Awards
WICE Awards
WICE presents four non-monetary awards annually to recognize members of IEEE ComSoc. The awards’ plaques are supported by the IEEE ComSoc and will be presented either at the IEEE Globecom or ICC conferences or at the WICE biennial workshop. Calls for award nominations, along with nomination deadlines, will be sent out through our mailing list. To join our mailing list, please follow the link.
The four awards are
WICE Outstanding Achievement Award
WICE Outstanding Service Award
WICE Early Achievement Award (New, approved Dec 2017)
Nominations will be solicited by email from the WICE members. All nominations must be sent to the WICE Chair in PDF or text format by the deadline specified in the request for nominations. The nominations should include a concise description of the candidate’s accomplishments as related to the paarticular award. Any person may nominate a candidate for the award, except the members of the WICE Award Selection Committee.
The members of this year’s Award Selection Committee are (in alphabetical order):
Jean Armstrong
Angel Sara Cacciapuoti
Sinem Coleri Ergen
Ana Garcia Armada (chair)
Shalinee Kishore
Award Recipients:
Early Achievement Award
2019: Toktam Mahmoodi
Outstanding Achievement Award
2019: Milica Stojanovic
2018: Aylin Yener
2017: Urbashi Mitra
2016: Elza Erkip
2015: Muriel Medard
2014: Andrea Goldsmith
Outstanding Service Award
2019: Maite Brant-Pierce
2018: Octavia Dobre
2017: Heather Yu
2016: Shalinee Kishore
2015: Elena Neira
2014: Sarah Kate Wilson
Mentorship Award
2019: John Cioffi
2017: Andrea Goldsmith
2016: Urbashi Mitra
2015: Vincent Poor
2014: Larry Greenstein