Daniel Ahn and Michael Polley of Samsung Electronics Named IEEE Fellows – Samsung Global Newsroom

Samsung Electronics today announced that Dr. Daniel Ahn of Mobile Platform Center, MX Business and Dr. Michael Polley of Samsung Research¹ America (SRA) have both been named Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest technical professional organization.

The highest grade awarded by the IEEE, the title of “Fellow” is conferred by the institute’s Board of Trustees when an individual demonstrates an outstanding record of achievement in one of the institute’s focus areas. IEEE. The total number of scholars selected in a year cannot exceed 0.1% of the total number of voting members of the organization.

Other Samsung Electronics members who have been named IEEE Fellows in the past include: Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology President Kinam Kim, Executive Vice President and Director of Samsung Research AI Center Daniel Lee, Vice -Executive Chairman and Director of the Advanced Communications Research Center Sunghyun Choi, Senior Vice President Charlie Zhang of Samsung Research America, Vice President Xue (Steve) Liu of the Samsung AI Center (SAIC) in Montreal, and Fellow Juho Lee of Samsung Research.

Dr. Ahn is Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile Platform Center at MX Business. His contributions include providing users with differentiated mobile experiences through the development of innovative security solutions for Galaxy smartphones, artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and the expansion and improvement of cloud-based mobile platform functions.

“I am both humbled and honored to have been elevated to the rank of Fellow of the IEEE,” said Dr. Ahn. “I will continuously dedicate myself to achieving technological advancements that will eventually help improve our products and provide better and meaningful experiences for our valued customers.”

Dr. Polley is Senior Vice President and Head of the Mobile Processor Innovation (MPI) Lab at SRA, where he leads a team of world-class algorithm and system designers focused on creating advanced technologies for smartphones. Samsung Galaxy as well as next generation mobile phones. devices.

“I am honored to be elected a Fellow of the IEEE,” said Dr. Polley, “I am thrilled that the groundbreaking research in camera technology conducted by SRA’s MPI lab, the MX Business R&D team, and Samsung Research India-Bangalore has worked closely together to achieve is recognized.

¹ Samsung Research, acting as Samsung Electronics’ advanced R&D center, leads the development of future technologies for the company’s Device eXperience (DX) division.