[Storage-research-list] call for nominations: IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award

[Garth Gibson]

Call for nominations: 

IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award

For outstanding contributions to information storage systems, with emphasis on computer storage systems.

The IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award was established by the Board of Directors in 1992. It is named in honor of Reynold B. Johnson, who is renowned as a pioneer of magnetic disk technology and was founding manager of the IBM San Jose Research and Engineering Laboratory, San Jose, California in 1952, where IBM research and development in the field was centered.

PRESENTED TO - An individual, multiple recipients or team of up to three in number.

Nomination Deadline: 31 January (Annually)

Selection criteria include:
(a) Computer storage is emphasized
(b) Achievement may relate to materials, concepts, design, hardware or software, may be theoretical or experimental, but will be judged on the impact and the historical significance on the evolution of computer storage systems.

PRIZE - Recipient will receive a bronze medal, certificate, and US$10,000 honorarium.

SPONSOR – Hitachi Data Systems

Nomination guidelines and forms can be downloaded from the IEEE Awards Web site at: http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/tfas/johnson.html


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