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Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 7 February 2007
IEEE award recognises algorithm development
Prof Thomas Kailath has been selected to receive the 2007 IEEE Medal of Honour, the institute's top award
Clear Shape Technologies cofounder Prof Thomas Kailath has been selected to receive the 2007 IEEE Medal of Honour, the institute's top award. The board of directors of the IEEE has recognised Prof Kailath for exceptional development of powerful algorithms in the fields of communications, computing, control and signal processing.
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He will receive the gold medal, bronze replica, and certificate at an honours ceremony this June at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel.
The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society, with 365,000 members in 160 countries.
Each year the IEEE Awards Board recommends a select group of recipients to receive the IEEE's most prestigious honours, and the Medal of honour is the top award.
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'Professor Kailath is a globally recognised leader in digital signal processing and system theory'.
'His work has made a fundamental difference to the advancement of technology, leading to breakthroughs ranging from semiconductor manufacturing and VLSI architectures for signal processing to wireless communication and radar', said Leah Jamieson, 2007 IEEE President and CEO.
'It is an honour for the IEEE to be able to recognise him with our most prestigious award', she added.
Prof Kailath received his ScD from MIT in 1961.
Less than two years later, after a stay at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories in a group where pioneering contributions were made in digital communications, Kailath was recruited by Stanford's then provost, Fred Terman, to join Stanford as an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering.
He became a Full Professor in 1968 and is currently Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, emeritus at Stanford University.
Earlier this year, Prof Kailath was inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame.
Professor Kailath and Dr Yao-Ting Wang, cofounder, CTO and Chairman of Clear Shape Technologies, recognised the nature of variability issues arising in nanometre technologies.
Prof Kailath's algorithmic prowess combined with Dr Wang's grasp of issues around practicability of detailed optical effects for chip-level analysis helped Clear Shape to encapsulate their innovative ideas into practical variability-aware analysis and optimisation tools for IC designers.
'Clear Shape is extremely pleased with this industry recognition for Professor Kailath', commented Wang.
'We have directly benefited from Professor Kailath's talent in development of algorithms for complex analyses of semiconductor processes'.
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