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    "Ieee news",
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    "IEEE Awards website",
    "LinkedIn",
    "__IEEE__",
    "Jensen Huang",
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    "IEEE FRANCES E. ALLEN MEDAL",
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    "Johan Sköld",
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    "IEEE MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES",
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    "Wei-Jen Lee",
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    "Marian Rogers Croak",
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    "____IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology Society__",
    "Rosalind W. Picard",
    "MIT",
    "IEEE JACK S. KILBY SIGNAL PROCESSING MEDAL",
    "__Apple__",
    "Biing-Hwang “Fred” Juang",
    "Georgia Tech",
    "IEEE/RSE JAMES CLERK MAXWELL MEDAL",
    "__ARM, Ltd.__",
    "Paul B. Corkum",
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    "IEEE JAMES H. MULLIGAN, JR. EDUCATION MEDAL",
    "__IEEE Life Members Fund__",
    "James H. McClellan",
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    "IEEE JUN-ICHI NISHIZAWA MEDAL",
    "Eric R. Fossum",
    "IEEE ROBERT N. NOYCE MEDAL",
    "__Intel Corp.__",
    "Chris Malachowsky",
    "Nvidia",
    "IEEE DENNIS J. PICARD MEDAL FOR RADAR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS",
    "__RTX__",
    "Yoshio Yamaguchi",
    "Niigata University",
    "IEEE MEDAL IN POWER ENGINEERING",
    "__IEEE Industry Applications,__",
    "Industrial Electronics,",
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    "__Power & Energy societies__",
    "Fang Zheng Peng",
    "University of Pittsburgh",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nMeet 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.\n\nThe 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.\n\n## IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR\n\n __Sponsor:____IEEE__\n\nJensen Huang\n\nNvidia\n\nSanta Clara, Calif.\n\n“For leadership in the development of graphics processing units and their application to scientific computing and artificial intelligence.”\n\n## IEEE FRANCES E. ALLEN MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor:____IBM__\n\nLuis von Ahn\n\nDuolingo\n\nPittsburgh\n\n“For contributions to the advancement of societal improvement and education through innovative technology.”\n\n## IEEE ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor:____Nokia Bell Labs__ __\n\nScott J. Shenker\n\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\n\n“For contributions to Internet architecture, network resource allocation, and software-defined networking.”\n\n## IEEE JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE MEDAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS\n\n __Sponsor: Mani L. Bhaumik__\n\nCo-recipients:[\nErik Dahlman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-dahlman-9964bb6/)[\nStefan Parkvall\n](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-parkvall-290a576/)Johan Sköld \n\nEricsson\n\nStockholm\n\n“For contributions to and leadership in the research, development, and standardization of cellular wireless communications.”\n\n## IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor:______Google__\n\nKaren Ann Panetta\n\nTufts University\n\nMedford, Mass.\n\n“For contributions to computer vision and simulation algorithms, and for leadership in developing programs to promote STEM careers.”\n\n## IEEE EDISON MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor:______The Edison Medal Fund__\n\n[Eric Swanson\n\n](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-swanson-93485614/)[PIXCEL Inc.\n\n](https://www.pixcel.com/)MIT\n\n“For pioneering contributions to biomedical imaging, terrestrial optical communications and networking, and inter-satellite optical links.”\n\n## IEEE MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES\n\n __Sponsor:______Toyota Motor Corp__ __.__\n\nWei-Jen Lee\n\nUniversity of Texas at Arlington\n\n“For contributions to advancing electrical safety in the workplace, integrating renewable energy and grid modernization for climate change mitigation.”\n\n## IEEE FOUNDERS MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor:______IEEE Foundation__\n\nMarian Rogers Croak\n\nGoogle\n\nReston, Va.\n\n“For leadership in communication networks, including acceleration of digital equity, responsible Artificial Intelligence, and the promotion of diversity and inclusion.”\n\n## IEEE RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor:____Qualcomm, Inc.__\n\nMuriel Médard\n\nMIT\n\n“For contributions to coding for reliable communications and networking.”\n\n## IEEE NICK HOLONYAK, JR. MEDAL FOR SEMICONDUCTOR OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES\n\n __Sponsor: Friends of Nick Holonyak, Jr.__\n\nSteven P. DenBaars \n\nUniversity of California, Santa Barbara\n\n“For seminal contributions to compound semiconductor optoelectronics, including high-efficiency visible light-emitting diodes, lasers, and LED displays.”\n\n## IEEE MEDAL FOR INNOVATIONS IN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY\n\n __Sponsor:______IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology Society__\n\nRosalind W. Picard \n\nMIT\n\n“For pioneering contributions to wearable affective computing for health and wellbeing.”\n\n## IEEE JACK S. KILBY SIGNAL PROCESSING MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor:____Apple__\n\nBiing-Hwang “Fred” Juang\n\nGeorgia Tech\n\n“For contributions to signal modeling, coding, and recognition for speech communication.”\n\n## IEEE/RSE JAMES CLERK MAXWELL MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor:____ARM, Ltd.__\n\nPaul B. Corkum\n\nUniversity of Ottawa\n\n“For the development of the recollision model for strong field light–matter interactions leading to the field of attosecond science.”\n\n## IEEE JAMES H. MULLIGAN, JR. EDUCATION MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor:____IEEE Life Members Fund__ __and__[ __MathWorks\n__\n](https://www.mathworks.com/)James H. McClellan\n\nGeorgia Tech\n\n“For fundamental contributions to electrical and computer engineering education through innovative digital signal processing curriculum development.”\n\n## IEEE JUN-ICHI NISHIZAWA MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor: IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal Fund__\n\nEric R. Fossum\n\n[Dartmouth College\n\n](https://home.dartmouth.edu/)Hanover, N.H.\n\n“For the invention, development, and commercialization of the CMOS image sensor.”\n\n## IEEE ROBERT N. NOYCE MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor:____Intel Corp.__\n\nChris Malachowsky \n\nNvidia\n\nSanta Clara, Calif.\n\n“For pioneering parallel computing architectures and leadership in semiconductor design that transformed artificial intelligence, scientific research, and accelerated computing.”\n\n## IEEE DENNIS J. PICARD MEDAL FOR RADAR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS\n\n __Sponsor:____RTX__\n\nYoshio Yamaguchi\n\nNiigata University\n\nJapan\n\n“For contributions to polarimetric synthetic aperture radar imaging and its utilization.”\n\n## IEEE MEDAL IN POWER ENGINEERING\n\n __Sponsors:____IEEE Industry Applications,____Industrial Electronics,____Power Electronics__ __, and__ __Power & Energy societies__\n\nFang Zheng Peng \n\nUniversity of Pittsburgh\n\n“For contributions to Z-Source and modular multi-level converters for distribution and transmission networks.”\n\n## IEEE SIMON RAMO MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor:____Northrop Grumman Corp__.\n\nMichael D. Griffin \n\nLogiQ, Inc.\n\nArlington, Va.\n\n“For leadership in national security, civil, and commercial systems engineering and development of elegant design principles.”\n\n## IEEE JOHN VON NEUMANN MEDAL\n\n __Sponsor:______IBM__\n\nDonald D. Chamberlin\n\nIBM\n\nSan Jose, Calif.\n\n“For contributions to database query languages, particularly Structured Query Language, which powers most of the world’s data management and analysis systems.”",
  "title": "IEEE Honors Global Dream Team of Innovators"
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