Internet leader Patrick named IEEE Fellow
Former IBM vice president of Internet technology, John Patrick, now at Attitude LLC in Ridgefield, CT, is one of nine current and former IBMers who will officially become IEEE Fellows at the beginning of 2008. Considered one of the key drivers of the company's move to the Internet in the 1990s, John was honored for leadership in technical and policy development of the World Wide Web.
Recognized for innovative work in fields as varied as pervasive computing and optical lithography, the nine fellows from IBM are among only 295 members to reach that status for 2008.
IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology. ("IEEE" was originally an acronym for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., but now has now specific meaning.) The organization has some 370,000 members in more than 160 countries.
Those reaching Fellow status are recognized for unusual distinction in their profession and for extraordinary records of accomplishments in IEEE fields of interest. Their accomplishments must also make important contributions to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology while bringing significant value to society.
Three of the new fellows work at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights: George Chiu, cited for leadership in supercomputer technology; Jen-Yao Chung for contribution to the application of electronic business and web-based information systems; and Michael Gschwind for contributions to high-performance computer architecture and compilation technology.
Timothy Brunner of the IBM Semiconductor Research and Development Center in Ridgefield, CT, was named a fellow for contributions to optical lithography methods used to pattern integrated circuits.
At IBM Microelectronics in Hopewell Junction, NY, Fernando Guarin was named for contributions to semiconductor materials and reliability.
Also achieving fellow status were two IBMers at IBM Research in Hawthorne, NY: Chandrasekhar Naravanaswami, for contributions to pervasive computing systems, and Debanian Saha, for contributions to traffic management and intelligent network control planes.
Sani Nassif of IBM, Austin, was honored for contributions to semiconductor manufacturing processes.
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