The IEEE Board of Directors, at its November 2011 meeting, has elected Professor Magnus Egerstedt (CoE, ECE) and Professor Irfan Essa (CoC, SIC) to IEEE Fellow grade effective 1 January 2012.
The IEEE Board of Directors elevated Professor Magnus Egerstedt to IEEE Fellow, with the following citation: for contributions to hybrid and networked control, with applications in robotics.
The IEEE Board of Directors elevated Professor Irfan Essa to IEEE Fellow, with the following citation: for contributions to computer vision and graphics.
The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The total number selected in any one year cannot exceed one-tenth percent of the total voting membership. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.
