Prize
Plaque, certificate, and honorarium of US$2,000.
Description
Recognizes an industry executive whose leadership has resulted in major and outstanding advances and new directions in the information and communications business.
Eligibility
An information or communications industry executive who has played a major leadership role in research or development and the introduction of systems, devices, applications or services that have significantly impacted the communications and information markets on a global basis. The candidate must show that he or she has substantially advanced the use of information and communication technologies in industry, commerce, and society. The candidate is not required to be an IEEE member.
Selection Criteria and Basis for Judging
Executive leadership resulting in major advances and new directions in the information and communications business area. Evaluation is based on factors such as the global acceptance of products and services, financial success and growth of the business, ubiquity of the products and services, emulation of the contributions by the competition, and the degree of the candidate's global recognition. Other selection criteria include time of service, impact, and specific innovations.
Nomination/Selection Process
Nominations will be solicited each year, up to the nominations deadline decided by the Awards Committee. Nominations will be openly solicited however, nominations would also be received from a Nominations Committee appointed by the President of the IEEE Communications Society.
Presentation
The award will be presented at a major IEEE Communications Society annual conference or venue appropriate to the business area of the recipient. The award will not be conferred in any given year if a suitable candidate is not identified. The award will be given annually (as appropriate) and no more than two awards will be given per year.
Administration and Funding
The IEEE Communications Society will administer the award covered out of annual Society operations budget.
Deadline
Nominations due 15 February and 1 September.
2024 Award Recipient
Peiying Zhu
For technology vision and leadership in 5G and 6G cellular wireless networks
Dr. Peiying Zhu, Senior Vice President of Wireless Research, is a Huawei Fellow, IEEE Fellow and Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering. She is currently leading 6G wireless research and standardization in Huawei. The focus of her research is advanced radio access technologies. She is actively involved in 3GPP and IEEE 802 standards development. She has been regularly giving talks and panel discussions on 5G/6G vision and enabling technologies. She led the team to contribute significantly to 5G technologies and standardization. Many technologies developed by the team have been adopted into 5G standards and implemented in 5G products. Prior to joining Huawei in 2009, Peiying was a Nortel Fellow and Director of Advanced Wireless Access Technology in the Nortel Wireless Technology Lab. She led the team and pioneered research and prototyping on MIMO-OFDM and Multi-hop relay, which were adopted into LTE standards and 4G products.
PAST AWARD RECIPIENTS
2023 - Ulrich L. Rohde
2022 - No Award
2021 - John Donovan
2020 - Mallik Tatipamula
2019 - Ibrahim J. Gedeon
2018 - Wen Tong
2017 - Zhengmao Li
2016 - Jong-Kyun Shin
2015 - Paul Jacobs
2014 - Eros Spadotto
2013 - No Award
2012 - Janusz Filipiak, Niklas Zennström, and Janus Friis
2011 - No Award
2010 - Suk-Chae Lee
2009 - Kaoru Yano
2008 - No Award
2007 - Arun Sarin
2006 - Henry Samueli
2005 - No Award
2004 - Ki Tae Lee and Irwin M. Jacobs
2003 - Jorma Ollila
2002 - John T. Chambers
2001 - Keiji Tachikawa