IEEE ITS Lifetime Achievement Award is given annually for ITS researchers, practitioners, and research/development in place to recognize for exemplary contributions to Intelligent Transportation Systems over are career.

To be eligible for the lifetime award, the nominee should be at least 65 years old.

Past Awardees

Year

Awardee
2021 Ümit Özgüner
Pioneering Contributions in Research on Intelligent Vehicles and the Founding of the IEEE ITS Society
2020 Masayoshi Tomizuka
Pioneering Contributions in Sensing and Controls in Intelligent Transportation Systems
2018 Pravin Varaiya
Pioneering Work in Sensing and Controls in Intelligent Transportation Systems
2016 Ernst D. Dickmanns
Pioneering Work in the Field of Autonomous Vehicles
2014 Lyle Saxton
For the Leadership in Fostering the National Research and Development Programs of Intelligent Transportation Systems in the United States and the Founding of the IEEE ITS Society.