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Description

To recognize outstanding women engineers who have made significant contributions relevant to the theoretical, experimental, and operational aspects of electrical and electronics engineering in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society fields of interest.

Prize

$1,000 and Plaque

Funding

Funded by the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Endowment managed by the IEEE Foundation.

Presentation

The VTS awards ceremony takes place at the fall edition of our main conference, the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference. This is the preferred venue for presenting this award, and the location and date will hence depend on the location and date of the conference. Alternatively, the award may be presented at any other VTS events that include the spring edition of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference and the IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference.

Eligibility

The candidate must be a member of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society at the time of the nomination and for at least 5 years. The candidate contributions must be related to one of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society fields of interest. Previous recipients of this award, even if the award was for different achievements, are ineligible.

Self-nominations are not allowed.

Nomination Deadline
1 April
Application Details

Submit the nomination form on the VTS website by 1 April.

2024

Recipient(s)
Citation

For outstanding contributions to wireless communication technologies and situation-aware communications

2023

Recipient(s)
Country
SGP
Title

Sumei Sun

Personal Gender Pronouns
(she/her)
Affiliation
Institute for Infocomm Research
IEEE Region
Region 10 (Asia and Pacific)
Email
Citation

For outstanding contributions to wireless communications, and the wireless community

2022

Recipient(s)
Country
CAN
Title

Sonia Aissa

Affiliation
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
IEEE Region
Region 07 (Canada)
Email
Citation

For outstanding contributions to spectrum-sharing and cooperative communications, leadership in women-in-engineering and service to the wireless community

2021

Recipient(s)
Country
CAN
Personal Gender Pronouns
(she/her)
Affiliation
University of Waterloo
IEEE Region
Region 07 (Canada)
Email
Citation

For exceptional leadership and contributions to wireless communications and networks

2020

Recipient(s)
Country
TWN
Title

Ai-Chun Pang

Personal Gender Pronouns
(she/her)
Affiliation
National Taiwan University
IEEE Region
Region 10 (Asia and Pacific)
Email
Website
Citation

For resource management and service development for mobile edge/fog networks

Awards Committee Member

  • Country
    CAN
    Affiliation
    InterDigital Inc
    IEEE Region
    Region 07 (Canada)
  • Country
    CAN
    Affiliation
    Huawei Technologies
    Memberships
    VTS
    IEEE Region
    Region 07 (Canada)
  • Country
    ITA
    Affiliation
    Politecnico di Torino
    Memberships
    VTS
    IEEE Region
    Region 08 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)
  • Country
    USA
    Affiliation
    Samsung
    IEEE Region
    Region 06 (Western U.S.)
  • Personal Gender Pronouns
    (he/him)
    Country
    GBR
    Affiliation
    University of Southampton
    IEEE Region
    Region 08 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)
  • Personal Gender Pronouns
    (he/him)
    Country
    AUS
    Affiliation
    University of Sydney
    IEEE Region
    Region 10 (Asia and Pacific)
  • Personal Gender Pronouns
    (he/him)
    Country
    SGP
    Affiliation
    National University of Singapore
    IEEE Region
    Region 10 (Asia and Pacific)
  • Country
    CAN
    Affiliation
    University of Alberta
    IEEE Region
    Region 07 (Canada)
  • Personal Gender Pronouns
    (she/her)
    Country
    USA
    Affiliation
    University of Michigan - Dearborn, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    IEEE Region
    Region 04 (Central U.S.)
  • Personal Gender Pronouns
    (he/him)
    Country
    USA
    Affiliation
    IEEE Volunteer
    IEEE Region
    Region 06 (Western U.S.)
  • Personal Gender Pronouns
    (He)
    Country
    TWN
    Affiliation
    National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)
    IEEE Region
    Region 10 (Asia and Pacific)