, for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology, sponsored by QUALCOMM, Inc., to ARTHUR ROBERT CALDERBANK (FIEEE)Dean of Natural Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

IEEE RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL, for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology, sponsored by QUALCOMM, Inc., to ARTHUR ROBERT CALDERBANK (FIEEE)Dean of Natural Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

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, to BURN LIN (FIEEE)Vice President of Research and Development and Fellow, TSMC, Ltd., Hsinchu, Taiwan

IEEE RICHARD M. EMBERSON AWARD, for distinguished service to the development, viability, advancement, and pursuit of the technical objectives of IEEE, sponsored by the IEEE Technical Activities Board, to LEAH H. JAMIESON (FIEEE)John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering, Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

IEEE SIMON RAMO MEDAL, for exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science, sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation, to B. GENTRY LEE (Non-member)Senior Executive Mentor, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA

IEEE ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL, for exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering, sponsored by Bell Labs, to two co-recipients: ANDREW CHRAPLYVY (FIEEE)Vice President, Optical Networks Research, Holmdel, NJ, USA ROBERT TKACH (FIEEE)Director, Advanced Photonics Research Department, Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA

IEEE JAMES H. MULLIGAN, JR. EDUCATION MEDAL, for a career of outstanding contributions to education in the fields of interest of IEEE, sponsored by MathWorks; Pearson Education, Inc.; National Instruments Foundation; and the IEEE Life Members Committee, to J. DAVID IRWIN (LFIEEE)Earle C. Williams Eminent Scholar, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA

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 the IEEE Foundation, to LEO BERANEK (LFIEEE)Founder (Retired), Bolt, Beranek, and Newman, Boston, MA, USA

IEEE MEDAL IN POWER ENGINEERING, for outstanding contributions to the technology associated with the generation, transmission, distribution, application, and utilization of electric power for the betterment of society, sponsored by the IEEE Industry Applications, Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics, and Power & Energy Societies, to HERMANN W. DOMMEL (FIEEE) Professor Emeritus, The University of British Columbia, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

IEEE JOHN VON NEUMANN MEDAL, for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology, sponsored by IBM Corporation, to JACK DENNIS (FIEEE)Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

IEEE ERNST WEBER MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP AWARD, for exceptional managerial leadership in the fields of interest of IEEE, sponsored by IEEE, to GURURAJ DESHPANDE (Non-member)Founder and Chairman of Sycamore Networks Inc., MA, USA

IEEE CORPORATE INNOVATION AWARD, for an outstanding and exemplary innovation by an industrial entity, governmental or academic organization, or other corporate body, which have resulted in major advancement of electrotechnology, sponsored by IEEE, to APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA, USA

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