Selected Awards and Honors of Edwin K. P. Chong

• Athletics 1976 (Original inscription: Olahraga Rendah Ke-13.D. Kelang, 27hb & 29hb Mei 1976, Tajaan Sykt. Fung Keong (M) Bhd.)
• Mathematics Quiz 1981, Association of Science & Mathematics, Champion Team Form 3 (Original inscription: Kuiz Matematika 1981, Persatuan Sains & Matematika, Johan Pasukan Tingkatan 3).
• Australian Mathematics Competition (First in Year 11), 1982. Info
• The Sacred Heart College Academic Merit Award, 1983. Info
• Four Sacred Heart College Subject Prizes: Mathematics I, Mathematics II, Physics, Chemistry, 1983 Info
• Sacred Heart College honor roll for Chess, 1983. (This photo was taken in December 2017 at the hall on the top floor of the old classroom building, during a visit to Sacred Heart College Senior in Somerton Park, South Australia.)
• Placed in the South Australian Matriculation Candidates of Merit List for four subjects: Mathematics I, Physics, Chemistry, Economics (published in The Advertiser newspaper, Adelaide, January 17, 1984), 1984. Info
• Philips Industries Prize in Elements of Electronics, 1985. Info (Note: Adelaide University commencement ceremonies are for achievements the year before.)
• E. V. Clark Prize for Electrical Engineering, 1985. Info
• Gerard Industries Clipsal Prize, 1986 Info
• South Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Electrical Engineering Award, 1986. Info
• South Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Electronic Engineering Award, 1986. Info
• Sir William Goodman Scholarship, 1987. Info
• Texas Instruments Australia Certificate of Achievement, 1987. Honors Project "A Token Ring LAN Adaptor for a Speech Node" selected one of best three in Australia in the 1987 Inaugural Australian Technology Awards, 1987 (a description of the project appeared in Electronics Today International, August, 1988, p. 69)
• Electricity Trust Prize in Electrical Power Engineering, 1987. Info
• Philips Industries Prize in Electronics, 1987. Info
• George Murray Travel Grant, 1988
• University of Adelaide Scholarship for Postgraduate Research, 1988.
• R. W. Parsons Memorial Medal and Prize (I.E.Aust.), 1988. Info
• Faculty of Engineering Office Prize, University of Adelaide, 1988. (They made this one up just for me.) Info
• Princeton First-Year Merit Prize, 1988. Letter that changed my life.
• IBM Graduate Fellowship, 1990
• Best Paper Presentation in Session Award, 1990 American Control Conference (ACC), 1990
• Outstanding IEEE Branch Counselor and Advisor Award, 1993 (ten awarded worldwide by IEEE; citation appeared in article "Outstanding Branch Counselors" by S. L. DeFilippo, IEEE Potentials, pp. 41--42, December 1993)
• Purdue Student Government Leadership Award: Citation of Advisor Excellence, awarded by the Purdue University Student Government in honor of outstanding leadership and dedication to Purdue University as Advisor of the Purdue IEEE Student Branch, 1993 (see photo)
• IEEE Section Recognition Award (IEEE Central Indiana Section), 1994
• National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 1995
• IEEE Senior Member, 1996
• Tarkington Hall Certificate of Appreciation, 1996
• Frederick Emmons Terman Award, 1998 (awarded by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)). The Terman Award is bestowed annually upon an outstanding electrical engineering educator below the age of 45 in the United States or Canada, in recognition of the educator's contributions to the profession. Certificate, plaque, and medal (viewed with box). (See list of awardees.) Photo of me in front of the Frederick Emmons Terman Engineering Laboratory at Stanford University, July 2017.
• Purdue University Faculty Scholar Award, 1999.
• Media exposure: Financial Times, March 30, 2000; United Press International (UPI) (Stories of modern science: Better hands-off [sic] keep cell phone talking - Edwin K.P. Chong), April 3, 2000; RF Current (April 3 2000, Issue 208); Le Monde, April 5, 2000 (French daily newspaper); Microelectronics Technology Alert, April 10, 2000; WLFI-TV18 (Channel 18 News, 6pm and 11pm, April 23, 2000); WASK (April 28, 2000); Indianapolis Business Journal, May 29-June 4, June 28-July 4, and July 10-16, 2000.
• IEEE Control Systems Society Distinguished Lecturer, 2001--2003.
• Elected to Full Member of Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society), 2002.
• IEEE Communications Society Certificate of Appreciation, 2003.
• Elected to Fellow of the IEEE, 2004, "for contributions to communication networks and discrete event systems." Certificate and pin. Photos from award ceremony: With IEEE President and CSS President and group. Reports: IEEE Control Systems Magazine, August 2004 and IEEE Communications Magazine, April 2004. List of active IEEE Control Systems Society Fellows.
• Elsevier Best Paper Award, 2004, for the paper "A framework for opportunistic scheduling in wireless networks," Computer Networks, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 451--474, March 2003 (with X. Liu and N. B. Shroff).
• Invited talk presented at University College Cork, Ireland, July 7, 2004; ("Dynamic resource management," presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC'04), in association with HeteroPar'04). (Photo with John Morrison, and other photos.)
• Professional of the Year in Electrical Engineering, 2006, awarded by the America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals. Plaque.
• Professional of the Year in Education/Computer Engineering, 2007, awarded by the Strathmore's Who's Who. Plaque.
• Professional of the Year in Electrical Engineering, 2007, awarded by the America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals. Plaque.
• George T. Abell Outstanding Faculty Research Award, Colorado State University College of Engineering, 2008. Plaque.
• Media exposure: Denver Post, 9 April 2008; CBS Channel 4 (Denver), 11 April 2008 [direct link]; Defense News, 14 April 2008; Coloradoan, 16 April 2008; Defense Technology International, May 2008, p. 44; National Defense Magazine, June 2008. C4ISR Journal: The Magazine of Net-Centric Warfare, June 9, 2008.
• Elected member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Control Systems Society, 2006-2008. Certificate.
• This next award I received during Engineering Days 2009, College of Engineering, Colorado State University (April 17, 2009). I have worked hard and endured for 18 years in my career as a professor so far to receive this recognition. Take a look for yourself at the inscription on the prize.
  UPDATE: I have continued to work hard to maintain my standards even after receiving this award. See student evaluation comment from 2012.
• 2009 Best Editor Award, Computer Networks (journal). Plaque. See Editorial, Computer Networks, Vol. 54, pp. 1--2, 2010.
• IEEE Control Systems Society Distinguished Member Award, 2010. Citation: To recognize significant technical contributions in the areas of control, optimization, and modeling, and outstanding long-term service to the Society through editorial and conference related activities. Plaque. Photo.
• IEEE CSS recognition for serving as General Chair, Joint 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference (CDC-ECC), 2011. Plaque.
• Elected member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Control Systems Society, 2009-2012. Certificate.
• Elected Vice President for Financial Activities, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2012-2014.
• Outstanding service recognition, Academic Connections, 2012. Plaque.
• Medal of recognition from MG Steven R. Abt, Ph.D., P.E. (1973-2011), United States Army Reserve; Interim Dean, College of Engineering, Colorado State University, 2012-2013. Side 1, Side 2.
• Plaque of appreciation for keynote presented at the 2013 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology, 31 May 2013, Malaysia.
• Plenary Speaker, The 5th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS2014) part of the World Engineering, Science & Technology Congress (ESTCON) 4 June 2014, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Malaysia.
• Media exposure (on VIP): EDUCAUSEReview, October 2015. CSU Source, October 2015.
• Media exposure (on ISTeC HPC): CSU Source, October 2015. CSU Faculty & Staff Life, November 2015. CSU Matters November 2015.
• Plenary Lecture, 13th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems (WODES 2016), May 30--June 1, 2016, Xi'an, China
• Elected President-Elect, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2016.
• IEEE Signal Processing Society 2016 Young Author Best Paper Award awarded to Jack Ho for the paper, J. Ho, W. P. Tay, T. Q. S. Quek, and E. K. P. Chong, "Robust decentralized detection and social learning in tandem networks," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 63, no. 19, pp. 5019--5032, October 2015. arXiv:1501.05847.
• Elected President, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2017. See plaque and gavel.
• Keynote Lecture, 29th Chinese Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), May 28--30, 2017, Chongqing, China.
• Plenary Lecture, 2017 International Conference on Instrumentation, Control, Information Technology and System Integration (SICE Annual Conference 2017), Kanazawa, September 19--22, 2017.
• Plenary Lecture, 2017 International Automatic Control Conference (CACS 2017), Kenting, Taiwan, November 13--15, 2017.
• Elected Member of the IEEE Technical Activities Board, 2017. Certificate of Recognition and Appreciation
• Elected Past President, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2018.
• Treasurer of IEEE Educational Activities Board, 2018.
• Member of IEEE Finance Committee, 2018.
• Media exposure: Tech Xplore, January 10, 2019, Feature article (A new approach to address food security issues after natural disasters).
• Runner Up (campuswide), CSU Graduate Student Council Advising Award, 2019.
• Best Paper award for the paper, A. A. R. Alsaeedy and E. K. P. Chong, "Survivor-centric network recovery for search-and-rescue operations," in Proceedings of Resilience Week (ResWeek) 2019 Symposium, San Antonio, TX, November 4--7, 2019.
• Nominated for 2020 Best Teacher Award (campuswide), Colorado State University Alumni Association.
• Media exposure: CSU June 20, 2020
• Interviewed by Zippia for Computer Scientist Job Market Trends: Experts Weight In on What to Expect in 2020. Original link.
• Fellow of AAAS, 2020. Citation: "For distinguished contributions to optimization and control theory and methods, particularly for stochastic networks and wireless systems." Among a select few nominated by multiple sections: Section for Engineering and Section for Information, Computing, and Communication. Certificate and pin. Announcement in Science, vol. 370, no. 6520, pp. 1048-1052, 27 Nov 2020. DOI: 10.1126/science.370.6520.1048. List of 2020 AAAS Fellows. Induction ceremony program booklet, February 12, 2021 (Lunar New Year's day).
• Fellow of AAIA, 2021. See AAIA website.
• Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of contribution as keynote speaker for the UTAR International Collaborative Partner and R&D Colloquium, December 11, 2021.
• Certificate of Appreciation from the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) Rams Chapter, February 12, 2022. Photo at the annual NRHH gala with Claudio Lima, Ph.D student who received an award from NRHH.
• Certificate of appreciation in recognition of contribution as keynote speaker for the 2022 The 6th International Conference on Robotics, Control and Automation (ICRCA 2022), February 18-20, 2022.
• Best Paper Award for the paper, A. Vasutapituks and E. K. P. Chong, "Design of autonomous UAV guidance system using Monte Carlo tree search," in Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR), Bangkok, Thailand, May 19--20, 2022, pp. 677--682.
• Wiley Top Downloaded Article recognition in 2022 for the article, A. A. R. Alsaeedy and E. K. P. Chong, "A review of mobility management entity in LTE networks: Power consumption and signaling overhead," International Journal of Network Management, vol. 30, no. 1, p. e2088 (27 pages), January/February 2020. DOI
• Certificate of appreciation in recognition of contribution as keynote speaker for the 2023 3rd International Conference on Computer, Control and Robotics (ICCCR 2023), Shanghai, China, March 24--26, 2023.
• Fellow of AIIA, 2024. See AIIA website.
• CSU Multicultural Staff and Faculty Council (MSFC) Award, April 2024.
• Awarded membership in the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI), February 2025.
• Certificate in recognition of contribution as keynote speaker for the 2025 9th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Control Technologies (AIACT 2025), Sapporo, Japan, February 17--21, 2025.
• Oliver P. Pennock Distinguished Service Award, April 2025. Citation: "In recognition of your meritorious and outstanding achievement by full time members of the faculty and staff with five or more years of service." Plaque.
• CSU President's Sustainability Commission recognition of "exceptional work to advance sustainability at Colorado State University and beyond," April 2025. [Joint work with Arif Sheikh and Steven J. Simske.]
• Named 2024 Top Scholar by ScholarGPS in May 2025 for placing in the top 0.5% of all scholars worldwide according to the most recent 2024 ScholarGPS rankings.
• Listed by Research.com in May 2025 in the 2025 Edition of Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering. The ranking is based on D-index (Discipline H-index) metric, which only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline. The ranking includes only leading scientists with D-index of at least 30 for academic publications made in the area of Electronics and Electrical Engineering.
  The full ranking for United States is available here: https://research.com/scientists-rankings/electronics-and-electrical-engineering/us.
  The full world ranking is available here: https://research.com/scientists-rankings/electronics-and-electrical-engineering.
• Listed by Research.com in May 2025 in the 2025 Edition of Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Computer Science. The ranking is based on D-index (Discipline H-index) metric, which only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline. The ranking includes only leading scientists with D-index of at least 30 for academic publications made in the area of Computer Science.
  The full ranking for United States is available here: https://research.com/scientists-rankings/computer-science/us.
  The full world ranking is available here: https://research.com/scientists-rankings/computer-science.
• Plaque of appreciation in recognition of contribution as jury member for the YESIST12 2025, Malaysia, August 23--24, 2025.

Professor Edwin K. P. Chong,