1. Region 1 Board of Governors Meeting Executive Session 11 August 2018
2018 IEEE Region 1 Awards
Region 1 Board of Governors Meeting Executive Session August 2018
Dr. Jason Hui, Region 1 Awards and Recognition Committee Chair Harold Belson, Dan Sniezek, Dr. Greg Gdowski & Newman Wilson – Awards Committee Members

2. Region 1 Award Categories
Professional Awards
3A Technological Innovation (Academic)
3B Technological Innovation (Industry or Government)
3C Managerial Excellence in an Engineering Organization
3D Outstanding Teaching in an IEEE area of interest (University or College)
3E Outstanding Teaching in an IEEE Area of interest (Pre- University or College)
3F Enhancement of the relationship between IEEE and Industry
3G Enhancement of the IEEE or Engineering Profession’s Image with the Public
3H Outstanding Support for the Mission of the IEEE, MGA, Region 1 and Section

3. Region 1 Award Categories, cont’d
Lifetime Service Award
4A The William Terry Distinguished Service Award
Region 1 Young Professionals Award
Alex Gruenwald Region 1 PACE Award

4. Category 3A: Technological Innovation (Academic)
Jiebo Luo
For contributions in computer vision and data mining
Section: Rochester
Nominator: R. Ptucha

5. Category 3A: Technological Innovation (Academic)
Peng Zhang
For strong leadership and outstanding contributions in research and teaching in the areas of microgrids, smart communities and cities, cyber-physical security and smart ocean systems
Section: Connecticut
Nominator: J.W. Philhower

6. Category 3A: Technological Innovation (Academic)
Emre Salman
For outstanding contributions to developing energy-efficient and secure 3D integrated circuits
Section: Long Island
Nominator: T. Xia

7. Category 3A: Technological Innovation (Academic)
Shambhu Upadhyaya
For research accomplishments and leadership in cybersecurity
Section: Buffalo
Nominator: J. Xu

8. Category 3A: Technological Innovation (Academic)
Ramalingam Sridhar
For research accomplishments and leadership in system on chip, power- performance tradeoffs in mobile & embedded solutions
Section: Buffalo
Nominator: J. Xu

9. Category 3A: Technological Innovation (Academic)
Murat Demirbas
For significant contributions in distributed systems
Section: Buffalo
Nominator: J. Xu

10. Category 3A: Technological Innovation (Academic)
Tarunraj Singh
For pioneering contributions in the field of controller design under uncertainty and nonlinear estimation for disparate applications
Section: Buffalo
Nominator: E. Esfahani

11. Category 3B: Technological Innovation (Industry or Government)
Ajay Rajkumar
For pioneering work in the area of modeling, service applications, network performance, end-to-end all-IP flat mobile network and seamless handovers across heterogeneous wireless networks
Section: North Jersey
Nominator: A. Dutta

12. Category 3B: Technological Innovation (Industry or Government)
Xiaochuan Luo
For pioneering cloud computing technology for large-scale power system planning simulations
Section: Springfield
Nominator: S. Zhang

13. Category 3B: Technological Innovation (Industry or Government)
Gagan L. Choudhury
For developing a wide array of SDN controller algorithms for greatly improving the flexibility, scalability and robustness of large packet/optical networks
Section: New Jersey Coast
Nominator: B.S. Prasanna

14. Category 3B: Technological Innovation (Industry or Government)
Brian A. Telfer
For technical leadership and contributions to radar and biosignal processing and machine learning for national security
Section: Boston
Nominator: P. Phu

15. Category 3B: Technological Innovation (Industry or Government)
Frank Demarest
For extensive industrial innovation in interferometry and metrology
Section: Connecticut
Nominator: R.A. Antonetti

16. Category 3B: Technological Innovation (Industry or Government)
Huan Tan
For outstanding and continuous contributions to innovation and leadership in creating service robotic systems significantly impacting the industry in various domains
Section: Schenectady
Nominator: D. Huang

17. Category 3C: Managerial Excellence in an Engineering Organization
Suseel Thomas
For excellence in electrical engineering management in the construction of vital railroad signaling capital infrastructure works for the MTA New York City Transit subway system
Section: New York
Nominator: R. Gomez

18. Category 3D: Outstanding Teaching in an IEEE Area of Interest (University or College)
Liudong Xing
For outstanding and sustained contributions as an educator and mentor in the fields of computer engineering and reliability engineering
Section: Providence
Nominator: H.A. Michel

19. Category 3D: Outstanding Teaching in an IEEE Area of Interest (University or College)
Casimer M. DeCusatis
For outstanding contributions to cybersecurity education
Section: Mid-Hudson
Nominator: M. Mukherjee

20. Category 3D: Outstanding Teaching in an IEEE Area of Interest (University or College)
Cristian A. Linte
For contributions to the biomedical engineering profession and to educating and training future generation of engineers, in particular, to the field of medical image computing, modeling, and visualization for computer-aided diagnosis and image-guided surgery
Section: Rochester
Nominator: C.J. James

21. Category 3F: Enhancement of the Relationship between IEEE and Industry
John R. Yagielski
For longstanding and significant contributions to Technical Committee activities, standards and guides representing the electric power industry
Section: Schenectady
Nominator: R.A. Nold

22. Category 3G: Enhancement of the IEEE or Engineering Profession’s Image with the Public
Alexander B. Magoun
For creating a space and maintaining the history of the Princeton/Central Jersey Section that allows the public to view important inventions created by electrical engineers
Section: Princeton/Central Jersey
Nominator: F.X. O'Connell

23. Category 3H: Outstanding Support for the Mission of the IEEE, MGA, Region 1 and Section
David Soll
For outstanding service to the IEEE Princeton/Central Jersey Section through continuing service and contributions as a member of the Executive Committee
Section: Princeton/Central Jersey
Nominator: F.X. O'Connell

24. Category 3H: Outstanding Support for the Mission of the IEEE, MGA, Region 1 and Section
Craig E. Cobb
For outstanding contributions to the IEEE Syracuse Section, the Circuits & Systems and Computer Chapters, and the Life Members Affinity Group
Section: Syracuse
Nominator: J.K. Lee

25. Category 3H: Outstanding Support for the Mission of the IEEE, MGA, Region 1 and Section
Thomas Villani
For outstanding service to the IEEE New York Section and support of the mission to members within the Chapter and community
Section: New York
Nominator: W.M. Milian

26. Category 3H: Outstanding Support for the Mission of the IEEE, MGA, Region 1 and Section
Michael A. Miller
For contributions to the IEEE New York and IEEE North Jersey Sections and its PES and IAS Chapters
Section: North Jersey
Nominator: A.J. van Wijngaarden

27. Category 3H: Outstanding Support for the Mission of the IEEE, MGA, Region 1 and Section
William H. Nelson
For outstanding service and continuing leadership to the IEEE Boston Section and the IEEE Photonics Society at the Chapter, Section, and international levels
Section: Boston
Nominator: P.W. Juodawlkis

28. Region 1 Young Professionals Award
Cathy Chen
For reviving the New York Section’s IEEE Young Professionals Affinity Group; and, for being instrumental in organizing events and connecting young professionals in the NYC Metro area
Section: New York
Nominator: S. Das

29. Selection Statistics
Total 2018 awards selected: 25 (out of 48 valid submissions; 25 Region 1 awards max)
Award recipients by category
3A – D – 3 3G – 1
3B – E – H – 5
3C – F – 1 4A – 0
YP – 1 Alex Gruenwald PACE – 0

30. Selection Statistics, cont’d
Award recipients by Section
Boston – 2
Buffalo – 4
Connecticut – 2
Long Island – 1
Mid-Hudson – 1
New Jersey Coast – 1
New York – 3
North Jersey – 2
Princeton/Central Jersey – 2
Providence – 1
Rochester – 2
Schenectady – 2
Springfield – 1
Syracuse – 1

31. Acknowledgements & Next Step
Thanks to everyone who submitted nominations
Thanks to the Awards Committee for their work
Please remember that all selections are confidential until announcements have been made by the Awards and Recognition Committee Chair
Letters will be ed to the award recipients in September