TI is proud to sponsor one of the most prestigious honors in the IEEE Society, a medal award.  Established in 1995 and named for inventor, leader, TI-er and Nobel Prize winner, Jack S. Kilby, the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal  is awarded for outstanding achievements in embedded processing. Congratulations to Dr. Harry Van Trees (University Professor Emeritus Affiliation, George Mason University) as the 2015 recipient.

 Dr. Harry Van Trees with IEEE President-Elect Barry Shoop and IEEE President Howard Michel.

Awarded each year at the annual IEEE Honors Ceremony, many of the great leaders of our times in electrical and electronic engineering have received the Kilby medal. We are very grateful that the 2015 IEEE committee has chosen Dr. Van Trees, whose fundamental contributions to detection, estimation and modulation theory have greatly contributed to applications of embedded and signal processing. Considered one of the founders of detection and estimation theory, many of the current military radar, sonar, and missile defense systems rely on the concepts from his books, many of which he published while on faculty at MIT.  An IEEE Life Fellow, Dr. Van Trees considers the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal an honor rewarding him for his life’s work.   A lifetime of work should be celebrated with those one has spent a lifetime with and celebrating at the ceremony with Dr. Van Trees were his wife of 62 years and 31 of their family members who stood in recognition as the attendees applauded. 

Check out Dr. Van Trees being interviewed by RoboThespian:

The celebration of the IEEE Honor Ceremony is one that reminds me of the academy awards, complete with red carpet, celebrities, great food and entertainment and wonderful comradery. This year attendees received a treat to meet RoboThespian (a life size robot designed for human interaction)! I usually love attending to thank and congratulate our faculty and industry friends and colleagues.  While I regret I was not able to personally attend this year in New York City due to other travel commitments, the IEEE streams the event and posts the video so we can all join remotely.  

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