2025 IEEE HONORS CEREMONY & VIC SUMMIT
The 2025 IEEE Vision, Innovation & Challenges Summit (VICS) and Honors Ceremony were held on 23 April - 24 April 2025, at the elegant Hilton Tokyo Odaiba Hotel in Tokyo, Japan.
An annual IEEE premier event, the VIC Summit, and Honors Ceremony, highlight the innovation and creativity of engineering, science, and technology through provocative, educational, and inspiring talks with a vision for the future. The event draws in individuals worldwide, from students and young professionals to mid- and high-level professionals in the tech ecosystem.
2025 IEEE Recognition Recipients
2025 IEEE Technical Field Awards
IEEE Awards Channel on IEEE.tv
2025 IEEE Medal of Honor: Henry Samueli
The IEEE Medal of Honor was presented to Henry Samueli at the 2025 IEEE Honors Ceremony for pioneering research and commercialization of broadband communication and networking technologies, and promotion of STEM education.
2025 IEEE Honors Introduction
The 2025 IEEE President and CEO, Kathleen Kramer, delivers the opening remarks for the ceremony.
2025 IEEE Corporate Innovation Award: Kioxia Corporation
The 2025 IEEE Corporate Innovation Award was presented to Kioxia Corporation for its contributions to enabling low-cost and high-capacity three-dimensional NAND flash memory.
2025 IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award: Bruno Meyer
The 2025 IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award was presented to Bruno Meyer for exemplary leadership of IEEE Technical Activities and structuring IEEE to make contributions in response to climate change.
2025 IEEE Haraden Pratt Award: José M. F. Moura
2025 IEEE Haraden Pratt Award was presented to José M. F. Moura for sustained leadership, global service, and outstanding contributions enabling new opportunities for IEEE and its members.
2025 IEEE Theodore W. Hissey Outstanding Young Professionals Award: Aishwarya Bandla
The 2025 IEEE Theodore W. Hissey Outstanding Young Professionals Award was presented to Aishwarya Bandla for leadership in patient-centric health technology innovation, and inspiring IEEE Young Professionals to drive meaningful change.
2025 IEEE Frances E. Allen Medal: Regina Barzilay
The IEEE Frances E. Allen Medal was presented to Regina Barzilay for innovative machine learning algorithms that have led to advances in human language technology and demonstrated impact on the field of medicine.
2025 IEEE Founders Medal: Mung Chiang
The 2025 IEEE Founders Medal was presented to Mung Chiang for leadership spanning academia, industry, and government propelling advances in communication networks, semiconductor manufacturing, and international cooperation in advanced technologies.
2025 IEEE Nick Holonyak Jr. Medal for Semiconductor Optoelectronic Technologies: Frederick A. Kish, Jr.
The 2025 IEEE Nick Holonyak Jr. Medal for Semiconductor Optoelectronic Technologies was presented to Frederick A. Kish, Jr., for pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of optoelectronic devices, photonic integrated circuits, and LEDs for solid-state lighting.
2025 IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal: Frans M. J. Willems
The 2025 IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal was presented to Frans M. J. Willems for contributions to multiuser information theory, source coding, and information-theoretic security.
2025 IEEE Simon Ramo Medal: Ochs, Menzel, Willoughby
The 2025 IEEE Simon Ramo Medal was presented to Bill Ochs, Mike Menzel, and Scott Willoughby for the development of the James Webb Space Telescope, first deployed to see the earliest galaxies in the universe.
2025 IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology: James J. Collins
The 2025 IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology was presented to James J. Collins contributions to synthetic gene circuits and programmable cells, launching the field of synthetic biology, impacting healthcare applications.
2025 IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal: Andrea Goldsmith
The 2025 IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus Medal was presented to Andrea Goldsmith for contributions to and leadership in wireless communications theory and practice.
2025 IEEE Edison Medal: Daniela Rus
The 2025 IEEE Edison Medal was presented to Daniela Rus for sustained leadership and pioneering contributions in modern robotics.
2025 IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies & Applications: Kamal Sarabandi
The 2025 IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications was presented to Kamal Sarabandi for sustained contributions to advancing radar science and technology for remote sensing and automotive and through-the-wall applications.
2025 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal: Richard G. Baraniuk
The 2025 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal was presented to Richard G. Baraniuk for contributions to multiscale and sparse signal processing.
2025 IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal: Kinam Kim
The 2025 IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal was presented to Kinam Kim for leadership in and contributions to technological breakthroughs and strategic vision in memory and mobile processors.
2025 IEEE John Von Neumann Medal: Miklós Ajtai
The 2025 IEEE John Von Neumann Medal was presented to Miklós Ajtai for contributions to establishing lower bounds in computational complexity and founding lattice-based cryptography.
2025 IEEE Jagadish Chandra Bose Medal in Wireless Communications: Seizo Onoe
The 2025 IEEE Jagadish Chandra Bose Medal in Wireless Communications was presented to Seizo Onoe for contributions to the development, collaborative facilitation, and deployment of 3G and 4G mobile communication systems through R&D and global standardization.
2025 IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal: Jan M. Rabaey
The 2025 IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal was presented to Jan M. Rabaey for worldwide impact in integrated circuits and systems through inspirational teaching, textbook development, and visionary leadership.
2025 IEEE Medal In Power Engineering: Johann W. Kolar
The 2025 IEEE Medal In Power Engineering was presented to Johann W. Kolar for pioneering contributions to and leadership in power electronics systems, grid interfacing technologies, and ultra-high-speed motor drives.
2025 IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal: Robert W. Heath, Jr.
The 2025 IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal was presented to Robert W. Heath, Jr., for contributions to multiple-antenna technologies in wireless networks.
2025 IEEE Jun-Ichi Nishizawa Medal: Robert W. Dutton
The 2025 IEEE Jun-Ichi Nishizawa Medal was presented to Robert W. Dutton for contributions to and leadership in developing Technology Computer-Aided Design (TCAD) tools for the semiconductor industry.
2025 IEEE Medal for Environmental & Safety Technologies: Issa Batarseh
The 2025 IEEE Medal for Environmental & Safety Technologies was presented to Issa Batarseh for pioneering contributions to the advancement of renewable energy systems through significant improvement in the overall energy efficiency of microinverters.
2025 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal: Richard D. Gitlin
The 2025 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal was presented to Richard D. Gitlin for high-impact contributions to communications systems and networks.
2025 IEEE Medal of Honor: Henry Samueli
The IEEE Medal of Honor was presented to Henry Samueli at the 2025 IEEE Honors Ceremony for pioneering research and commercialization of broadband communication and networking technologies, and promotion of STEM education.