IEEE John von Neumann Medal Nomination Form

Nominator Guidelines

2. IEEE Member: Yes  No  

IEEE Grade  Year  Member #  

3. Year of Birth

4. Professional Affiliation and Title

5. Business Address (include Email)

6. Home Address

7. Education beyond twelfth grade. Please include Institution/Location, degree, year received and Honors. Honorary degrees denoted (H).

8. Endorsers, Names and Addresses, Email. Endorsers should be familiar with the nominee's achievements and should state specific achievements that qualify the candidate for this award. Endorsers should also include a statement indicating how long they have known the candidate and in what capacity. (Minimum of three supporting letters required; maximum of five permitted. No more than five letters will be reviewed by the Committee. Letters may accompany nomination or be submitted directly to IEEE.)

9. Proposed Citation. (No more than 25 words.)

10. Principal Employment: Year; Name of Company; Title; Brief, Concise Description of Responsibility.

11. Principal publications and/or patents pertinent to the achievement. (Prefer items of sole responsibility, otherwise give joint names.)

12. Achievements pertinent to the qualifications for the IEEE John Von Neumann Medal. (Criteria considered by the Evaluation Committee: achievements may be theoretical, technological, entrepreneurial, and need not have been made immediately prior to the date of the award; truly outstanding contributions in computer hardware, software, or systems art; scope is the processing of information and includes the subject areas of computer architecture, base technologies, systems, languages, algorithms and protocols, and application domains; work cited could have appeared in the form of publications, patents, products, or simply general recognition by the profession that the individual cited is the agreed-upon originator of the advance upon which the award decision is based. The quality of the nomination is also considered.) Not to exceed 1200 words.

13. Principal IEEE Activities; Dates, Description.

14. Other Principal Professional Activities; Dates, Description.

15. Principal Honors (non-IEEE)

16. IEEE Honors/Awards

17. Nominator's Name; Business Affiliation & Address (or home address, if preferred); Telephone; Fax; Email.

18. How long have you known the candidate, and in what capacity.

NOTE: The IEEE Awards Board reserves the right to consider any nomination for Institute Awards other than the award suggested when, in its judgment, the support and justification may more appropriately apply to other Institute Awards.

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