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Medals

IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal

  • David G. Messerschmitt, 1999

IEEE Centennial Medal

  • Elwyn R. Berlekamp, 1984 *
  • Donald O. Pederson, 1984 *
  • John R. Whinnery, 1984 *

IEEE Founders Medal

  • Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2024
  • Eugene Wong, 2005

IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Medal

  • Kam Y. Lau, 2023
  • Richard S. Muller, 2013
  • Richard M. White, 2013 *
  • Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 2008

IEEE James H. Mulligan Education Medal

  • Jan M. Rabaey, 2024
  • Randy H. Katz, 2010
  • Paul R. Gray, 2004
  • David A. Patterson, 2000
  • David A. Hodges, 1997 *
  • Ernest S. Kuh, 1981 *
  • Charles A. Desoer, 1975 *
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1973 *
  • Donald O. Pederson, 1969 *
  • John R. Whinnery, 1967 *

IEEE John von Neumann Medal

  • Michael Jordan, 2020
  • Christos Papadimitriou, 2016
  • Susan L. Graham, 2009
  • Michael Stonebraker, 2005
  • David A. Patterson, 2000

IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal

  • Chenming Hu, 2009

IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology

  • Ruzena Bajcsy, 2021
  • Thomas F. Budinger, 2018

IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal

  • David Tse, 2019 *
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1992 *
  • Elwyn R. Berlekamp, 1991 *

IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal

  • Paul R. Gray, 2008

IEEE Simon Ramo Medal

  • Pravin Varaiya, 2022 *

IEEE Medal of Honor

  • Chenming Hu, 2020
  • Donald O. Pederson, 1998 *
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1993 *
  • John R. Whinnery, 1985 *

IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal

  • Claire Tomlin, 2024

IEEE Edison Medal

  • Eli Yablonovitch, 2018
  • Robert W. Brodersen, 2016 *
  • Ivan P. Kaminow, 2013 *

Nick Holonyak Jr. Medal for Semiconductor Optoelectronics Technologies

  • Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2024

Technical Field Awards

IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award

  • Sayeef Salahuddin, 2025

IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award

  • William G. Oldham, 2005
  • Andrew R. Neureuther, 2003
  • Richard S. Muller, 1998
  • Richard M. White, 1986 *

IEEE Control Systems Award

  • Pravin Varaiya, 2002 *
  • Charles A. Desoer, 1986 *

IEEE Electromagnetics Award

  • Kenneth K. Mei, 2009 *

IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award

  • Charles A. Desoer, 2011 *
  • Ernest S. Kuh, 2009 *
  • Leon O. Chua, 2005

IEEE Internet Award

  • Vern Paxson, 2015
  • Scott Shenker, 2006

IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award

  • Pieter Abbeel, 2022
  • Vivek Subramanian, 2015
  • Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2010

IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award

  • Ion Stoica, 2023
  • Kannan Ramchandran, 2017
  • Jean Walrand, 2012
  • Elwyn R. Berlekamp, 1990 *

IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award

  • Robert G. Meyer, 2003
  • Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 1995

IEEE Photonics Award

  • Eli Yablonovitch, 2012
  • Ivan P. Kaminow, 2010 *

IEEE Robotics & Automation Award

  • Ruzena Bajcsy, 2013

IEEE Transportation Technologies Award

  • Claire Tomlin, 2017

IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award

  • David A. Patterson, 1995

Recognitions

IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award

  • David A. Hodges, 2017 *

Discontinued IEEE-Level Awards

IEEE Browder J. Thompson Memorial Prize Paper Award

  • Leon O. Chua, 1967

IEEE David Sarnoff Award

  • Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2011
  • Kam Y. Lau, 2009

IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award

  • Shafi Goldwasser, 2011
  • Robert K. Brayton, 2006
  • William M. Kahan, 2000

IEEE Jack A. Morton Award

  • Chenming Hu, 1997

IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award

  • Robert W. Brodersen, 1983 *
  • Paul R. Gray, 1983
  • David A. Hodges, 1983 *

IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award

  • Alan J. Smith, 2008
  • Randy H. Katz, 1999
  • David A. Patterson, 1999

IEEE W. R. G. Baker Prize Paper Award

  • Robert W. Brodersen, 1980 *
  • Paul R. Gray, 1980
  • Leon O. Chua, 1973

Society Awards

APS Transactions on Antennas and Propagation Special Recognition Paper

  • Kenneth K. Mei, 1967 *

CEDA A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award in Electronic Design Automation

  • Robert K. Brayton, 2009
  • Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 2009

CEDA TCAD ICS Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award

  • Sanjit A. Seshia, 2017
  • Robert K. Brayton, 2008

CEDA William J. McCalla ICCAD Best Paper Award

  • Vladimir Stojanovic, 2008

CIS Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award

  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 2000 *

CIS Neural Networks Pioneer Award

  • Michael Jordan, 2007
  • Leon O. Chua, 2000

CS Charles Babbage Award

  • James Demmel, 2013
  • Christos Papadimitriou, 2004
  • Richard M. Karp, 1995

CS Harry H. Goode Memorial Award

  • Alan J. Smith, 2006

CS PAMI Azriel Rosenfeld Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Ruzena Bajcsy, 2021

CS PAMI Distinguished Researcher Award

  • Jitendra Malik, 2013

CS Richard E. Merwin Distinguished Service Award

  • Chittoor V. Ramamoorthy, 1993 *

CS Sidney Fernbach Award

  • James Demmel, 2010

CS Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) Machtey Award

  • John F. Canny, 1987

CS Taylor L. Booth Education Award

  • Chittoor V. Ramamoorthy, 1990 *

CS TCMF LICS Test of Time Award

  • Thomas A. Henzinger, 2012 *

CS TCPAMI CVPR Best Paper Award

  • Alexei (Alyosha) Efros, 2006

CS TCPAMI ICCV Best Paper Award/David Marr Prize

  • Yi Ma, 1999

CS TCPAMI Thomas S. Huang Memorial Prize

  • Alexei (Alyosha) Efros, 2023

CS Technical Achievement Award

  • Carlo H. Séquin, 2003
  • David A. Patterson, 1995

CSS Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

  • Murat Arcak, 2014
  • Alexandre Bayen, 2013

CSS Transactions on Control of Network Systems Outstanding Paper Award

  • Murat Arcak, 2017

EAB Major Educational Innovation Award

  • Ken Goldberg, 2001

EPS Transactions on Advanced Packaging Best Paper Award

  • Vladimir Stojanovic, 2008

ES Mac Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award

  • Robert Pilawa-Podgurski, 2018
  • Babak Ayazifar, 2012

Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) Test of Time Award

  • Sanjam Garg, 2023
  • Shafi Goldwasser, 2021

IEEE AESS Pioneer Award

  • Kam Y. Lau, 2013

IEEE CASS Charles A. Desoer Technical Achievement Award

  • Leon O. Chua, 1993
  • Robert K. Brayton, 1992
  • Robert W. Brodersen, 1987 *
  • Paul R. Gray, 1987
  • David A. Hodges, 1987 *

IEEE CASS Darlington Best Paper Award

  • Ali Niknejad, 2017
  • Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 1988
  • Robert K. Brayton, 1987

IEEE CASS Golden Jubilee Medal

  • Robert K. Brayton, 2000
  • Robert W. Brodersen, 2000 *
  • A. Richard Newton, 2000 *
  • Donald O. Pederson, 2000 *
  • Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 2000

IEEE CASS Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award

  • Leon O. Chua, 1989
  • Leon O. Chua, 1985
  • Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 1982
  • Ernest S. Kuh, 1973 *
  • Leon O. Chua, 1972
  • Robert K. Brayton, 1970

IEEE CASS John Choma Education Award

  • Eliahu Jury, 1985 *

IEEE CASS Mac E. Van Valkenburg Award

  • Jan M. Rabaey, 2008
  • Leon O. Chua, 1998
  • Charles A. Desoer, 1996 *
  • Leon O. Chua, 1995
  • Ernest S. Kuh, 1988 *

IEEE CASS Transactions on Computer Aided Design Best Paper Award

  • Jan M. Rabaey, 1985

IEEE CASS Very Large Scale Integration Systems Best Paper Award

  • Sayeef Salahuddin, 2013

IEEE CASS Vitold Belevitch Circuits and Systems Award

  • Leon O. Chua, 2007

IEEE CASS 2000 Millennium Medal

  • Robert K. Brayton, 2000
  • Robert W. Brodersen, 2000 *
  • Leon O. Chua, 2000
  • Charles A. Desoer, 2000 *
  • Ernest S. Kuh, 2000 *

IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC) & Information Theory Society (IT) Joint Paper Award

  • David Tse, 2015 *
  • Kannan Ramchandran, 2012
  • Martin Wainwright, 2012
  • David Tse, 2000 *

IEEE ComSoc Leonard G. Abraham Prize

  • Anant Sahai, 2012

IEEE ComSoc Outstanding Young Engineer Award

  • David G. Messerschmitt, 1984

IEEE ComSoc Stephen O. Rice Prize

  • Venkat Anantharam, 2000
  • Jean Walrand, 2000

IEEE ComSoc William R. Bennett Prize

  • Ion Stoica, 2004
  • Vern Paxson, 2002
  • Vern Paxson, 1998
  • Abhay Parekh, 1994 *

IEEE CS TCDE Early Career/Rising Star Award

  • Natacha Crooks, 2024
  • Alvin Cheung, 2020
  • Aditya Parameswaran, 2017

IEEE CS TCDP Outstanding Contribution Award

  • Richard M. Karp, 2008

IEEE CS Women of ENIAC Computer Pioneer Award

  • Scott Shenker, 2023
  • Christos Papadimitriou, 2022
  • Jitendra Malik, 2019

IEEE CSC Award for Continuing & Significant Contributions in the Field of Applied Superconductivity

  • Theodore Van Duzer, 2000 *

IEEE CSS Hendrik W. Bode Lecture Prize

  • Pravin Varaiya, 2005 *

IEEE CSS Transition to Practice Award

  • Alexandre Bayen, 2024
  • Kameshwar Poolla, 2010

IEEE EDS Celebrated Member Award

  • Leon O. Chua, 2019

IEEE EDS Distinguished Service Award

  • Richard S. Muller, 2007

IEEE EDS Education Award

  • Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2021
  • Chenming Hu, 2011

IEEE EDS George E. Smith Award

  • Chenming Hu, 2019
  • Sayeef Salahuddin, 2019

IEEE EDS ISDRS Aldert van der Ziel Award

  • Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2016
  • Chenming Hu, 2011

IEEE EDS Paul Rappaport Award

  • Jeffrey Bokor, 2002
  • Chenming Hu, 2002
  • Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2002
  • Vivek Subramanian, 2002

IEEE EDS Robert Bosch Micro and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Award

  • Ming C. Wu, 2020
  • Clark Nguyen, 2017

IEEE EDS 2000 Millennium Medal

  • David A. Hodges, 2000 *
  • Richard S. Muller, 2000

IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Fellows

  • Vladimir Stojanovic, 2023
  • Borivoje Nikolic, 2017
  • Kameshwar Poolla, 2013
  • Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2007
  • Clark Nguyen, 2007
  • Bin Yu, 2007
  • Bernhard Boser, 2003
  • Ming C. Wu, 2002
  • Jeffrey Bokor, 2000
  • Costas J. Spanos, 2000

IEEE GHTC Best Paper Award

  • Ken Goldberg, 2015

IEEE Information Theory Society Paper Award

  • Venkat Anantharam, 2023
  • Venkatesan Guruswami, 2020
  • Venkat Anantharam, 1998

IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE) Best Demo Award

  • Aditya Parameswaran, 2019

IEEE ITS Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Pravin Varaiya, 2018 *

IEEE ITS Outstanding Research Award

  • Alexandre Bayen, 2024
  • Pravin Varaiya, 2009 *

IEEE ITSoc Claude E. Shannon Award

  • David Tse, 2017 *
  • Elwyn R. Berlekamp, 1993 *

IEEE ITSoc Golden Jubilee Award for Technological Innovation

  • Elwyn R. Berlekamp, 1998 *

IEEE ITSoc Paper Award

  • David Tse, 2003 *
  • Venkat Anantharam, 1998
  • Elwyn R. Berlekamp, 1969 *

IEEE NTC Early Career Award in Nanotechnology

  • Sayeef Salahuddin, 2012
  • Ali Javey, 2010

IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer

  • Kam Y. Lau, 1996
  • Constance Chang-Hasnain, 1994

IEEE Photonics Society LEOS Third Millenium Medal

  • Ivan P. Kaminow, 2000 *

IEEE Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award

  • Ivan P. Kaminow, 1983 *

IEEE Photonics Society William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award

  • Ming C. Wu, 2016
  • Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2003
  • Kam Y. Lau, 1996
  • Eli Yablonovitch, 1993

IEEE Power Electronics Society Transactions Prize Paper Award

  • Robert Pilawa-Podgurski, 2020

IEEE PVSC William R. Cherry Award

  • Eli Yablonovitch, 2017

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Test of Time Award

  • Vern Paxson, 2020
  • Dawn Song, 2020
  • Doug Tygar, 2020 *
  • David A. Wagner, 2020

IEEE TCCPS Mid-Career Award

  • Sanjit A. Seshia, 2019
  • Alexandre Bayen, 2018

IEEE TCCPS Technical Achievement Award

  • Edward A. Lee, 2019
  • Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 2017

MTTS Microwave Career Award

  • John R. Whinnery, 1976 *

MTTS Microwave Pioneer Award

  • Kam Y. Lau, 2021

N² Women: Rising Stars in Computer Networking and Communications

  • Rikky Muller, 2020
  • Sylvia Ratnasamy, 2016

N² Women: Star in Computer Networking and Communications

  • Sylvia Ratnasamy, 2019

NPSS Glenn F. Knoll Radiation Instrumentation Outstanding Achievement Award

  • Stephen E. Derenzo, 2001 *

NPSS Merit Award

  • Stephen E. Derenzo, 1992 *

NPSS Plasma Science & Applications Award

  • Michael A. Lieberman, 1995
  • Charles K. (Ned) Birdsall, 1988 *

PELS Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award

  • Robert Pilawa-Podgurski, 2014

RAS Distinguished Lecturer

  • Ken Goldberg, 2005

RAS Distinguished Service Award

  • Ken Goldberg, 2011

RAS Early Career Award

  • Anca Dragan, 2021
  • Pieter Abbeel, 2012

RAS ICRA Best Paper Award in Cognitive Robotics

  • Trevor Darrell, 2013

RAS Pioneer Award

  • Ruzena Bajcsy, 2010

SMC Joseph G. Wohl Outstanding Career Award

  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1997 *

SPS James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award

  • Nelson Morgan, 2022

SPS Senior (Best Paper) Award

  • Jan M. Rabaey, 1994

SPS Technical Achievement Award

  • Martin Vetterli, 2001 *
  • David G. Messerschmitt, 1993
  • Robert W. Brodersen, 1991 *

SPS 2000 Millennium Medal

  • David G. Messerschmitt, 2000

SSCS Distinguished Lecturer

  • Rikky Muller, 2019

SSCS Donald O. Pederson Award

  • Robert G. Meyer, 2014
  • Chenming Hu, 2002
  • Robert W. Brodersen, 1997 *
  • Paul R. Gray, 1994

SSCS ISSCC Jack Raper Award for Outstanding Technology Directions Paper

  • Elad Alon, 2010
  • Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2010
  • Vladimir Stojanovic, 2010
  • Clark Nguyen, 2006
  • Jan M. Rabaey, 2002

SSCS ISSCC Lewis Winner Award for Outstanding Paper

  • Bernhard Boser, 2016

SSCS New Frontier Award

  • Rikky Muller, 2021

SSCS Solid-State Circuits Council Outstanding Development Award

  • Donald O. Pederson, 1985 *

SSCS 2000 Millennium Medal

  • Paul R. Gray, 2000
  • Robert G. Meyer, 2000

TCHPC Award for Excellence for Early Career Researchers in High Performance Computing

  • Aydin Buluç, 2015

TCRTS Outstanding Technical Achievement and Leadership Award

  • Edward A. Lee, 2016

UFFC Achievement Award

  • Richard M. White, 1988 *

UFFC Rayleigh Ultrasonics Award

  • Richard M. White, 2003 *

UFFC W. G. Cady Frequency Control Award

  • Clark Nguyen, 2006
  • Richard M. White, 2000 *
  • Richard M. White, 1987 *

CEDA Ernest S. Kuh Early Career Award

  • Pierluigi Nuzzo, 2023

CS PAMI Mark Everingham Prize

  • Trevor Darrell, 2017

IEEE Power Electronics Prize Letter Award

  • Jessica Boles, 2023

IEEE TCCA Young Computer Architect Award

  • Sophia Shao, 2022

IEEE TCCPS Early Career Award

  • Pierluigi Nuzzo, 2022

CS TCPAMI CVPR Longuet-Higgins Prize

  • Trevor Darrell, 2024
  • Jitendra Malik, 2024
  • Jitendra Malik, 2008
  • Jitendra Malik, 2007

IEEE CS TCPAMI Young Researcher Award

  • Angjoo Kanazawa, 2024
  • John Wright, 2015

CS TCPAMI ICCV Helmholtz Prize

  • Trevor Darrell, 2017
  • Alexei (Alyosha) Efros, 2017
  • Jitendra Malik, 2017
  • Jitendra Malik, 2015
  • Alexei (Alyosha) Efros, 2013

Other Awards

IEEE PES Best-of-the-Best Conference Paper Award

  • Somayeh Sojoudi, 2022

IEEE VIS Test of Time Award

  • Joseph M. Hellerstein, 2022

Fellows

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow

  • Ana Claudia Arias, 2025
  • Robert Pilawa-Podgurski, 2024
  • Benjamin Recht, 2024
  • Osama Shana'a, 2024
  • Vladimir Stojanovic, 2024
  • Alexandre Bayen, 2023
  • Ali Javey, 2023
  • Elad Alon, 2019
  • Venkatesan Guruswami, 2019
  • Sayeef Salahuddin, 2019
  • Dawn Song, 2019
  • Pieter Abbeel, 2018
  • Hany Farid, 2018
  • Sanjit A. Seshia, 2018
  • Jose M. Carmena, 2017 *
  • Borivoje Nikolic, 2017
  • Krste Asanović, 2014
  • Yi Ma, 2013
  • Murat Arcak, 2012
  • Ali Niknejad, 2012
  • Kameshwar Poolla, 2012
  • Susan L. Graham, 2012
  • Ahmad Bahai, 2011 *
  • Claire Tomlin, 2010
  • Seth R. Sanders, 2009
  • Jaijeet Roychowdhury, 2009
  • David Tse, 2008 *
  • Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2007
  • Clark Nguyen, 2007
  • Thomas A. Henzinger, 2006 *
  • David E. Culler, 2005
  • Jitendra Malik, 2005
  • Ken Goldberg, 2005
  • Michael Jordan, 2005
  • Kannan Ramchandran, 2004
  • Andreas Kuehlmann, 2003 *
  • Bernhard Boser, 2002
  • James Demmel, 2002
  • Ming C. Wu, 2002
  • Bin Yu, 2002
  • Avideh Zakhor, 2002
  • Stephen E. Derenzo, 2000 *
  • Scott Shenker, 2000
  • Costas J. Spanos, 2000
  • Jeffrey Bokor, 1999
  • Nelson Morgan, 1999
  • Venkat Anantharam, 1998
  • Constance Chang-Hasnain, 1997
  • Kurt Keutzer, 1996
  • Randy H. Katz, 1995
  • Kam Y. Lau, 1995
  • Jan M. Rabaey, 1995
  • S. Shankar Sastry, 1995
  • Martin Vetterli, 1995 *
  • Edward A. Lee, 1994
  • Michael A. Lieberman, 1994
  • Michael A. Harrison, 1993
  • Jean Walrand, 1993
  • Ruzena Bajcsy, 1992
  • Eli Yablonovitch, 1992
  • T. Kenneth Gustafson, 1991
  • Felix F. Wu, 1991
  • Chenming Hu, 1990
  • David A. Patterson, 1990
  • Andrew R. Neureuther, 1989
  • Alan J. Smith, 1989
  • Richard S. Muller, 1988
  • A. Richard Newton, 1988 *
  • Domenico Ferrari, 1987
  • Diogenes Angelakos, 1985 *
  • Arthur R. Bergen, 1984 *
  • David G. Messerschmitt, 1983
  • Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 1983
  • Manuel Blum, 1982
  • Robert W. Brodersen, 1982 *
  • Robert K. Brayton, 1981
  • Paul R. Gray, 1981
  • Robert G. Meyer, 1981
  • William G. Oldham, 1981
  • Pravin Varaiya, 1980 *
  • Kenneth K. Mei, 1979 *
  • Chittoor V. Ramamoorthy, 1978 *
  • David A. Hodges, 1977 *
  • Elijah Polak, 1977
  • Theodore Van Duzer, 1977 *
  • Edwin R. Lewis, 1976
  • William J. Welch, 1975 *
  • Leon O. Chua, 1974
  • Ivan P. Kaminow, 1974 *
  • Eugene Wong, 1974
  • Richard M. White, 1972 *
  • Elwyn R. Berlekamp, 1971 *
  • George L. Turin, 1971 *
  • Martin H. Graham, 1968 *
  • Ernest S. Kuh, 1965 *
  • Donald O. Pederson, 1964 *
  • Charles K. (Ned) Birdsall, 1962 *
  • Otto J.M. Smith, 1959 *
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1958 *
  • John R. Whinnery, 1952 *

Life Members

IEEE Life Member

  • David A. Patterson, 2016
  • Donald O. Pederson, 1999 *
  • Charles K. (Ned) Birdsall, 1994 *
  • Otto J.M. Smith, 1993 *
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1990 *
  • John R. Whinnery, 1982 *
  • Richard M. White, 1961 *

Award Pages


*No longer active in the department