Description
To honor a person or persons with outstanding and pioneering contributions to academic and/or industrial research in systems science and engineering, human-machine systems, and/or cybernetics. (Established in 2014)
Prize
$5,000 and a Plaque. Up to two (2) awards made annually. No award will be given if no qualified candidate is identified. Multiple recipients will each receive a Plaque and equally share the award prize.
Funding
The award will be administered by the IEEE Foundation and funded by a donation of $100K from Norm Zadeh managed by the IEEE Foundation.
Eligibility
No restriction. An awardee may be a non-IEEE member. The Award may be granted only to nominee(s) who has, or have, pioneered and developed innovative research, executed in either academe or industry, and has resulted in major scientific advances that are widely recognized in systems science and engineering, human-machine systems, and/or cybernetics. Contributions must have been made at least 15 years prior to the award date.
Basis for Judging
Quality, originality, and significance of contribution in systems science and engineering, human-machine systems, and/or cybernetics.
Presentation
At the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics.
Past Awardees
2022
- Stephen Grossberg
For seminal contributions to understanding brain cognition and behavior and their emulation by technology
2021
- Jerry Mendel
For developing and promoting Type 2 Fuzzy Logic
2018
- Ronald Yager
2017
- Michio Sugeno
- Lotfi Zadeh (Honorary)
