The IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal was established in 1995 in honor of Jack S. Kilby, whose innovation was a monumental precursor to the development of the signal processor and digital signal processing. The medal is awarded for outstanding achievements in signal processing. It is awarded this year to RICHARD BARANUIK (FIEEE)—Professor, Rice University, USA, for contributions to multiscale and sparse signal processing.
Andrea Goldsmith: 2025 IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal
The IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal was established in 2019 in honor of the late Institute Professor and Professor Emerita of physics and electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mildred Dresselhaus, whose innovations helped mold the history of advancements in science, technology, and education around the world. The medal is awarded for outstanding technical contributions in science and engineering of great impact to IEEE fields of interest. It is awarded this year to ANDREA GOLDSMITH (FIEEE)—Professor, Princeton University, USA, for contributions to and leadership in wireless communications theory and practice.
The IEEE/Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) James Clerk Maxwell Medal, established in 2006, is named in honor of the 19th century Scottish mathematician and physicist, James Clerk Maxwell. The medal is awarded for groundbreaking contributions that have had an exceptional impact on the development of electronics and electrical engineering, or related fields. It is awarded this year to ROBERT W. HEATH Jr. (FIEEE)—Professor, University of California San Diego, USA, for contributions to multiple-antenna technologies in wireless networks.
The IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award was established in 1995. It is named in honor of 1991 IEEE President Eric. E. Sumner, who retired as Vice President, Operations PLanning, AT & T Bell Laboratories after a long and distinguished career. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to communications technology. It is awarded this year to THOMAS L. MARZETTA, for originating the Massive MIMO technology in wireless communications.
The IEEE Haraden Pratt Award was established in 1971 in honor of Haraden Pratt, then Director Emeritus of IEEE, who had given dedicated and distinguished service. The award recognizes outstanding volunteer service to IEEE. It is awarded this year to JOSE MOURA (FIEEE)—Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, for sustained leadership and outstanding contributions to the IEEE in education, technical activities, awards, and global connections.
The IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal, established in 1986, is named in honor of Dr. Richard W. Hamming, who had a central role in the development of computer and computing science, and whose many significant contributions in the area of information science including error-correcting codes. The medal is awarded for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology. It is awarded this year to FRANS WILLEMS (FIEEE)—Professor Emeritus, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, for contributions to multiuser information theory, source coding, and information-theoretic security.
2025 Newly Elevated IEEE Fellows:
Waheed Uz Zaman Bajwa
for contributions to compressed sensing, communications, and machine learning in distributed systems
Yuen-yan Chan
for contributions to learning technologies for special education needs and social inclusion
Kyungwhoon Cheun
for leadership in 5G mmWave and vRAN technologies
Davide Dardari
for contributions to theory and practice of radio positioning systems
Whitfield Diffie
for contributions to the development of public key cryptography and its applications
Saikat Guha
for bridging information theory and physics to design quantum-enhanced photonic sensing, communications, and networking systems
Timothy O’Shea
for contributions to deep learning for physical layer communications and sensing
Maxim Raginsky
for contributions to information-theoretic analysis of stochastic systems in optimization and machine learning
Byonghyo Shim
for contributions to sparse signal processing and multi-antenna technology
Alexander Sprintson
for contributions to wireless network coding and network security
Xiaohu Tang
for contributions to sequence design in wireless communications and coding in distributed systems
Hongkai Xiong
for contributions to multi-scale multimedia signal representation, coding and communication
