A plaque is awarded for long-standing member or staff service to the society. This program was initiated in 1996 with a charter membership of 450. Each year the Awards Committee will select additional recipients from a continuing pool of qualified candidates and permanently include their names in the Golden Core Member master list.
All current IEEE Computer Society members or staff. A Golden Core member must have received one of the following:
Richard E. Merwin Award for Distinguished Service
Harry Hayman Award for Distinguished Staff Achievement
Michael Elliott Distinguished Service Certificate
Meritorious Service Certificate
Outstanding Contribution Certificate
Or must have served in one of the following capacities:
Board of Governors member
Executive Committee member
President
Editor in Chief with two consecutive terms tenure on the same journal/magazine/letters
Technical Community Chair with two consecutive terms tenure on the same technical community
Staff member with five years tenure.
Editors in Chief (EICs) in the last year of their second term of service, or during the year immediately following the end of their second term, are eligible, if their service has resulted in substantial improvements in the quality and standing of their periodicals.
By 1 December of a calendar year, the current vice president for Publications presents to the Awards Committee Chair, a proposal supporting the EICs to be considered for Golden Core recognition.
Technical Community (TC) Chairs in the last year of their second term of service, or during the year immediately following the end of their second term, are eligible, if their service has resulted in substantial improvements in the quality and standing of their technical communities.
By 1 December of a calendar year, the current vice president for Technical and Conference Activities presents to the Awards Committee Chair, a proposal supporting the TC chairs to be considered for Golden Core recognition.
The recognition program shall be administered by the Awards Committee Chair.
The recognition will consist of a Golden Core pin and plaque. Presentation of the recognition may be at an appropriate function designated by the president or by mail. Individual names will be included in a master list and publicized in accordance with Awards Committee responsibilities for publicity reaching the IEEE Computer Society membership.
