Description
To recognize meritorious and significant service to any SMC Society-sponsored activity. (Established in 2014)
Prize
Certificate. Up to six (6) awards made annually. No award will be given if no qualified candidate is identified.
Funding
Funded by the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society.
Eligibility
Open to any person who has contributed to any SMC sponsored activity.
Basis for Judging
Exceptional administrative, managerial and leadership achievement by anyone in any SMCS sponsored activity. Includes contributions as a Society officer, BoG member, associate editor or participant in the management of SMCS-sponsored events.
Presentation
At any appropriate SMC Society function.
Past Awardees
2024
- Yo-Ping Huang
For meritorious and significant service leading IEEE SMC Society conferences and meetings activities, and educating talent students to industry
2023
- Peng Shi, Yingxu Wang
For meritorious and significant service toward establishment of the IEEE Letters on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics.
2022
- Anikó Szakál
For meritorious and significant service to IEEE SMC Society sponsored and technically co-sponsored conferences and symposia - Chun Sing Lai
For meritorious and significant service to IEEE SMC Society technical activities and standards development - Jay (Jiacun) Wang
For meritorious and significant improvements to IEEE SMC Society project management and operations - Robert Kozma
For meritorious and significant service organizing the landmark 50th Anniversary Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems - Christopher Nemeth
For meritorious and significant service leading IEEE SMC Society promotion, branding, and industrial liaison activities - Anthony Maciejewski
For meritorious and significant service as Program Chair of the IEEE SMC 2021 conference
2021
- Giancarlo Fortino
For meritorious and significant service to the SMC Society as a Board of Governors Member - Ferat Sahin
For meritorious and significant service to the SMC Society as a Board of Governors Member
2020
- Tiago Falk
For meritorious and significant service to SMC Society-sponsored BMI technical activities - Ying Gina Tang
For meritorious and significant service to SMC as SMCS Secretary - Mengchu Zhou
For meritorious and significant service to SMC as VP Conferences & Meetings and SMCS Secretary - Liping Fang
For meritorious and significant service to SMC
2019
- Saeid Nahavandi
For meritorious and significant service to SMC Society-sponsored activities. - Tadahiko Murata
For meritorious and significant service to SMC Society-sponsored activities as the SMC 2018 Program Chair. - Witold Pedrycz
For meritorious and significant service to SMC Society-sponsored activities as the SMC 2017 Program Chair. - Irene Cheng
For meritorious and significant service to SMC Society-sponsored activities as the SMC 2017 Program Chair. - Vladik Kreinovich
For meritorious and significant service to SMC Society-sponsored activities as the SMC Vice President (Publications) 2015-2018. - György Eigner
For meritorious and significant service to SMC Society-sponsored activities. - Roxanna Pakkar
For meritorious and significant service to SMC Society-sponsored activities. - Mingcong Deng
For meritorious and significant service to SMC Society-sponsored activities.
2018
- Haibin Zhu
For sustained outstanding service to SMC Society conferences, technical activities and publication
2014
- Ni-Bin Chang
“For meritorious and significant service to SMC Society-sponsored activities.” - Mingcong Deng
“For meritorious and significant service to SMC Society-sponsored activities.”
