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This year, VTS awards were presented during the Awards
Luncheon on 26 September 2017 at VTC2017-Fall in Toronto, Canada. Some
will also be presented at the Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference
(VPPC) in Belfort, France 11–14 December 2017. This report lists
the awards presented, this year’s recipients, and a short
description of each award.
VTS Chapter of the Year
This award recognizes the outstanding Chapter of IEEE
Vehicular Technology Society out of all active VTS Chapters. The basis
for judging includes the following criteria:
- Service to chapter membership in terms of technical activities
- Service to chapter membership in terms of societal activities
- Chapter membership advancement, fellow nominations, and awards
- Chapter membership growth
The award consists of a plaque presented to the Chair
of the Chapter.
2017 Awardee: Malaysia Joint ComSoc/VTS Chapter (Chair: Prof.
Ir. Dr. Aduwati Binti Sali, Universti Putra Malaysia)
Presented by Gordon Stüber, Awards Chair (left) and Javier Gonzálves, VTS President (right)
Best Paper Awards
The Best Paper Awards recognize the best papers published
in the Transactions of Vehicular Technology over the period 2011—17 in the
following four areas: Systems, Propagation, Vehicular Electronics, and Land
Transportation. Each award consists of a Certificate for each co-author and
$500 equally divided among all co-authors. The basis for judging includes the
number of citations, excluding self-citations, in various citation databases.
2017 Jack Neubauer Memorial Award
This award is given to the best Systems paper published
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
Awarded to “Design and Characterization of a Full-Duplex
Multiantenna System for WiFi Networks” by Melissa Duarte, Ashutosh
Sabharwal, Vaneet Aggarwal, Rittwik Jana, K. K. Ramakrishnan, Christopher W.
Rice and N. K. Shankaranarayanan.
2017 Neal Shepherd Memorial Best Propagation Paper Award
This award is given to the best Propagation paper
published in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
Awarded to “Investigation of prediction accuracy, sensitivity,
and parameter stability of large-scale propagation path loss models for 5G
wireless communications” by Shu Sun, Theodore S. Rappaport, Timothy A.
Thomas, Amitava Ghosh, Huan C. Nguyen, István Z. Kovács, Ignacio
Rodriguez, Ozge Koymen and Andrzej Partyka
2017 Best Vehicular Electronics Paper Award
This award, to be presented at VPPC 2017, is given to the best paper relating to Vehicular Electronics published in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
Awarded to “Energy management of a fuel cell/supercapacitor/battery power source for electric vehicular applications” by Majid Zandi, Alireza Payman, Jean-Philippe Martin, Serge Pierfederici, Bernard Davat and Farid Meibody-Tabar
2017 Best Land Transportation Paper Award
This award is given to the best paper related to Land Transportation
published in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
Awarded to “Pseudonym changing at social spots: An effective
strategy for location privacy in VANETs” by Rongxing Lu, Xiaodong Lin,
Tom H. Luan, Xiaohui Liang and Xuemin Shen
Significant Individual
Accomplishment/Service Awards
2017 Outstanding Service Award
For individuals who provide outstanding volunteer
contributions to the VTS Board of Governors and to the Society. It consists of a
Plaque and $250.
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Recipient
Paul White
HNTB Corporation, USA
Citation: For the founding and long-term leadership of IEEE rail traction power standards development. |
(To be presented at VPPC 2017)
Recipient
Alain Bouscayrol
Université Lille 1, France
Citation: For contributions to the development of vehicle power and propulsion activities within the Society. |
2017 James Evans Avant Garde Award
For leadership and continuing contributions in promoting new technology in
the field of Vehicular Communications and Electronics. It consists of a
Certificate and $250.
Recipient:
Anthony Soong
Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
Huawei R&D USA
Citation: for contributions to the development and standardization of
commercial cellular systems. |
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2017 Stuart Meyer Memorial Award
For VTS members who have both served the Society and contributed to thedevelopment of radio technology and science in an outstanding and exemplarymanner. It consists of a plaque and $2500.
Recipient:
Fumiyuki Adachi
Tohoku University, Japan
Citation: For significant research contributions and exceptional communityservice with respect to advanced wireless signal processing algorithms formobile radio. |
2017 IEEE Fellows
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Hamid Sharif |
Witold Krzymien |
VTC2017-Fall General Chair Recognition Award
This award is given to the General Chair, in appreciation of their tremendous effort to organize and host the Society's flagship conference, VTC.
Halim Yanikomeroglu
On right, presented by JR Cruz, VP—Conferences (left) |
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