Victor "Vic" Hayes (born July 31, 1941, in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies) is a former senior research fellow at the Delft University of Technology. Hayes chaired the IEEE 802.11 Standards Working Group for Wireless Local Area Networks from its inception in 1990 until 2000. His role in establishing and leading the group has led to him being referred to by some as the "Father of Wi-Fi".
Education
Hayes is a graduate of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, where he studied electrical engineering.
Career Hayes chaired the IEEE 802.11 working group from 1990 to 2000, during the development and adoption of the first IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standards. He later worked through the Wi-Fi Alliance on regulatory issues concerning radio spectrum for wireless networks.
Awards and honors He is the recipient of: 1998: IEEE Standards Association'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: IEEE Computer Society's Hans Karlsson Standards Award. 2002: Wi-Fi Alliance 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 in the category communications from The Economist. 2004: Vosko Trophy for Business and Innovation from Vosko Networking. 2007: IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award. 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. 2019: Inducted into the Wi-Fi NOW Hall of Fame. 2021: Honorary degree from Simon Fraser University
Publications License-exempt: Wi-Fi complement to 3G. W Lemstra, V Hayes - Telematics and Informatics, Volume 26, Issue 3, August 2009, Pages 227-239 Licence-exempt: the emergence of Wi-Fi. V Hayes, W Lemstra - info, Volume 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 57 – 71
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.
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