IEEE announced that four prominent scholars have been named recipients of IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Awards on April 17, 2015. Prof. MEI Hong was awarded. In particular, he is the only non-American awardees.
IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Awards was established in 1985, to honor scholars and experts who have made outstanding contributions in computer science, technology and engineering. Prof. Hong Mei was awarded “for outstanding contributions to component-based software reuse and standardization”.
2015 recipients see http://www.computer.org/web/pressroom/technical-achievement-award
Past recipients see https://www.computer.org/web/awards/technical-achievement
Awards ceremony see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hvtRbqeTfE