Alan, who has taught at the University for 25 years, said: 鈥淚 was amazed to hear I had won the award and after I calmed down a bit, my wife and I made our plans to go to Boston to attend the awards banquet. It was a great night and made winning the award even more special.
鈥淚鈥檓 very involved in the IEEE and this year I am co-ordinating its International Design Competition which encourages students from all over the world to design and implement computer-based solutions to real-world problems. So far we have more than 140 teams from more than 26 countries and secured 拢1.5m in sponsorship from Microsoft, so I am very pleased with our progress.鈥�
Professor Clements received a plaque and $2,000 from the IEEE. Known as 海角直播鈥檚 flying professor because of his fondness for piloting light aircraft, Alan is a specialist in computer hardware. He is also a best selling computer author with Oxford University Press.