UVODNO SLOVO PRED URUCIVANJE NAGRADA
ZA 1996. I 1997. GODINU (na engleskom)

I am ___________________________.

First of all, I feel extremely privileged and happy for being given the opportunity and the pleasure of delivering (in the name of the Tesla Society and the Tesla Foundation) a very special recognition to a very special institution/indi vidual today. Before I continue, a short introduction is in place.

As you all know, 1984 was the centential year of the IEEE society. The centenial issue of the IEEE Spectrum gave the list of top 10 contributors to electrical engineering and education of ALL TIMES, and the list incuded two Serbian name s: Tesla and Pupin. Both of them were Americal scientists of Serbian origin. Both of them, until the last moments of their lifes, were emotionally strongly linked to their motherland. Tesla is known for pioneering work in power engineering, and Pupin is k nown for his pioneering work in telephony.

In order to acknowledge Tesla’s contributions to the field, IEEE together with the Tesla Foundation of Belgrade, Serbia, awards each year the TESLA MEDAL, which is a largest IEEE award in power engineering. In addition, Tesla Foundation alone, in cooperation with the universities and other scientific institutions in Serbia, each year gives International Jubilee Tesla Medals to important individuals/institutions in other fields of interest.

The criterion is the outstanding contribution in a field, in a way that has had an impact on the development of the related scientific thought in Serbia.

One of the fields is [computer science/engineering].

So far, individual jubilee medals were awarded to individuals like Professor Ali Hurson of Penn State – a PRISM Research-Excellence laureate, and Professor Yale Patt of the University of Michigan – an IEEE Eckert-Mauchly laureate.

So far, institutional replica medals were awarded to institutions like Polytechnical University of Catalonia and Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

This year, I have a pleasure to say, the medal is being awarded to _____________________.
for outstanding contributions in ________________________.

CONGRATULATIONS!