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AWA R D S

2011 IEEE
Frederik Philips Award

2011 IEEE
Photonics Award

Sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society

Dim-Lee Kwong

Amnon Yariv

For leadership in silicon technology and excellence in the
management of microelectronics R&D

For fundamental contributions to photonics science,
engineering and education that have broadly impacted
quantum electronics and lightwave communications

Dim-Lee Kwong's vision, technical knowledge and leadership have
transformed the Singapore Institute of Microelectronics (IME) into a
world-class research organization. IME's executive director since 2005,
Dr. Kwong has bolstered the reputation of IME's nanoelectronics, microelectromechanical systems, silicon photonics, bioelectronics and
miniaturized medical devices programs. His strategic collaborative
partnerships formed with multinational companies have injected new
knowledge into the microelectronics industry. Launched in 2006 and
developed under Dr. Kwong, IME's Silicon Photonics Program established a cost-effective silicon photonic technology platform offering a
photonics-ready, cost-shared silicon foundry service, attracting international companies and universities wanting to prototype their products.
Dr. Kwong spearheaded a three-party R&D foundry business model in
which IME provides access to foundry-compatible services and smallscale pilot production capabilities and works closely with wafer
foundries and packaging houses. An IEEE Fellow, Dr. Kwong is
currently the executive director of the Institute of Microelectronics,
Singapore and a professor at the National University of Singapore.

Amnon Yariv's work is at the heart of today's high-speed optical
communications systems. He recognized early the importance of
optical frequency control for high-speed data transmission and
developed the distributed feedback semiconductor laser, which
has become the main light source for optical communication
networks. With Kam Lau, he was the first to describe the physics
that limit modulation speed and demonstrated modulation of
semiconductor lasers at microwave frequencies. At the California
Institute of Technology his group proposed and demonstrated
optoelectronic integrated circuits and co-ushered the fields of
phase-conjugate optics and slow light propagation in coupled
resonator waveguides. He wrote the first college textbooks in
quantum and optical electronics. He founded Ortel Corporation,
which pioneered high-speed lasers now commonly used in cable
television systems. An IEEE Life Fellow, Dr. Yariv is the Martin and
Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical
Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.
2011 IEEE
Judith A. Resnik Award

2011 IEEE
Emanuel R. Piore Award
Sponsored by the IEEE Emanuel
R. Piore Award Fund

Sponsored by the IEEE Aerospace and
Electronic Systems, Control Systems, and
Engineering in Medicine and
Biology Societies

Shafi Goldwasser

Kamal Sarabandi

For pioneering work in laying the foundations of
modern cryptography and its relation to complexity
theory

For contributions to space-based, microwave and
millimeter polarimetric radar remote sensing of the
Earth's surface for civilian and military applications

Shafi Goldwasser is one of the key figures responsible for the
success of modern cryptography in providing secure electronic
data transmission and exchange. In 1983, her work on probabilistic encryption with Silvio Micali demonstrated how to use
randomness to define and achieve semantic security. She
produced one of the most celebrated results in modern cryptography in 1985 with her work on zero-knowledge proofs with
Silvio Micali and Charles Rackoff. This special type of interactive
proof allows one to prove possession of information or property
without revealing the information itself. In the area of complexity
theory, Dr. Goldwasser and co-authors showed a new method to
classify the complexity of even approximating the solution of NP
complete problems. An IEEE Member, Dr. Goldwasser is the
RSA Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and professor of computer
science at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Kamal Sarabandi's contributions have shaped the remote sensing
radar imaging field for over 20 years. His pioneering work on using
radar for monitoring vegetation has important implications today for
scientists studying the effects of global warming. He developed a
multipolarization algorithm to remotely map the moisture content of
the soil surface using airborne or space-borne imaging radar. His
work will provide soil maps for hydrologists. Dr. Sarabandi was
involved in mission planning and experimentation for NASA's 1994
Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-C) and 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography
Mission (SRTM). The active and passive polarimetric radar calibrators
and external calibration techniques developed for these missions
have become the standard approach used worldwide. His defenserelated contributions include development of sensors and algorithms
for space- or airborne detection of foliage-camouflaged targets and
targets within buildings. An IEEE Fellow, Dr. Sarabandi is the Rufus S.
Teesdale Endowed Professor of Engineering and director of the
Radiation Laboratory at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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