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2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony
The 2011 IEEE Honors Ceremony will be held on Saturday, 20 August at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, Calif, USA, in conjunction with the 2011 Sections Congress. IEEE President, Moshe Kam, will serve as the Master of Ceremonies along with co-presenter, IEEE President-Elect, Gordon Day.
The theme for this year's ceremony is the Power of Persistence. The program for the evening will include the recognition of 27 recipients including the Medal of Honor recipient, Morris Chang.
The IEEE Honors Ceremony will be available to view live on Saturday, 20 August at 6:00 p.m. PDT (1:00:00 UTC Sunday, 21 August) on the IEEE.tv network.
2011 IEEE Medal of Honor Recipient:
Morris Chang
For outstanding leadership in the semiconductor industry
Morris Chang’s visionary leadership shaped the technology policy for an entire nation and revolutionized how the semiconductor industry does business around the world. With pioneering concepts such as the dedicated IC foundry, “fabless” IC design and virtual fabrication services, he revolutionized Taiwan’s semiconductor development and impacted the global semiconductor industry. Dr. Chang was recruited by the Taiwan government to help strengthen its semiconductor industry and became president of Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute in 1985. He founded the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in 1987 as the world’s first dedicated IC foundry company. TSMC became the template for fabrication houses that followed, and through Dr. Chang’s leadership it developed into the largest silicon foundry in the world.
An IEEE Life Member, Dr. Chang is currently the chairman and chief executive officer of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, Taiwan.
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