Recently, the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IEEE IES) announced the IEEE IES Award recipients for 2015. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to networked control and optimization of cyber-physical energy and power systems, Professor Yue Dong of the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, who also serves as a supervisor of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI), was awarded the IEEE Dr.-Ing. Eugene Mittelmann Achievement Award.

Established in 1975, the IEEE Dr.-Ing. Eugene Mittelmann Achievement Award recognizes individuals worldwide who have made exceptional contributions to the field of industrial electronics. It is one of the most prestigious honors of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, with no more than one annual recipient.