Recently, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) announced that Professor Zhu Wenwu from the Department of Computer Science and Technology has been awarded the 2024 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Charles A. Desoer Technical Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to the field of visual information processing and communications. Professor Zhu is the first scholar from the Chinese mainland to receive this prestigious honor. The award recognizes his pioneering research in visual information processing and communications, as well as his exceptional achievements in advancing the application of related technologies.

The IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Charles A. Desoer Technical Achievement Award was established in 2000. Each year, one individual is selected worldwide for this award, which is granted to scientists who have made significant and lasting contributions in the field. It is one of the highest honors in the international academic community for recognizing outstanding technical achievements in the circuits and systems domain.

Professor Zhu Wenwu is currently a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE TCSVT (IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology), a leading journal in the multimedia video field. He has previously served as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE TMM (IEEE Transactions on Multimedia) and as the Chair of the IEEE TMM Steering Committee. In 2023, he was awarded the ACM SIGMM Technical Achievement Award.