Meet the recipients of the 2026 IEEE Medals—the organization’s highest-level honors. Presented on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors, these medals recognize innovators whose work has shaped modern technology across disciplines including AI, education, and semiconductors.
The medals will be presented at the IEEE Honors Ceremony in April in New York City. View the full list of 2026 recipients on the IEEE Awards website, and follow IEEE Awards on LinkedIn for news and updates.
IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR
Sponsor: IEEE
Santa Clara, Calif.
“For leadership in the development of graphics processing units and their application to scientific computing and artificial intelligence.”
IEEE FRANCES E. ALLEN MEDAL
Sponsor: IBM
Pittsburgh
“For contributions to the advancement of societal improvement and education through innovative technology.”
IEEE ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL
Sponsor: Nokia Bell Labs
University of California, Berkeley
“For contributions to Internet architecture, network resource allocation, and software-defined networking.”
IEEE JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE MEDAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Sponsor: Mani L. Bhaumik
Co-recipients:
Erik Dahlman
Stefan Parkvall
Johan Sköld
Stockholm
“For contributions to and leadership in the research, development, and standardization of cellular wireless communications.”
IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL
Sponsor: Google
Medford, Mass.
“For contributions to computer vision and simulation algorithms, and for leadership in developing programs to promote STEM careers.”
IEEE EDISON MEDAL
Sponsor: The Edison Medal Fund
“For pioneering contributions to biomedical imaging, terrestrial optical communications and networking, and inter-satellite optical links.”
IEEE MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES
Sponsor: Toyota Motor Corp.
University of Texas at Arlington
“For contributions to advancing electrical safety in the workplace, integrating renewable energy and grid modernization for climate change mitigation.”
IEEE FOUNDERS MEDAL
Sponsor: IEEE Foundation
Reston, Va.
“For leadership in communication networks, including acceleration of digital equity, responsible Artificial Intelligence, and the promotion of diversity and inclusion.”
IEEE RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL
Sponsor: Qualcomm, Inc.
“For contributions to coding for reliable communications and networking.”
IEEE NICK HOLONYAK, JR. MEDAL FOR SEMICONDUCTOR OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES
Sponsor: Friends of Nick Holonyak, Jr.
University of California, Santa Barbara
“For seminal contributions to compound semiconductor optoelectronics, including high-efficiency visible light-emitting diodes, lasers, and LED displays.”
IEEE MEDAL FOR INNOVATIONS IN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY
Sponsor: IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology Society
“For pioneering contributions to wearable affective computing for health and wellbeing.”
IEEE JACK S. KILBY SIGNAL PROCESSING MEDAL
Sponsor: Apple
“For contributions to signal modeling, coding, and recognition for speech communication.”
IEEE/RSE JAMES CLERK MAXWELL MEDAL
Sponsor: ARM, Ltd.
“For the development of the recollision model for strong field light–matter interactions leading to the field of attosecond science.”
IEEE JAMES H. MULLIGAN, JR. EDUCATION MEDAL
Sponsor: IEEE Life Members Fund and MathWorks
James H. McClellan
“For fundamental contributions to electrical and computer engineering education through innovative digital signal processing curriculum development.”
IEEE JUN-ICHI NISHIZAWA MEDAL
Sponsor: IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal Fund
Dartmouth College
Hanover, N.H.
“For the invention, development, and commercialization of the CMOS image sensor.”
IEEE ROBERT N. NOYCE MEDAL
Sponsor: Intel Corp.
Santa Clara, Calif.
“For pioneering parallel computing architectures and leadership in semiconductor design that transformed artificial intelligence, scientific research, and accelerated computing.”
IEEE DENNIS J. PICARD MEDAL FOR RADAR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
Sponsor: RTX
Japan
“For contributions to polarimetric synthetic aperture radar imaging and its utilization.”
IEEE MEDAL IN POWER ENGINEERING
Sponsors: IEEE Industry Applications, Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics, and Power & Energy societies
“For contributions to Z-Source and modular multi-level converters for distribution and transmission networks.”
IEEE SIMON RAMO MEDAL
Sponsor: Northrop Grumman Corp.
Michael D. Griffin
LogiQ, Inc.
Arlington, Va.
“For leadership in national security, civil, and commercial systems engineering and development of elegant design principles.”
IEEE JOHN VON NEUMANN MEDAL
Sponsor: IBM
San Jose, Calif.
“For contributions to database query languages, particularly Structured Query Language, which powers most of the world’s data management and analysis systems.”
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