IEEE Celebrates Innovators Shaping the Future

19459462 Every year, IEEE acknowledges specific scientists, innovators, and collective groups whose technical accomplishments and management have actually made a long lasting influence on innovation, engineering, and society worldwide with its Technical Field Awards The honorees are chosen by the IEEE Awards Board based upon their remarkable technical accomplishments, social effect, and management in specialized engineering disciplines and are authorized by the IEEE Board of Directors. 19659002 “The 2027 IEEE Technical Field Award receivers embody the ruthless spirit of development and resourcefulness that specifies our worldwide neighborhood,” stated Mary Ellen Randall, 2026 IEEE president and CEO in a press release “Across microelectronics, expert system, medical robotics, cordless networks, energy conversion, and technical education, their innovative achievements continue to press the limits of science and resolve important difficulties for the advantage of humankind.” IEEE Technical Field Award receivers 19659004 IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award 19659005 Sponsors: 19659007 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 19659008, 19659010 IEEE Circuits and Systems 19659011, and IEEE Signal Processing societies 19659015 IEEE Life Fellow Kullervo Hynynen Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto, and the University of Toronto “For pioneering contributions to the advancement, development, and medical translation of healing ultrasound.” IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award Sponsor: The Brunetti Bequest 19659020 IEEE Member Edward Charles Gage 19659021 IEEE Fellow Ganping Ju 19659022 IEEE Fellow Jan-Ulrich Thiele Seagate Technology 19459464 in Cupertino, Calif. “For contributions to heat-assisted magnetic innovation powering ultra-high-capacity disk drive and making it possible for higher storage of digital details.” 19659025 IEEE Roger W. Brockett Control Systems Award Sponsors: 19659028 IEEE Control Systems Society and Friends and Family of Roger W. Brockett 19659030 IEEE Life Fellow Arjan van der Schaft 19659031 Bernoulli Institute at the University of Groningen 19459464 in the Netherlands 19659032 (Retired) 19659033 “For contributions to robust and geometric techniques to nonlinear control, hybrid systems, and the control of physical systems.” IEEE Electromagnetics Award 19659035 Sponsors: 19659036 IEEE Antennas and Propagation , 19659040 IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility , 19659043 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing 19659044, and 19659045 IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology societies 19659048 IEEE Fellow Zoya Popović University of Colorado Boulder “For contributions to microwave and millimeter-wave circuit styles, consisting of power amplifiers, power-combining, and cordless power systems.” IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award Sponsor: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories 19659055 (MERL) 19659056 IEEE Life Fellow Chin-Hui Lee Georgia Tech 19659058 “For contributions to and management in innovations that allow automated speech and speaker acknowledgment, consisting of developments in adaptive knowing and discriminative training.” 19659059 IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing 19659060 Sponsor: 19659062 Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories 19659063 (MERL) 19659064 IEEE Fellow Nicholas Dimitrios Sidiropoulos 19659065 University of Virginia 19459464 in Charlottesville “For contributions to signal processing techniques for examining intricate information and recognizing patterns in numerous measurements.” IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award 19659068 Sponsor: 19659069 IEEE Electron Devices Society 19659071 IEEE Fellow John Robert Brews University of Arizona 19459464 in Tucson (Retired) “For fundamental contributions to the physics and innovation hidden MOS gadgets and circuits.” 19659075 IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Technology Award Sponsor: 19659077 19659078 Sony Group Corporation IEEE Honorary Member Mike Lazaridis 19659080 Quantum Valley Investments in Waterloo, Ont., Canada 19659081 “For transformative contributions to mobile interaction through visionary management that improved worldwide customer innovation.” IEEE Internet Award 19659083 Sponsor: Google 19659086 LLC IEEE Fellow Matthew Roughan Adelaide University 19459464 in Australia “For fundamental contributions to examining Internet traffic and network structures, allowing much better network management and understanding.” 19659090 IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award 19659091 Sponsor: IEEE Industry Applications Society 19659094 IEEE Fellow Akshay Kumar Rathore National University of Singapore 19659096 “For establishing ingenious current-fed and multilevel power electronic devices converters.” IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement 19659098 Sponsors: 19659099 19659100 Tektronix Inc. and the 19659102 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society 19659104 IEEE Life Fellow Pasquale Daponte University of Sannio 19459464 in Benevento, Italy “For contributions to the measurement and standardization of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters.” 19659107 IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award Sponsor: 19659109 19659110 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society IEEE Life Fellow Janusz Rajski 19659112 Siemens Digital Industries Software in Wilsonville, Ore. 19659113″For contributions to screening digital incorporated circuits at the silicon level.” IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award 19659115 Sponsor: The IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Memorial Fund IEEE Life Fellow Rama Chellappa 19659117 Johns Hopkins University 19459464 in Baltimore “For contributions to multi-disciplinary graduate education and mentoring of doctoral trainees in image processing, computer system vision, and pattern acknowledgment.” IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award Sponsor: 19659121 19659122 NEC Corporation 19659123 IEEE Member Amin Vahdat 19659124 Google in Mountain View, Calif. 19659125″For establishing network systems that scale information centers to support modern-day cloud computing and artificial intelligence.” 19659126 IEEE Arun N. Netravali Video Analytics, Technology, and Systems Award 19659127 Sponsor: 19659128 Nokia Bell Labs IEEE Life Member Jens-Rainer Ohm RWTH Aachen University 19459464 in Germany (Professor Emeritus) 19659132 IEEE Life Fellow Gary J. Sullivan 19659133 Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco 19659134 IEEE Member Benjamin Bross 19659135 Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications Heinrich-Hertz-Institut 19459464 in Berlin “For management in and contributions to establishing the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) global requirement, which enhances the performance of digital video compression.” 19659137 IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award 19659138 Sponsor: IEEE Power Electronics Society IEEE Fellow Paolo Mattavelli University of Padova 19459464 in Padua, Italy 19659143 “For contributions to innovative modeling and control of power electronic devices converters.” IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits Sponsor: 19659146 19659147 IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society 19659148 IEEE Life Fellow Wanda Kay Gass 19659149 Texas Instruments in Bellevue, Wash. (Retired )”For pioneering contributions to programmable digital signal processing systems through developments in circuit style, system architecture, and silicon compilers.” IEEE Frederik Philips Award Sponsor: The IEEE Frederik Philips Award Fund 19659154 Receiver: IEEE Member Ann B. Kelleher 19659155 Intel in Portland, Ore. 19659156 (Retired) 19659157″ For leading the historical improvement of CMOS procedure innovation, culminating in the very first node with behind power shipment.” 19659158 IEEE Photonics Award Sponsor: 19659161 IEEE Photonics Society 19659162 IEEE Life Fellow Martin David Dawson University of Strathclyde in Glasgow 19659164 “For contributions to microstructured and wide-bandgap semiconductor optoelectronics and for management in technological development.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Award 19659166 Sponsor: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society IEEE Life Fellow Russell H. Taylor 19659170 Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore “For contributions to, management in, and the medical translation of surgical and medical robotics.” 19659172 IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award Sponsor: 19659174 IEEE Computational Intelligence Society 19659176 IEEE Life Fellow Shun-ichi Amari 19659177 Teikyo University 19459464 in Tokyo 19659178 “For fundamental contributions to neural network theory and details geometry.” 19659179 IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award Sponsor: 19659181 19659182 IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society 19659183 Victor Malka 19659184 Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel 19659185 “For management in the advancement of laser-driven particle sources and advancing the innovation towards useful applications.” 19659186 IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award Sponsors: 19659189 Hitachi , Ltd. and the 19659191 IEEE Computer Society IEEE Fellow Jaideep Vaidya 19659194 Rutgers University 19459464 in New Brunswick, N.J. IEEE Senior Member Lucila Ohno-Machado 19659196 Yale School of Medicine IEEE Senior Member Xiaoqian Jiang The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston “For management in creating and releasing privacy-preserving dispersed medical research study facilities that make it possible for protected, massive partnership utilizing health information.” IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award Sponsor: 19659203 IEEE Standards Association IEEE Life Fellow Mehmet Ulema 19659205 Manhattan University in New York City 19659206 (Professor Emeritus) 19659207 “For management in the advancement and standardization of architecture, management, and procedures utilized in cordless interactions and information networks.” 19659208 IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award 19659209 Sponsor: 19659210 Nokia Bell Labs IEEE Fellow Gerhard Fettweis 19659213 Technische Universität Dresden Barkhausen Institut in Germany “For contributions to physical-layer interaction innovation that have actually had an effect on the international cordless market.” IEEE Nikola Tesla Award Sponsors: Wolong Electric Group 19659219 Co. Ltd. and the 19659221 IEEE Industry Applications and 19659224 IEEE Power & & Energy societies IEEE Life Fellow Pragasen Pillay 19659227 Concordia University in Montreal “For contributions to the modeling, style, and application of electrical devices in commercial, transport, and renewable resource applications.” IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award 19659230 Sponsors: The late Dr. Kiyo Tomiyasu 19659233 and the 19659235 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing 19659236 and the 19659238 IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology societies 19659240 IEEE Fellow Yun Raymond Fu Northeastern University in Boston “For contributions to computer system vision and enhanced human-machine interaction.” IEEE Transportation Technologies Award Sponsors: IEEE Industry Applications, 19659245 IEEE Industrial Electronics , 19659249 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems , 19659252 IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology , 19659254 IEEE Power Electronics 19659256, 19659257 IEEE Power & & Energy 19659259, and IEEE Vehicular Technology 19659262 societies IEEE Fellow Chunting Chris Mi 19659264 San Diego State University “For contributions to advancing electrical and hybrid electrical automobile innovations.” 19659266 IEEE Rao R. Tummala Electronics Packaging Award 19659267 Sponsors: 19659268 19659269 IEEE Electronics Packaging Society 19659270 and Friends of Rao R. Tummala 19659271 IEEE Fellow Ravi Mahajan 19659272 Intel 19459464 in Chandler, Ariz. 19659273″For contributions to the advancement of innovation that links several chips within innovative electronic plans.” 19659274 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award Sponsor: 19659276 19659277 IEEE Education Society 19659278 IEEE Fellow Rhonda Rene Franklin 19659279 University of Minnesota 19459464 in Minneapolis 19659280 “For management beforehand inclusive labor force advancement efforts that develop clear and available profession paths through undergraduate engineering education.” IEEE Lotfi A. Zadeh Award for Emerging Technologies Sponsor: IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society IEEE Life Fellow Peng Shi 19659286 Adelaide University in Australia “For contributions to synthetic intelligence-based approaches for robust control and filtering in complex systems.” 19659288 Choose a coworker 19659289 Elections are now open for the 2028 Technical Field Awards. The due date to send an election is 15 January. For more details on the awards, please go to the IEEE Awards webpage 19459464