IEEE Awards Booklet - 2022 - 26

2022 IEEE TECHNICAL FIELD AWARDS
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and
Communications Award
Sponsored by NEC Corporation
Muriel Médard
For contributions to the theory and
practice of network coding, optical
networks, and wireless communications
Muriel Médard's contributions to network coding and wired,
wireless, and optical communications help bolster performance,
reliability, and security. Her work on an algebraic approach to network
coding (known as the Médard/Koetter framework) made
network codes practical and easy to understand. Other contributions
include network coding for recovery and robustness, protection
from wiretapping and outside attacks, and network coding for
wireless relay networks. Her work on practical wireless network
coding demonstrated that coding across different data flows in a
wireless network improves performance of congested networks
by orders of magnitude over standard routing techniques. She also
made fundamental contributions to the restoration, security, reliability,
robustness, and capacity of high-speed optical networks.
An IEEE Fellow, Médard is the Cecil H. Green Professor of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits
Sponsored by the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
Akira Matsuzawa
For pioneering contributions to lowpower,
analog-to-digital converters in
systems on a chip (SoCs) for digital video
applications
Akira Matsuzawa's achievements in integrated circuit design for
analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) over the past 4 decades have
been critical to the realizations and advancements in digital video
equipment and applications. He developed a monolithic video-rate
10-bit ADC that contributed to a digital video switcher for professional
digital video systems and an HDTV parallel interpolation
method that led to an optical transmission system for HDTV.
His work on a video-rate 10-bit CMOS ADC with capacitive interpolation
reduced power consumption and contributed to the
development of digital camcorders. He also managed a team that
developed a system-on-a-chip for DVD recorder that triggered a
remarkable cost reduction and rapid market growth of DVD systems.
An IEEE Fellow, Matsuzawa is a Professor Emeritus with
the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, and founder
and chief executive officer of Tech Idea Co., Ltd., Kanagawa,
Japan.
Fang Zheng Peng
For the development of cascaded multilevel
inverters and high-power converter
topologies, and for their advancement in
grid-scale applications
Fang Zheng Peng's research on multilevel inverters for static synchronous
compensator (STATCOM) applications provided essential
power electronics tools for improving power flow capability
and dynamic stability of transmission and distribution networks.
In the 1990s he applied innovative cascaded multilevel inverters
(CMIs) to flexible ac transmission systems. STATCOMs based on
his patented delta-connected CMIs and transformerless unified
power flow controllers enabled transformerless power electronics
components to be implemented by inverters without using
transformers to reach utility-scale voltage levels and power ratings.
Most STATCOM installations in use incorporate his patented innovations,
which play a role in facilitating power grid interconnection
to renewable energy sources.
An IEEE Fellow, Peng is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering
with the Center for Advanced Power Systems at Florida State
University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
IEEE Photonics Award
Sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society
Rodney Tucker
For contributions to photonic device
modelling and bridging the gap between
device and system-level performance,
including energy consumption
Rodney Tucker's groundbreaking studies on the capabilities
and limitations of photonic devices for memory, switching, and
logic operations have helped optimize the design of photonic
systems. His work on modeling high-speed semiconductor lasers
has been used in several commercial laser modeling tools and
has influenced commercial laser development for communications
applications. He developed a framework for analyzing the
fundamental limitations on energy consumption in optical fiber
communications systems, providing comprehensive analysis of the
physical properties of optical transceivers, optical amplifiers, and
optical and electronic switches. He has identified the factors that
limit network energy efficiency and provided practical guidance
on how to improve the energy efficiency of optical telecommunications
equipment and networks.
An IEEE Life Fellow, Tucker is a Laureate Emeritus Professor
with the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award
Sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics Society
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