Stephen S. Yau

Awards

• Specical Award of the IEEE Computer Society, 2006 (for unsurpassed leadership and unfailing dedication and service to the Society and to the computer profession through establishing and cultivating every instance of IEEE COMPSAC conferences in the past 30 years)
• Overseas Outstanding Contributions Award of the Chinese Computer Federation, 2006 (for outstanding accomplishments in computer research, and contributions to the development of computer science and technology in China )
• Tsutomu Kanai Award of the IEEE Computer Society, 2002 (for outstanding contributions to distributed computing software engineering and promotion of the community of distributed computing software researchers)
• The IEEE Third Millennium Medal of the IEEE, 2000
• Special Award of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies, 1990
• Silver Core Award of International Federation for Information Processing, 1989
• Outstanding Contribution Award of the IEEE Computer Society, 1985 (for leadership of the award-winning Computer Magazine)
• Extraordinary Achievement Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1985 ( for editing the October, 1984 issue of the Computer Magazine on “The State of Computing” which won the Best Centennial Magazine Award from the IEEE )
• Centennial Medal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1984 (for outstanding contributions to the computer field)
• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1983
• The First Richard E. Merwin Award of IEEE Computer Society, 1981 (for distinguished service to the computer profession)
• Special award of the IEEE Computer Society, 1978 (for distinguished service in establishing COMPSAC, the IEEE Computer Society's International Computer Software and Applications Conference )
• Special award of the IEEE Computer Society, 1975 (for distinguished service as the President of the IEEE Computer Society, 1974 and 1975)
• Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1972 (for contributions to switching theory, the reliability of computing systems and engineering education)
• The Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement, 1964 (for contribution in Science)
• The Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute, 1963 (for the outstanding paper published in the Journal of the Franklin Institute in 1962)