Victor "Vic" Hayes (born July 31, 1941

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) is a former Senior Research Fellow at the

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. His role in establishing and chairing the IEEE 802.11 Standards Working Group for Wireless Local Area Networks has led to him being referred to by some as the "Father of

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".CNET Vision series, December 6, 2002: "...which earned him the sobriquet of father of Wi-Fi."

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Hayes is a graduate of the

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, where he studied electrical engineering.

Awards and honors

He is the recipient of: * 1998:

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's Standards Medallion “for the internationalization of the IEEE 802.11 standard”. See other awards listed at the end of this reference. * 2000: IEEE Leadership Award “for 10 years of leadership and extraordinary dedication as chairman of the IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Working Group”. * 2001:

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's Hans Karlsson Standards Award. * 2002:

Wi-Fi Alliance The Wi-Fi Alliance is a non-profit organization that owns the Wi-Fi trademark. Manufacturers may use the trademark to brand products certified for Wi-Fi interoperability. History Early 802.11 products suffered from interoperability problems be ...

Leadership Award “in recognition of the outstanding leadership of the Regulatory Committee of the Wi-Fi Alliance”. * 2003: Wi-Fi Alliance Leadership Award “for outstanding leadership as Regulatory Chair and continued support of the Wi-Fi Alliance”. * 2004:

Innovation Award Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services. ISO TC 279 in the standard ISO 56000:2020 defines innovation as "a new or changed entit ...

in the category communications from

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. * 2004: Vosko Trophy for Business and Innovation from Vosko Networking. * 2007:

IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award The IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award is a technical field award given to an individual by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), for major contributions to standardization within the field of electrical and electronics ...

. * 2012: George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer Award * 2013: IT Hall of Fame inductee * 2013: Lovie Lifetime Achievement Award * 2015: Included in the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. * 2021: Honorary degree from

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Publications

* License-exempt: Wi-Fi complement to 3G. W Lemstra, V Hayes - Telematics and Informatics, Volume 26, Issue 3, August 2009, Pages 227-239License-exempt: Wi-Fi complement to 3G. Telematics and Informatics, Volume 26, Issue 3, August 2009, Pages 227-239
/ref> * Licence-exempt: the emergence of Wi-Fi. V Hayes, W Lemstra - info, Volume 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 57 – 71info, Volume 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 57 - 71
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Book contributions

* The IEEE 802.11 handbook: a designer's companion; Bob O'Hara, Al Petrick, 2004. Foreword by Vic Hayes. * The Innovation Journey of Wi-Fi: The Road Toward Global Success; Wolter Lemstra, Vic Hayes, John Groenewegen (eds), 2010.

External links

* http://videolectures.net/vic_hayes/

Notes

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