Awards and honors

Bernardo Huberman leads research in information dynamics, examining the relationship between the local actions and the global behavior of large distributed systems, such as the Internet. Huberman, a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science, is one of the creators of the field of ecology of computation.

Norman Jouppi is recognized for his groundbreaking work in the design and analysis of high-performance microprocessors and memory systems. He leads the HP Labs effort to design and develop advanced architectures for data systems.

Chandrakant Patel, known for his pioneering work in energy-efficient computing, is responsible for strategically engaging in thermo-mechanical research for future microprocessors, workstations, servers and data centers. His research now focuses on developing a "smart" data center that integrates power, cooling and system architecture.

Robert E. Tarjan is a well-known expert in the design and analysis of computer algorithms. He is a member of Hewlett-Packard's Office of Strategy and Technology. Among other honors, Tarjan has received the Turing Award and the first Nevanlinna Prize in Information Science.

Stan Williams leads HP's quantum science research, exploring new approaches to nanometer-scale electronics that could become the integrated circuits of the future. Among other honors, Williams is a winner of the Feynman Prize for Nanotechnology and the Julius Springer Award for Applied Physics.

Ray Beausoleil is recognized for his groundbreaking work in the area of nanophotonics for integrated circuit applications. He was the key technical contributor to the launch of HP Labs' Information and Quantum Systems Laboratory's optical interconnects program.

Charlie Bess is a widely known expert on generating value at the intersection of business and technology trends across a variety of industries. His current focus is at the boundary between HP labs and the HP services organizations.

Paul Congdon is recognized within the networking industry as a widely esteemed inventor and leader in driving industry standards for Ethernet, LAN switching and associated protocols.

Umesh Dayal is a widely known expert in data management, data mining and business-process management who has made fundamental contributions to the field. He leads the intelligent enterprise research program, which combines decision technologies, business-process management and enterprise solutions technologies.

Jamie Erbes is director of the Services Research Lab. Prior to joining HP Labs she held numerous leadership roles at a variety of companies. At EDS she helped launch a new service line focused on global automation and enabling technologies in support of ITIL service management processes.

Goetz Graefe is one of the most accomplished and influential technologists in the areas of database query optimization and query processing. He is currently pursuing research in business intelligence, specifically on improving robustness, reliability and total cost of ownership of HP's business intelligence products.

Jeff Mogul has contributed extensively to the understanding and design of Internet protocols and servers, especially – but not exclusively – concerning HTTP. He likes to work at the boundary between networks and operating systems, and at the boundary between corporate and academic research.

Partha Ranganathan is recognized for his vision and leadership in server and datacenter system architecture innovation. He has consistently made key research contributions by bridging research from multiple interdisciplinary areas. He’s also widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in the area of energy efficiency and server architectures.

Ronald Schafer is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on digital signal processing. Schafer, who co-authored the digital signal processing field's definitive guide and did some of the earliest research in the field, is currently exploring problems of acoustic signal processing for audio communication and entertainment.

Steve Simske is recognized as a worldwide thought and research leader for security printing and imaging. Using the intersection of security, printing technologies and image-based reading technologies, Steve has created new businesses in supply chain, product/customer interaction, data hosting and analytics for HP.

Bruce Walker is recognized for pioneering achievements in Unix clustering, cluster file systems and SSI (Single System Image) clustering.

Chosen by their peers, elected members of the NAE members considered to be among the world’s most accomplished engineers.

» Ron Schafer – for research, teaching and leadership in signal processing (1994)

» Bob Tarjan – for fundamental achievements in the design and analysis of data structures and computer algorithms (1988)

Election to membership in the National Academy of Sciences is one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer. Academy membership recognizes those who have made distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

» Bob Tarjan – a principal developer of sophisticated techniques for attaining very high efficiency in the manipulation of computer data structures, he has contributed techniques to many fields, including computational geometry, graph theory and numerical analysis. (1987)

Recognizes an extraordinary record of accomplishments that contributed importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology.

» Mitch Trott (2011)
For contributions to wireless communication.

» Erik Ordentlich (2011)
For contributions to universal algorithms and data compression.

» Dejan Milojicic (2010)
For contributions to distributed systems software and mobile programming abstractions.

» Michael Schlansker (2009)
For contributions to architectures and compilers that exploit instruction-level parallelism.

» Chandrakant Patel (2008)
For leadership in thermal and energy management in data centers.

» John Apostolopoulos (2008)
For contributions to the principles and practice of video communications and secure media streaming.

» Marcelo Weinberger (2007)
For contributions to data compression.

» Jack Brassil (2005)
For contributions to computer networking and the communication theoretic analysis of information-hiding and privacy systems.

» Norm Jouppi (2003)
For contributions to the design and analysis of high-performance processors and memory systems.

» Shih-Yuan Wang (1998)
For research and development of photonic high-speed photodetectors and surface-emitting lasers (1998)

» David Lee (1997)
For contributions to theory and industrial applications of the design and testing of communication protocols.

» Prith Banerjee (1995)
For contributions to the application of parallel computing to computer-aided design of VLSI circuits

» Ronald Schafer (1977)
For contributions to digital signal processing and speech communication

 

Recognizes outstanding members for their achievements in computer science and information technology, and for significant contributions to the mission of the ACM. 

» Umeshwar Dayal (2008)
For contributions to managing federated, active, and heterogeneous databases

» Norman Jouppi (2006)
For contributions to the design and analysis of high-performance processors and memory systems

» Jeffrey Mogul (2001)
For significant contributions in operating systems, file systems, Web caching, Internet performance and Internet standards

» Prith Banerjee (2000)
For contributions in parallel computing, specifically in the design of parallel algorithms for VLSI CAD, and the development of parallelizing compiler techniques for distributed memory multiprocessors

» Bob Tarjan (1994)
for fundamental achievements in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures

» Ron Schafer – for contributions to the digital signal processing of speech and other acoustic signals

Elected by their peers, AAAS Fellows are recognized for meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications.

» Prith Banerjee – for contributions to the design of parallel algorithms for VLSI computer-aided design, parallelizing compilers, and compilation of high-level language applications to hardware (2005)

» Bernardo Huberman – for seminal contributions to the study of complexity in distributed computational systems (2004)

» Bob Tarjan – for brilliant and important studies of the mathematical foundations of computing science which have resulted in important new data structures and algorithms (1990)

» Jaap Suermondt – for expertise and contributions in biomedical informatics (2009)

Election to membership honors extraordinary accomplishments in all fields.

» Bob Tarjan – recognized as among the world's most gifted computer scientists for his important algorithms (1990)

Recognizes members who have made advances in knowledge through original research and publication, or made significant and innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology.

» Alexandre "Alex" Bratkovski – for contributions to the theory of magnetoresistance and spin injection and design of electronic and spintronic nanodevices, which contributed to the development of a new type of non-volatile magnetoresistance memory devices (2005)

» Bernardo Huberman– for theoretical discoveries of novel phenomena in many condensed matter systems -ranging from superionic conductors to turbulent solids (1981)

Warren Jackson – for work developing photothermal deflection spectroscopy and work on amorphous silicon (1991)

Lueny Morell – recognized for outstanding contributions to engineering technology education (2010)

The most senior professional grade awarded by the leading professional body for those working in IT.

» Chris Tofts (2006)

Recognizes individual contributions and leadership in the achievement of science and technology in the area of electrochemistry and solid-state sciences.

Awarded for outstanding contributions to the development or application of mathematics.

» Chris Tofts (2004)

Recognizes members who have made significant scientific and technical contributions in the multidisciplinary fields of optics, photonics and imaging.

» Giordano Beretta – for achievements in the area of electronic imaging  (2002)

Recognizes members who have served with distinction in the advancement of optics.

» Shih-Yuan (SY) Wang – for advances in optics, particularly high-speed photodiodes (1992)

Awarded for outstanding achievement in imaging science or engineering.

» Steve Simske – for his leadership and innovation in the area of security printing and imaging. (2010)

» Nathan Moroney – for his contributions to scientific experimentation, practical application and standardization of innovative color imaging technologies. (2008)

» Giordano Beretta – in recognition of contributions to imaging (2001)

» Robert Schreiber – for contributions to parallel and high performance computing, and algorithms for matrix computations. (2010)

Recognizes members who have made significant technical and scientific contributions in optics and optoelectronics.

» Giordano Beretta – for achievements in the area of electronic imaging (2002)

Scientific and Technical Award ("technical Oscar")

Bill Holland – for contributions to the motion picture industry in the field of motion control technology (1988)

Distinguished Member
» Hans Boehm – author of the primary author of a widely used open source "garbage collector" – a method of automated memory management in systems (2006)

Distinguished Member
» Rob Schreiber – a leader in the fields of high-performance computing languages, compilers, machine architecture, and algorithms (2006)

Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN)
» Hans Boehm  – Distinguished Service Award (2006)

SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovation Award
» Umesh Dayal – for a succession of pioneering, influential contributions in distributed heterogeneous databases, high-performance active databases, generalized transitive closure, transaction models for long-running activities, and business process discovery, among other topics (2010)

Frederick Emmons Terman award
Bestowed annually to an outstanding young electrical engineering educator in recognition of the educator's contributions to the profession.

» Prith Banerjee – for publishing the textbook "Parallel Algorithms for VLSI CAD" (1996)

Outstanding Technical Achievement

Pano Santos – for outstanding achievement in mathematics and for his work bringing technology to projects to help others (2004)

Leadership Award

Jim Brug – for pioneering leadership of joint R&D for the hard disk drive industry and the ATP Ultrahigh Density Heads Project (1997)

Taylor L. Booth Education Award

» Prith Banerjee – for outstanding contributions in advancing computer science and engineering education through research, teaching, writing a graduate level textbook, and developing a new computational science and engineering graduate program (2000)

Leadership Award

Wayne Johnson – for visionary leadership in creating global frameworks to build capacity and accelerate the transfer of knowledge and talent in a federated world (2006)

Meritorious Service Award

Lueny Morell – for superior accomplishments in international engineering education (2006)

Science, Technology & Engineering Emmy Award

Sam Lieu of HP Labs and the team that developed the MPEGscope product line received this award for work that provided the first reliable way to ensure that digital TV viewers would see the picture or hear the sound the way broadcasters intended. (1999)

Presidential Young Investigators' Award
Among the highest honors given by the U.S. government to outstanding young scientists and engineers who are selected for their ability to contribute to the future vitality of the nation's scientific and engineering effort.

» Prith Banerjee – for research in the areas of parallel algorithms and architectures (1987)

Elected membership acknowledges contributions made towards the progress of the engineering profession.

Lueny Morell (2006)

» Giordano Beretta (2009)

Horizon Award
Recognizes companies developing innovative, promising technologies that hold the potential to significantly affect enterprises in the near future

» Memory Spot wireless data chip (2007)
» Tycoon IT resource allocation system (2006)
» Jena Semantic Web toolkit (honorable mention) (2006)
» Molecular-scale cross-bar electronics (honorable mention) (2005)

2010 Golden Mouse Trap Award for HP’s MEMS Accelerometer

Memristor featured in the nanotechnology exhibit.

CeNSE MEMS accelerometer selected for EE Times’ ACE Awards for “Most Promising New Technology of 2010”

EDN Innovation Award in the Accelerometer category: Digital MEMS accelerometer, Hewlett-Packard (2010)

2010 FLEXI Award: HP Labs’ Self-Aligning Imprint Lithography (SAIL) process recognized.

Top 50 influential Hispanics in technology and business

» Pano Santos – most important Hispanics in technology (2010)

» Pano Santos – for scientific and philanthropic activities (2005)

Technology of the Year
Recognizes developments that show great potential for redirecting business opportunities and creating new growth in the manufacturing world.

Molecular electronics research (2002)

Northern California's ABC affiliate recognizes community leaders and trailblazers in the region.

Chandrakant Patel - for leadership in science, technology, and education (2007)

Top Young Innovators under 35
An annual list of 35 innovators under the age of 35 judged to exemplify the spirit of innovation in business, technology and the arts.

» Partha Ranganathan – for innovations in power-aware computing systems (2007)
» John Apostolopoulos – for innovations improving the security of streaming video on the Web (2003)

Technology Review India has anchored TRI Grand Challenges aimed at finding innovative technologies and solutions relevant to solving some of the most urgent challenges facing the Indian nation.

 HP Labs India – SiteonMobile and Future of School Vision projects are among the seven winners of “Grand Challenges for Technologists in India.” (2011)

10th Annual Year in Ideas: Social Media as Social Index highlights social media influence algorithm.

Best of what's new – general innovation
Honors innovations that not only influence the way we live today, but change the way we think about the future.

» Memory Spot wireless data chip (2006)

CeNSE named among “Top 10 Internet of Things Development of 2010”

Scientific American 50 Annual list of 50 technologies that demonstrate outstanding leadership in science and technology.

» Memory Spot wireless data chip (2006)
» Nanoscale circuits (2005)
» Advancements in molecular electronics and nanoimprint lithography (2002)

Best of Small Tech - Researcher of the Year

» Phil Kuekes – for contributions to the nanoscale crossbar latch and other advances (2005)

Global Technology Innovation in Semiconductors, runner up

» Quantum Science Research – for the molecular crossbar latch - a technology that may be able to replace transistors (2005)