Joint Awards

SEE/IEEE Joint Award was established in 2007 and is presented annually.

• 2008 SEE/IEEE Leon Brillouin recipient
  Sebastian Bigo
  For the development of multiple Tbit/sec transmissions over several thousand kilometers of optical fibers.
• 2009 SEE/IEEE Glavieux Award recipient
  Cattherine Douillard
  For pioneering work on turbo-equilization and exceptional contribution to standards, opening to a large development of consumer graphics.
• 2010 SEE/IEEE Leon Brillouin recipient
  Mickaël Tanter
  For his outstanding achievements in acoustics and their impact in health care.
• 2011 SEE/IEEE Glavieux Award recipient
  Merouane Debbah
  For outstanding achievements in Information Theory and their impact on wireless communications.
• 2012 SEE/IEEE Leon Brillouin Award recipient
  Lucian Prejbeanu
  For outstanding achievements in the development of thermally-assisted magnetic memories (MRAM), from basic concepts to industrialization.
• 2013 SEE/IEEE Glavieux Award recipient
  Jean-Christophe Baillie
  For the design of an operating system for autonomous robots and its wide application in the industry and the digital society.
• 2014 SEE/IEEE Leon Brillouin Award
  Sylvain Girard
  For the design of radiation-tolerant optical fibers and sensors and its application in the nuclear and satellite industries.
• 2015 SEE/IEEE Glavieux Award
  Silvère Bonnabel
  For the development of remarkable mathematical abstractions for the design of automatic control systems and their implementation for navigation and guidance in various industrial applications.
• 2016 SEE/IEEE Leon Brillouin Award
  Etienne Perret
  For his outstanding achievement in the identification of an object in an unknown environment using a chipless label or tag.
• 2017 SEE/IEEE Glavieux Award
  Marco di Renzo
  For outstanding results in developing several mathematical abstractions (for mobile networking modeling), innovating ideas, as well as demonstrating their usefulness in future wireless communications systems.
• 2018 SEE/IEEE Leon Brillouin Award
  François Andrieu 
  For contributions to communication, distributed storage, and artificial intelligence. 
• 2019 SEE/IEEE Glavieux Award
  Jakob Hoydis
  For outstanding contributions to wireless networks influencing early research up to international standardization of massive MIMO and preparing next-generation wireless networks using deep learning.
• 2020 SEE/IEEE Leon Brillouin Award 
  Anthony Ghiotto 
  For outstanding contribution to the air-filled substrate integrated waveguide; this key technology has enabled a higher integration of microwave systems that benefit a large number of applications in telecommunication, radar, and millimeter-wave imaging.
• 2021 SEE/IEEE Glavieux Award
  Romain Couillet
  For outstanding contributions to general problems in random matrix theory in signal processing and communications.

• 2022 SEE/IEEE Leon Brillouin Award
  Fei Gao
  For outstanding contributions to the field of electrical systems, particularly fuel cells for transportation and beyond.

• 2024 SEE/IEEE Glavieux Award
  Marwa Chafii
  For outstanding contributions to wireless communications, communication theory, signal processing, and machine learning for communications.

Learn more about SEE (Societe de l’Electricite, de l’Electronique et des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication)

VFI/IEEE Joint Electrical Engineer of the Year Award was established in 2005 and is presented biennially.

• 2006 Recipient
  Mr. Sigmar Guobjorusson
  VFI – IEEE Joint Award – Iceland Electrical Engineer of 2006.
• 2008 Recipient
  Arni Benediktsson
  For his excellence in performance in his profession in the field of Electrical Engineering.
• 2008 Recipient
  Jes Thorisson
  For his significant contributions to the Icelandic Society in the field of Electrical Engineering.
• 2010 Recipient
  Bjorgvin Gudmundsson
  For his outstanding and innovative contributions in the design and development of a unique new generation of Medical Instrumentation for Sleep Analysis.
• 2013 Recipient
  Jón Atli Benediktsson
  For outstanding technical achievements and world-wide recognition in the field of remote sensing, and in the research and manufacturing of medical equipment that measures—without invasion—oxygen saturation in the veins of the eye.

Learn more about VFI (Verkfræðingafélag Íslands – Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland)

IEI/IEEE Award for Engineering Excellence was established in 2015 and is presented annually.

• 2015 Recipient
  G. Satheesh Reddy
  For contribution having bolstered the self-reliance of the country in critical technologies including Advanced Inertial Navigation System and Global Navigation Satellite Systems.
• 2016 Recipient
  Mylswamy Annadurai
  For contributions and leadership in space technology in service to humanity
• 2017 Recipient
  Anurag Kumar
  For outstanding contributions in communications, computer networking, WSN, IOT, and related areas.
• 2018 recipient
  Bhargab B. Bhattacharya
  For outstanding contributions in VLSI and microfluidics, especially in the field of biomedical applications. 
• 2019 recipient
  Vipin Tyagi
  For outstanding leadership and development of advanced communication systems including G-PON for rural development and bridging the digital divide.
• 2021 recipient
  Ranjan K. Mallik
  For significant contributions applying advanced design and analysis of wireless communication, to enhance the capabilities of mobile communication systems.

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IEIE/IEEE Joint Award for Young IT Engineers/Scientists was established in 2005 and is presented annually.

• 2006 Recipient
  Prof. Ink Yu Lee
  For his impact and contributions made to the economic competitiveness of Korea in the field of IT science and technology.
• 2007 Recipient
  Sunghyun Choi
  For his outstanding impact and contributions to Telecommunication technology and the economic competitiveness of Korea.
• 2008 Recipient
  Kwang-Hyun Cho
  For his pioneering work of applying the idea of electrical engineering (IT) to life sciences (BT), which is now called “Systems Biology”(IT+BT).
• 2009 Recipient
  Chang Su Kim
  For his work in the area of signal processing and multimedia, and specifically to the principles and applications of image, video, and 3D graphics data compression.
• 2010 Recipient
  Yongtaek Hong
  For outstanding contributions in flexible and printable thin film transistor backplane technology research, standardization and services for display and sensor arrays applications.
• 2011 Recipient
  Joon-Hyuk Chang
  For outstanding contributions to the speech communication/signal processing area by conducting novel researches, transferring the results to the industry fields, and making remarkable community services.
• 2012 Recipient
  Woo Young Choi
  For outstanding contributions in research and applications on MOS devices, tunneling field-effect transistors, and nano-electromechanical devices.
• 2013 Recipient
  Sungroh Yoon
  For outstanding contributions and innovations in emerging frontiers of electrical and computer engineering.
• 2014 Recipient
  Chan Byoung Chae
  For outstanding contributions to multiple antenna wireless networks and emerging technologies (Molecular Communication).
• 2015 Recipient
  Kyoungsik Yu
  For contributions in the area of integrated optoelectronic devices and systems for generation, manipulation, and acquisition of optical signals.
• 2016 Recipient
  Sunghoon Kwon
  For contributions to integrate microscale devices and optomechanical systems for innovation in personalized diagnostics and DNA synthesis.
• 2017 Recipient
  Sangheon Pack
  For contributions to the design of emerging wireless and mobile networking technologies.
• 2018 Recipient
  Changho Suh
  For contributions to communication, distributed storage, and artificial intelligence.
• 2019 Recipient
  Suk-Ju Kang
  For contributions to novel image/video enhancement algorithms and hardware implementations including deep learning-based super resolution, high dynamic range imaging, and content-aware display power reduction. 
• 2020 Recipient
  Jaehyouk Choi
  For distinguished research in system integrated circuit (IC) design for 5G and beyond. 
• 2021 Recipient
  Namyoon Lee
  For contributions to the advancement of multiple-input multiple-output
  communications and interference management techniques for next-generation
  wireless networks. 
• 2022 Recipient
  Bumsub Ham
  For innovative contributions to the signal processing community and remarkable academic achievements through the development of robust regularization, image filtering, and image manipulation methods.
• 2023 Recipient
  Ji-Hoon Kim
  For contributions to domain-specific processors and VLSI signal processing systems.
• 2024 Recipient
  Sung In Cho
  For contributions to learning methodologies for deep neural networks and video enhancement algorithms for display systems, including domain adaptation, semi-supervised learning, and video quality enhancement algorithms.

Learn more about IEIE (The Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers – Korea)

AEP/IEEE ELEKTRON Award was established in 2000 and is presented biennially.

• 2001 Recipient
  Dr. Jorge Heraud Perez
  For extraordinary efforts and contributions that have enhanced Peruvian society through the promotion and development of technology and science.
• 2003 Recipient
  Dr. Amadeo Prado-Benitez
  For extraordinary contribution to National Welfare through Electricity, Electronics, or Computer Science.
• 2005 Recipient
  Mr. Juan Bartet Rosas
  For his pioneer trajectory in the areas of teaching, research, and development in the electronic industry in Peru, through 50 years of professional activity.
• 2007 Recipient
  Ronald Woodman
  For his outstanding contribution to science and technology, and formation of professionals for the benefit of society in Peru.
• 2009 Recipient
  Carlos A. Romero Sanjines
  For his continued dedication and valuable contributions to the development of telecommunications in Peru.

During the latter months of 2009, the ELEKTRON Award sponsorship was changed from two to three sponsors. CIP was added as the third sponsor, thus making the new title for the award the AEP/CIP/IEEE ELEKTRON Award.

• 2011 Recipient
  Jorge A. Ratto Chueca
  For outstanding contributions to national welfare through the electrical, electronic, or information technologies and communications.
• 2013 Recipient
  Guillermo Castillo Justo
  For contributions to the restructuring and modernization of the national electricity system promoting efficient development.
• 2015 Recipient
  Fernando Octavio Rossinelli Ugarelli
  For important contributions to the rural electrification of the country, mainly during the period 2007-2012, by decisive participation in planning, contracting, implementing, and supervision of electrical works, benefiting more than 3 million Peruvians, giving them access to electric energy with personal and economic benefits.
• 2017 Recipient
  Arturo Armando Gallegos Guevara
  For an extensive and important career and special contribution to the energy development of the Cusco Region, as well as to social development and professional education in Engineering in that region.
• 2019 Recipient
  Jorge Aurelio Menacho Ramos 
  For invaluable contribution to the planning and construction of telecommunications infrastructure in Peru, necessary for the integration of their peoples and the training of professionals in this sector.

• 2021 Recipient
  Humberto Edurado Zolezzi Chacón
  For contributions to the development, regulation, and innovation of the electricity sector in Peru and other countries in the region, and his outstanding academic work that has been inspiring for many generations of professionals

Learn more about AEP (AEP – Asociacion Electrotécnica Peruana)

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IES/IEEE Joint Medal of Excellence Award was established in 2000 and is presented biennially.

• 2002 Recipient
  Er. Prof Su Guaning
  For outstanding contributions to the development of the engineering profession, Science and Technology, engineering education, and to the defence of Singapore.
• 2004 Recipient
  Prof. Chang Chieh Hang
  For his outstanding contributions to engineering education, research, and technology management in Singapore.
• 2006 Recipient
  Mr. Wong Ngit Liong
  For contributions to, the economic competitiveness of Singapore in the field of electronics manufacturing.
• 2008 Recipient
  Seah Moon
  For outstanding achievements and leadership in Engineering and Business Management.
• 2010 Recipient
  Er. Lim Soon Hock
  For his innovations and great contributions in the IT and Engineering industries, Engineering Education, and the community at-large of Singapore. 
• 2013 Recipient
  Chong Tow Chong
  For playing a pivotal role in innovating and revolutionizing scientific research and education. 
• 2015 Recipient
  Meng Hwa
  For outstanding contributions to education, engineering research, public and social service over a sustained period of 30 years.
• 2017 Recipient
  Teck-Seng Low
  For recognition of outstanding contributions to Singapore’s R&D landscape.
• 2019 Recipient
  Lee Chuan Seng
  For outstanding achievements and leadership in engineering and business management.
• 2024 Recipient
  Yeoh Lean Weng
  For contributions to engineering and leadership in accelerating sustainable development in Singapore.

Learn more about IES (IES Institute of Engineers, Singapore)

SAIEE/IEEE Joint Volunteer of the Year Award was established in 2013 and is scheduled to be presented annually.

• 2015 Recipient
  David Bruce Davidson
  For contributions to the international recognition of electromagnetic engineering in South Africa. 
• 2017 Recipient
  Saurabh Sinha
  For distinguished leadership to educational and publication activities at national, regional, and international levels of the IEEE, and for bringing about synergy, through numerous technical activities and conferences, between the IEEE and SAIEE.

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AIU/IEEE Joint Award was established in 2013 and is scheduled to be presented every two years.

• 2014 Recipient
  Enrique Elbio Sallés Vázquez
  For sustained and significant contribution to Uruguay development in the field of electronic engineering.
• 2016 Recipient
  Nestor Macé
  For sustained and relevant contributions to Uruguay technology development in the field of electronic engineering.
• 2018 AIU/IEEE Joint Award
  Juan Mártony Schmidt
  For outstanding contributions in the field of telecommunications and digital electronics in benefit of the community.

Learn more about AIU (Asociacion de Ingenieros del Uruguay)