José M. F. Moura, Philip L. and Marsha Dowd University Professor and director of the CMU Portugal Program at Carnegie Mellon University, was awarded the IEEE Haraden Pratt Award “for sustained leadership, global service, and outstanding contributions enabling new opportunities for IEEE and its members”.
His contributions to IEEE have been now recognized in the areas of diversity and inclusion, open access, budget management, governance and financial transparency, having served as President and CEO in 2019, after his role as Vice-President of Technical Activities Board in 2016, transforming IEEE’s infrastructure, product offerings, and revenue models to increase its global reach.
His numerous accomplishments include leading the launch of 14 new open access journals and developing repositories for data and code sharing. Under his leadership, IEEE introduced a new financial system that provided volunteer leaders with real-time access to their units’ finances, gross revenues, and detailed records of every dollar earned and spent. His contribution also includes the modernization of IEEE’s engagement strategies, notably through the launch of a mobile app designed to strengthen networking opportunities. Moura’s leadership has helped position IEEE at the cutting edge of technological innovation, while preserving its strong commitment to ethical standards and service to its members.
More information about the distinction here.
And a closer look at the career path of Professor José M.F. Moura:
José M. F. Moura is the Philip L. and Marsha Dowd University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Since the CMU Portugal Program’s inception in 2006, Moura has served as director of the Program at Carnegie Mellon. The technology of two of his patents (co-inventor A. Kavcic) is found in over 3 billion disk drives (60% of all computers sold since 2003) and was the subject of a 750 million dollar settlement between CMU and Marvell in 2016.
He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineers, a member of the Portugal Academy of Science, a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors, an IEEE Fellow, and a Fellow of the AAAS. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Strathclyde and Universidade de Lisboa. He received the Great Cross of the Order of The Infante D. Henrique. He received the 2023 IEEE Kilby Signal Processing Medal.
