2 0 1 2 AWA R D S S P O N S O R S IEEE proudly acknowledges the sponsorship of its 2012 awards by some of the world's leading corporations, foundations, and individuals who are interested in the technological disciplines within the scope of interest of IEEE. The Awards presented at the 2012 IEEE Honors Ceremony are supported by the generosity of the following organizations: * Brunetti Bequest * Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Graduate Scholarship Fund * The Grainger Foundation * Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation in Memory of Herman and Edna Halperin * Hitachi Data Systems * Keithley Instruments, Inc. * KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc. * Leon K. Kirchmayer Memorial Fund * Motorola Foundation * NEC Corporation * Nokia Corporation * Philips Electronics N.V. * Sony Corporation * SRI International Sarnoff * Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited * Dr. Kiyo Tomiyasu * IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society * IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society * IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society * IEEE Circuits and Systems Society * IEEE Communications Society * IEEE Computational Intelligence Society * IEEE Control Systems Society * IEEE Education Society * IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society * IEEE Electron Devices Society * IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award Fund * IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society * IEEE Information Theory Society * IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society * IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society * IEEE Photonics Society * IEEE Robotics and Automation Society * IEEE Signal Processing Society * IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society * IEEE Standards Association FEPC 3 The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan