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AWARDS

Richard Kuhn Receives 2018 IEEE Innovation Award in Societal Infrastructure Award

2018 IEEE Innovation Award in Societal Infrastructure Award

The IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award was established in 2011.

Sponsors: Hitachi, Ltd. and IEEE Computer Society

Presented to: An individual, team, or multiple recipients up to three

Scope: For significant technological achievements and contributions to the establishment, development, and proliferation of innovative societal infrastructure systems through the application of information technology with an emphasis on distributed computing systems

Prize: The award consists of a bronze medal, certificate, and cash honorarium.

Basis for judging: In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: impact on society with an emphasis on contributions to efficient infrastructure systems (e.g. breadth of use, energy savings, resource utilization, cost efficiency) as well as market size/revenue; originality of systems concept; leadership; impact on innovation; extension to further technological development; and quality of nomination.

Winner's Name

Richard Kuhn

Awarded

June 26, 2017

Awarding Organization

IEEE

Congratulations to Richard Kuhn for receiving the 2018 IEEE Innovation Award in Societal Infrastructure Award, for advancing the foundations and practice of information security through creation, development, and technology transfer of role-based access control (RBAC). This award recognizes significant technological achievements and contributions to the establishment, development, and proliferation of innovative societal infrastructure systems through the application of information technology with an emphasis on distributed computing systems.

Information technology