Emerging Technology Award

The Emerging Technology Award may be presented annually to an individual, working group, or company that has advanced, initiated, or progressed a new technology within the IEEE SA open consensus process, and which meet the following criteria:

• The IEEE SA work product is a balloted standards document, a standard, recommended practice, or guide. It is not necessary for the final document to be approved, but substantial progress beyond the PAR is necessary.
• The IEEE SA work product is the first, or one of few such activities for the technology, industry, or market(s) for which it is targeted.
• A technology, industry, or market where broad consensus agreements are not yet widely deployed, or not yet fully commercialized.
• The IEEE SA work product has positive market relevance.
• The effort places IEEE in a leadership position.
• The contribution extends the IEEE SA standards portfolio.

Recognition consists of a sculpture and certificate. There is no honorarium attached to this award.

The award is presented by the IEEE SA President at the SA Awards Ceremony

• Recipient honored at the IEEE SA Awards Ceremony (see previous ceremony)
• Honoree highlight via press release
• Recognition on IEEE SA website and social media post

The recipient must be an IEEE SA member. The eligible candidate, if an individual, may be the champion, project initiator, or prominent contributor to the effort. There are no restrictions or preferences as to the nationality, race, sex, creed or age.

Annual Deadline 31 July

Nominate a Party for this Award

The award is to be presented at the annual IEEE SA Awards Ceremony. There is no funding from the IEEE SA Board of Governors for the recipient for travel to or accommodations at the award venue.

This award is sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association, administered by the IEEE SA Awards and Recognition Committee.

For the development of uniform technical requirements applied to inverter-based generation resources interconnecting with electric transmission and sub-transmission systems

For the development of IEEE Std 2846™-2022, IEEE Standard for Assumptions in Safety-Related Models for Automated Driving Systems

For the development of IEEE Std 2941™-2021, the standard to define AI development interfaces that break down barriers between computing architecture and algorithm frameworks

For the development of IEEE 2675^TM-2021, the first international standard to define the use of DevOps to control and improve software life-cycle processes

For developing an innovative ontological standard on the ethics of artificial intelligence

For the development of IEEE Std 802.1CM™-2018, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks—Time-Sensitive Networking for Fronthaul, the first IEEE standard to connect a cellular network’s radio equipment to its remote controller via a packet network; in particular, over a bridged IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet network

For the development of IEEE 1876™-2019 on networked smart learning objects for online laboratories, the first IEEE standard of its kind to recommend and guide its stakeholders for widespread development and use of online laboratories in support of science technology and engineering education.

For his personal initiative and leadership in identifying and defining an entirely new family of software-based intelligent process automation technologies (SBIPA), recruiting a diverse working group representing developers, buyers, consultants, industry analysts and academic researchers, and securing sponsorship from the IEEE for what is expected to be a comprehensive standards-setting program in this rapidly emerging field.

For the development of IEEE Std 802.3bs™-2017 200 Gb/s (200GbE) and 400 Gb/s Ethernet (400GbE) standard, the first IEEE Ethernet standard to define 50 Gb/s electrical signaling and 50 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s optical signaling, based on 4 level Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4) modulation, enabling network connectivity for applications requiring high performance throughput beyond 100 Gigabit Ethernet.

For his passion and initiative supporting the creation​ ​of a 3D Test Standard.

For developing the IEEE 802.11 Enhancements for Very​ ​ High Throughput in the 60 GHz Band standard, the first​ ​ IEEE standard for wireless LAN millimeter wave technology,​ ​ enabling widespread consumer and commercial use of​ ​ 60 GHz spectrum for applications requiring extremely high​ ​ performance, multi-gigabit connectivity and low latency.

For outstanding contribution and leadership as Chair of the IEEE P1855TM Working Group in initiating and facilitating the creation of the first IEEE standard in the area of fuzzy logic.

For contributions to the research, development, and standardization of nanoscale communications.

For developing the ‘Core Ontologies for Robotics and Automation’ standard, which is the first RAS standard and one of the first ontology-based IEEE standards

For outstanding contribution and leadership as Chair of the IEEE P1708 Working Group in facilitating the creation of the first IEEE standard on wearable cuffless blood pressure measuring devices

For the rapid development of MEMS standard sensor parameter performance definitions that address a critical need in the industry for accelerating innovation and commercialization

For his tireless work as vice chairman of the C37.239 WG in facilitating the engineering, design, and implementation of the standard and the scheme of the new Common Format for Event Data Exchange

• IEEE SA Awards Committee (ArCom)
• Submit an IEEE SA Awards nomination
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• IEEE SA Operations Manual on IEEE SA Awards