IEEE Internet Award
The IEEE Internet Award was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in June of 1999.
Recipient selection is administered through the Technical Field Awards Council of the IEEE Awards Board.
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“Founders of the Internet” Featured on CBS News
Robert (Bob) E. Kahn, this year’s IEEE Medal of Honor recipient, Vint Cerf, the 2023 IEEE Medal of Honor recipient, and Steve Crocker, the 2002 IEEE Internet Award recipient recently sat down with Tony Dokoupil of CBS Mornings in New York to reflect on their original creation of the Internet and why there are no regrets. […]
Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf
Read IEEE Spectrum Magazine’s feature article on 2023 IEEE Medal of Honor Recipient, Vint Cerf
Joint Awards
Yakov Rekhter
“For contributions enabling the creation of a scalable, robust and policy-based Internet.”
Jennifer Rexford
2024 IEEE Medal recipients featured in Princeton article
2024 IEEE medal recipients featured in Princeton article: Medal of Honor recipient Bob Kahn, IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal recipient Andrea Goldsmith, and IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal recipient Jennifer Rexford.
Walter Willinger
“For contributions towards a foundational understanding of Internet traffic and topology.”
Steven H. Low
“For contributions to the theoretical foundation and practical implementation of Internet congestion control.”
Paul Nikolich
“For leadership in the development and advancement of global IEEE 802 network standards.”
Bob Kahn’s ‘been there, done that’ according to TechCrunch
TechCrunch’s feature profile of 2024 IEEE Medal of Honor Recipient Robert (Bob) E. Kahn is a must-read.
2024 IEEE VIC Summit & Honors Ceremony Gala
Tsu-Jae King Liu
Robert E. Kahn
Tom Leighton
John A. Stankovic
“For contributions to the theory of real-time and resource-constrained, distributed systems and the practice of cyber-physical and health systems.”
John E. Bowers
“For contributions to photonic integrated circuit technologies.”
Kam Yin Lau
“For spearheading high-speed semiconductor lasers and RF-over-Fiber Systems, enabling today’s wireline and wireless broadband access.”
Tsu-Jae King Liu
“For leadership in the advancement and commercialization of nanometer semiconductor technologies and the promotion of microelectronics workforce development.”
Vincent W. S. Chan
“For pioneering technical contributions and leadership in the fields of space and terrestrial optical communications and networks.”
Jennifer Rexford
“For contributions to Internet wide-area routing and software-defined networking.”
Robert E. Kahn
“For pioneering technical and leadership contributions in packet communication technologies and foundations of the Internet.”
2023 IEEE VIC Summit & Honors Ceremony Gala
Kim Roberts
“For leadership in the introduction and development of digital coherent signal processing for optical fiber transmission systems.”
Anja Feldmann
“For contributions to the field of networking and Internet technologies, specifically to traffic engineering, network measurements, and Internet protocols.”
Steve B. Furber and Sophie Wilson
“For the design of the 32-bit ARM RISC microprocessor.”
Sophie Wilson and Steve B. Furber
“For the design of the 32-bit ARM RISC microprocessor.”
Vint Cerf interview with Fast Company
One of the Fathers of the Internet gives his insights on AI in this Fast Company article.
Press Release: VIC Summit and Honors Ceremony
IEEE celebrates the achievements of world-class technology pioneers, including internet co-creator Vinton G. Cerf, at its annual gathering in early May
Vinton G. Cerf
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
“For distinguished leadership and contributions to the public.”
Vinton G. Cerf
“For co-creating the Internet architecture and providing sustained leadership in its phenomenal growth in becoming society’s critical infrastructure.”
Spotlight on Marilyn Wolf – 2022 Kirchmayer Grad Teaching Recipient
Marilyn Wolf has been a driving force in embedded systems education and research. An advocate for women engineers, and a mentor to junior faculty and students around the world.
IEEE Nick Holonyak, Jr. Medal for Semiconductor Optoelectronic Technologies
The IEEE Nick Holonyak, Jr. Medal for Semiconductor Optoelectronic Technologies was established in November 2021. The first presentation of this award will be made in 2024.