IEEE KOJI KOBAYASHI COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS AWARD RECIPIENTS

2022 – MURIEL MÉDARD “For contributions to the theory and practice of Cecil H. Green Professor of network coding, optical networks, and wireless and communications.” , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

2021 – HARI BALAKRISHNAN “For broad contributions to computer Professor, Massachusetts networking and mobile and wireless systems.” Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

2020 – BALAJI PRABHAKAR “For contributions to the theory and practice of VMware Founders Professor of network algorithms and protocols, in particular Computer Science, Professor of Internet routers, data centers, and self- Electrical Engineering and programming networks.” Computer Science and Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

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2019 – R. SRIKANT “For contributions to congestion control and Fredric G. and Elizabeth H. scheduling in computer communication Nearing Endowed Professor, networks.” Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Coordinated Science Lab, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA

2018 - VICTOR BAHL “For contributions to wireless Distinguished Scientist, systems.” Research, Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, USA

2017 - KANNAN RAMCHANDRAN “For pioneering contributions to the theory and Professor, University of practice of distributed source and storage California, Berkeley, Berkeley, coding.” California, USA

2016 – LEANDROS TASSIULAS “For contributions to the scheduling and Professor, Yale University, stability analysis of networks.” New Haven, CT, USA

2015 - ALBERT GREENBERG “For fundamental contributions to large-scale Partner, Director Azure backbone networks and data-center networks.” Networking, Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, USA

2014 - GEORGE VARGHESE “For contributions to the field of network Principal Researcher, algorithmics and its applications to high-speed Microsoft Research, packet networks.” Mountain View, CA, USA

2013 - THOMAS EDWARD ANDERSON “For contributions to understanding and Robert E. Dinning Professor of improving the performance, reliability, and Computer Science & security of the Internet.” Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

2012 - JEAN WALRAND “For contributions to the theory and algorithms Professor of Electrical for high-speed switching and network resource Engineering and Computer allocation.” Sciences, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

2011 - THOMAS J. RICHARDSON “For developing the theory and practice of Vice President Engineering transmitting data reliably at rates approaching Qualcomm Flarion channel capacity.”

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Technologies NJ, USA AND RÜEDIGER L. URBANKE Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland

2010 – LARRY PETERSON “For ground-breaking contributions to the Robert E. Kahn Professor design, implementation, and deployment of Princeton University networked software systems.” Princeton, NJ, USA

2009 – NICK MCKEOWN “For pioneering contributions to the theory and Associate Professor of Electrical practice of input-queued switches, their Engineering, Stanford scheduling algorithms, and router buffers.” University, Stanford, CA, USA

2008 - DON COPPERSMITH “For outstanding achievement and ground Research Staff Member, CCR breaking contributions in computational Princeton, complexity and the theory and practice of Princeton, NJ, USA ”

2007 – DONALD F. TOWSLEY “For fundamental contributions to the theory Professor, Department of and practice of computers and communication Computer Science, networks.” Amherst, MA

2006 - NICHOLAS F. MAXEMCHUK “For contributions to Metropolitan and Local Professor Area Networks, reliable multicast and protocol Columbia University testing.” New York, NY, USA

2005 – FRANK KELLY “For contributions to the development of Professor, Statistical fundamental theories for the understanding, Laboratory, Centre for performance evaluation, and enhancement of Mathematical Sciences, telecommunications networks.” University of Cambridge Cambridge, England

2004 – NOT AWARDED

2003 - BRUCE HAJEK "For the application of stochastic and Founders Professor of probabilistic theory to improved understanding Engineering, College of of computer-network behavior, particularly, the Engineering Professor modeling and performance optimization of Department of Electrical and multiple-access channels." Computer Engineering,

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Research Professor, Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

2002 – VAN JACOBSON "For major contributions to the understanding Packet Design of , and the development of Menlo Park, CA, USA congestion control mechanisms, enabling the successful scaling of the Internet."

2001- JOHN M. CIOFFI “For contributions to the development of Stanford University asynchronous technology, Stanford, CA, USA supporting theory.”

2000 - RONALD LINN RIVEST “For the revolutionary invention of the RSA MIT, Arlington, VA, USA public key cryptosystem which is the first to be AND widely-adopted.” ADI SHAMIR Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel AND LEONARD ADLEMAN University of California Northridge, CA , USA

1999 - WHITFIELD DIFFIE “For the revolutionary invention of public key Sun Microsystems cryptosystems which form the foundation for Palo Alto, CA, USA privacy, integrity and authentication in modern AND communication systems.” MARTIN E. HELLMAN Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA AND RALPH CHARLES MERKLE Xerox PARC Sunnyvale, CA, USA

1998 - JACK K. WOLF "For fundamental contributions to multi-user University of California communications and applications of coding San Diego, CA, USA theory to magnetic data storage devices."

1997 - TIMOTHY JOHN BERNERS-LEE "For conceiving and pioneering the World Wide Massachusetts Inst. of Web." Technology Cambridge, MA, USA

1996 - KANIANTHRA (MANI) CHANDY "For fundamental contributions to the theory California Inst. of Technology and practice of computer and communications

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Pasadena, CA, USA performance modeling."

1995 - NORMAN ABRAMSON "For development of the concept of the Aloha Database Associates System, which led to modern local area Honolulu, HI, USA networks."

1994 - JONATHAN SHIELDS TURNER "For fundamental contributions to Washington University communications and computing through St. Louis, MO, USA architectural innovation in high-speed packet networks."

1993 - GOTTFRIED UNGERBOECK "For contributions to signal processing for data IBM Zürich Research Lab. communications, specifically for pioneering Rüschlikon, Switzerland trellis-coded modulation."

1992 - VINTON G. CERF "For the creation of the concept of the AND Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol ROBERT E. KAHN architecture for packet switched internetting." Corp. for Nat'l Res. Initiatives Reston, VA, USA

1991 - STEPHEN S. LAVENBERG "For fundamental contributions to the theory IBM Corp. and practice of computer and communications Yorktown Heights., NY, USA systems performance modeling." AND MARTIN REISER IBM Zürich, Switzerland

1990 - ELWYN R. BERLEKAMP "For profound contributions, in mathematical Cyclotomics, Inc. theory and engineering practice, to Berkeley, CA, USA error-correcting codes for communications and data storage."

1989 - ALEXANDER G. FRASER "For contributions to computer communications AT&T Bell Labs. and the invention of virtual-circuit switching." Murray Hill, NJ, USA

1988 - STUART WECKER "For contributions to distributed computer Bell Atlantic Co. network architectures and protocol." Sudbury, MA, USA

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