Sponsorship News
Alcatel-Lucent Affirms its Commitment to Recognition of Engineering Excellence
Alcatel-Lucent affirmed its commitment to the recognition of engineering excellence by agreeing to continue sponsorship of two IEEE awards – the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal and the IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award, both through 2009.
Established in 1976 to commemorate the centennial of the telephone’s invention, the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal is given for exceptional contributions to the advancement of communication sciences and engineering. The prize items include a US$20,000 honorarium, gold medal, bronze replica, and certificate.
The IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award, named for Eric E. Sumner, who retired as Vice President, Operations Planning, Bell Laboratories at AT&T, and was the 1991 IEEE President, recognizes outstanding contributions to communications technology. The prize items include a US$10,000 honorarium, bronze medal, and certificate.
-----IBM Renews its Sponsorship of IEEE John von Neumann Medal
The IEEE Foundation is pleased to announce that IBM Corporation has agreed to renew its sponsorship of the IEEE John von Neumann Medal. This renewal will extend IBM’s long standing sponsorship of this prestigious Medal through the 2009 presentation.
Established in 1990, the IEEE John von Neumann Medal may be presented annually to an individual or team, up to two in number, for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology. The medal is named in honor of the eminent mathematician, John von Neumann, whose work at Princeton University's Institute for Advanced Study led to the building of the IAS binary stored-program computer in 1952. That breakthrough became the foundation for computers today.
