IEEE CASS Vitold Belevitch Circuits and Systems Award 2025 for Josef A. Nossek
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The IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is honoring him for his fundamental contributions in bridging the gap between Circuit Theory and Communication Theory by physically consistent modeling. The award ceremony took place on September 16, 2025, as part of the “Workshop on Smart Antennas” at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
About the IEEE CASS Vitold Belevitch Circuits and Systems Award
The IEEE CASS Vitold Belevitch Circuits and Systems Award honors individuals for fundamental contributions to Circuit and Systems Theory published in IEEE CASS journals and conference proceedings that have a lasting impact on a field within this society and/or open up new perspectives for research and development.
The prize is named after Vitold Belevitch (1921–1999), a mathematician and electrical engineer known for his contributions to Circuit Theory, particularly for the mathematical foundations of filters and modulators, coupled lines, and nonlinear circuits. One of his most significant achievements was the introduction of the scattering matrix, which is indispensable for describing linear electrical networks and is also an important tool in Josef Nossek's research work.
About the Award Winner Josef A. Nossek
Nossek is one of the world's leading scientists in the field of Signal Processing. His work focuses on the technical and physical constraints that play a particularly important role in mobile communications. After completing his studies at the Vienna University of Technology, he worked for Siemens AG for many years before taking over the Chair of Circuit Theory and Signal Processing at the TUM in 1989. There, he combined theoretical basic research with practical engineering work and playeda decisive role in shaping the development of modern multi-antenna systems.
In addition to numerous scientific awards, Nossek is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of acatech (German National Academy of Science and Engineering). He has been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit and received the Ring of Honor from the Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (VDE). His work and commitment continue to have a lasting impact on electrical engineering and information technology at the TUM to this day.
Nossek supervised more than 50 doctoral students. These include Wolfgang Utschick, Professor of Signal Processing Methods and former Dean of the former Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the TUM, who also gave the laudatory speech at the presentation of the IEEE CASS Vitold Belevitch Circuits and Systems Award 2025.