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Leading Scientists in
Communications and
the Internet

The Marconi Society identifies and supports groundbreaking achievements that have contributed significantly to human progress.

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The 2012 Marconi Symposium

James Lee Massey (1934-2013)

James MasseyJames Lee Massey, the 1999 Marconi Fellow honored for his significant advances in cryptography and related coding problems as well as his teaching and mentoring of a generation of scientists and technologists, died June 16th, 2013, in Copenhagen. More…

 


2013 Marconi Prize Goes To Cellphone Pioneer
Martin Cooper

Martin CooperForty years to the day after he helped launch the age of portable mobile telecommunications, the Marconi Society has announced that Martin Cooper is the recipient of the 2013 Marconi Prize, considered the pinnacle honor in the field of communication and information science. More…

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Solving Spectrum Shortages

Wednesday Jan 15

10am California, 1pm NY, 6pm London

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Cell phone inventor Marty Cooper and Professor Ted Rappaport
"Technology will continue multiplying the available throughput of spectrum. We’ve never had a scarcity of spectrum." Cooper believes. He made the first cell phone call in 1973, won the Marconi Prize in 2013 and continues to address the big issues. Rappaport is David Lee/Ernst Weber Chaired Professor at New York University-Poly.

 



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In the News

Henry SamueliHenry Samueli Donates 2013 Marconi Prize

2013 Marconi Fellow Henry Samueli donated his $100,000 Prize to create a special $10,000 prize for innovation offered as part of the Broadcom MASTERS Science and Engineering Competition (hosted by the Society for Science and the Public.) The Broadcom MASTERS Science and Engineering Competition inspires middle school age scientists and engineering enthusiasts to stay with science and math throughout high school. Read more…

Zvi GalilHigher Education Revolution

Marconi Board member Zvi Galil, Dean of the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is helping lead a higher education revolution through the institution’s plans to make a master’s degree in computer science available through massive open online courses for a fraction of the on-campus cost, a first for an elite institution. Read more…

Call for Nominations for 2014 Marconi Prize

The Marconi Society invites nominations for the Marconi Prize of individuals worldwide who have made pioneering contributions to communications technology that have benefited humanity, thus perpetuating the spirit and work of Guglielmo Marconi. The Marconi Society welcomes nominations from learned societies and academies of all countries, as well as from individuals in universities, industry and public life. The deadline for submission is June 30, 2013. Details…

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