Wireless Innovation Forum Achievement Awards

Wireless Innovation Forum President’s Award
(Replaces the Contributors Award)

 This Award is presented to individuals in recognition of their sustained outstanding contributions in support of the Wireless Innovation Forum and its activities.  

  • Winners are chosen by the President (Chair) and Vice-President (ViceChair) of the WInnForum on an annual basis from among the active member representatives participating in the WInnForum’s various work groups, task groups and special interest groups.
  • Multiple awards may be given in a single year, however if no winners are chosen in a given year, no awards will be given. 
  • Winners of this award will be listed on the WInnForum’s Achievement Awards web page, receive a commemorative plaque, and receive a lifetime honorary membership in the Wireless Innovation Forum.

 

 

The Vanu Bose Award for Leadership in Wireless Innovation
(Replaces the International Achievement Award)

This award, named after the 2005 International Achievement winner the late Dr. Vanu Bose in honor of his leadership and ideals in driving innovation in the advanced wireless market, is presented to an individual, group of individuals, or organization that made especially significant contributions in furthering the global mission of the Wireless Innovation Forum. 

  • WInnForum Staff will solicit nominations for this award from the membership on an annual basis.
  • Nominees can come from within the membership or from an outside entity. 
  • The Board of Directors will review and approve any nominations received.
  • Multiple awards may be given in a single year, however if no nominations are approved, no awards will be given.
  • Winners of this award will be listed on the WInnForum’s Achievement Awards web page, receive a commemorative plaque, and receive a lifetime honorary membership in the Wireless Innovation Forum, as per policy 0142.

Wireless Innovation Forum Technology of the Year

This award has been presented to an individual or organization for a breakthrough product or technology related to the WInnForum's top 10 most wanted innovation list (http://www.wirelessinnovation.org/top-ten-wireless-innovations).

- Ad hoc awards may be given by the Board for specific wireless innovations of note. 

 

 

Awards are also made each year to the authors of the top papers from the previous year's Technical Conference, as determined by an independent panel of judges. The list of these papers is available here.

The Forum's Awards policy is here.

Wireless Innovation Forum Hall of Fame

NameAward
Elvira Pearce, U.S. Navy
Mike Mearns, U.S. Navy
Keri Pasquini-Thompson, Department of Defense
Ed Drocella, National Telecommunications and Information Administration		 2024 Vanu Bose Award for Leadership in Wireless Innovation
Austin Egbert, Idan Raz 2023 President's Award
Sho Furichi, Sony 2022 President's Award
Marc Adrat, Fraunhofer FKIE 2021 President's Award
Bruce Oberlies, Motorola Solutions 2019 Vanu Bose Award for Leadership in Wireless Innovation
Andrew Clegg, Google 2019 President's Award
Xilinx Versal ACAP
 2019 Technology of the Year
Michael Calabrese, New America Foundation 2018 Vanu Bose Award for Leadership in Wireless Innovation
Multiple Award Winners:
  • Richard Bernhardt of WISPA for his leadership of the team that has established the CBRS Certificate Authority (CA) Accreditation Program and the CBRS Certified Professional Installer (CPI) Training Program Administrators Accreditation
  • Kate Harrison of Google for leadership of the CBRS SAS Test Harness development team
  • Awaiz Khan of Ruckus Wireless for leadership of the CBRS CBSD Certification team
  • Francois Levesque of NordiaSoft for leadership of the SCA 4.1 Certification team
  • Masoud Olfat of Federated Wireless for leadership of the CBRS SAS Test Specification development team
 2018 President's Award
Greg Billock, Google 2017 President's Award
SVFuA (Streitkraeftegemeinsame, Verbundfaehige Funkgeraete-Ausstattung) Project 2017 Technology of the Year
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. mult. Ulrich L. Rohde, Rohde & Schwarz 2017 Leadership Award (Replaces International Achievement Award)
Preston Marshall and Ken Dingman 2015 President's Award
METIS Project’s Development of 5G radio channel models 2015 Technology of the Year
John Chapin 2015 Forum International Achievement Award
Eric Nicollet and Steve Bernier 2014 President's Award
NordiaSoft R-check Plugin for SCARI SW Suite 2014 Technology of the Year
Matt Ettus 2014 Forum International Achievement Award
Mark Turner and Bruce Oberlies 2013 President's Award
Institute for Telecommunications Research (ITR)  2013 Technology of the Year
Mark Turner 2013 Forum International Achievement Award
Dr. John Glossner 2012 President's Award
Weightless 2012 Technology of the Year
Dr. Jeff Reed 2012 Forum International Achievement Award
Claude Belisle 2011 President's Award
Elektrobit (EB) Specialized Device Platform 2011 Technology of the Year
JPEO JTRS TD/CTO 2011 Forum International Achievement Award
Terry L. Anderson 2010 SDR Forum President's Award
Ettus Research 2010 Technology of the Year
Communication Research Center Canada 2010 SDR Forum International Achievement Award
Bruce Fette 2009 SDR Forum President's Award
Harris Unity XG-100 Full-Spectrum Multiband Radio 2009 Technology of the Year
Eric Nicollet 2009 SDR Forum International Achievement Award
Christian Serra 2008 SDR Forum Contributor Award
Dale Hatfield 2008 Industry Achievement Award
Stephen Hope 2007 SDR Forum Contributor Award
Preston Marshall 2007 Industry Achievement Award
David Murotake 2006 SDR Forum Contributor Award
fred harris 2006 Industry Achievement Award
John Fitton 2005 SDR Forum Contributor Award
Peter Cook 2005 SDR Forum Contributor Award
Vanu Bose 2005 Industry Achievement Award
John Chapin 2005 Industry Achievement Award
Dr. Bruce Fette 2004 SDR Forum Contributor Award
Dr. Jeff Reed 2004 Industry Achievment Award
Takuzo Fujii 2003 SDR Forum Contributor Award
Dr. Jorge Pereira 2003 Industry Achievement Award
Wayne Bonser 2002 SDR Forum Contributor Award
Stephen Blust 2002 SDR Forum Contributor Award
Dr. Joe Mitola III 2002 Industry Achievement Award

 

 

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