HOW TO PROMOTE COLLABORATION: An Interview with 2017 Marconi Award Winner Arun Netravali Arun Netravali, the 2017 Marconi Fellow, was the ninth president of the legendary Bell Labs. In addition to his pioneering work in video compression based on motion estimation (which provided the base technology for developing HDTV, digital TV and a broad array of […]
Enabled today’s digital TV, HDTV and video services by pioneering the key base MPEG technology MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, June 15, 2017 The Marconi Society, dedicated to furthering scientific achievements in communications and related technologies, announced today that it will present the 2017 Marconi Prize to Dr. Arun Netravali. Dr. Netravali is the former President of […]
Optical fiber pioneer and industry leader joins Vint Cerf in leading foundation dedicated to carrying on Marconi’s legacy by supporting next generation of scientists MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, June 14, 2017 The Marconi Society, dedicated to furthering scientific achievements in communications and related technologies, announced today that optical fiber pioneer Dr. Robert Tkach has been elected […]
Save the Date! October 3, 2017 Mark your calendar for the 2017 Symposium at Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey on October 3rd, 2017. Awards Dinner: October 3, 2017 at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, New Jersey. Winners to be announced soon; check back for more details
Marty and Dorothie Hellman will give a TED talk on Saturday 6/10 in Tysons Corner, VA. Hellman is a Marconi Fellow and co-winner of the 2015 Turing Award.
By John Cioffi Co-authored by Hatti Hamlin Why is it that we’re surrounded by bandwidth – with a few gigabits per second going through our bodies at any one time between cell, Wi-Fi, and TV services – and yet we have trouble streaming an HD movie or watching the Super Bowl from our computers? The reason […]
Fourth Annual Brooklyn 5G Summit, April 19 – 21, 2017. Join global industry leaders and some of the most influential researchers in wireless via live streaming at the April 19-21 to explore the next generation of wireless, 5G. The fourth annual Brooklyn 5G Summit, now sold out, is co-hosted by Nokia and NYU WIRELESS, and will focus on overall 5G end-to-end system […]
Join The Marconi Society, a foundation dedicated to advancements in the Internet and communications that benefit humankind, for a complimentary lunch and conversation with Marconi Fellow Vint Cerf and Joseph Kakande, a Marconi Young Scholar who is now a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Labs. Learn how you can nominate students, and apply […]
Marconi Fellow Whitfield Diffie and Board member Andrea Goldsmith have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Diffie, an advisor to Redwood City-based Black Ridge Technology, was honored for the invention of public key cryptography and for broader contributions to privacy. Dr. Goldsmith, the Stephen Harris Professor of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, […]
By Hatti Hamlin What happens to your iPhone, laptop, or other electronic devices when you’re done with them? If you sent something to a recycling center, you probably think it was disposed of responsibly, right? But think again. A two-year investigation by the Seattle-based Basel Action Network, found that sometimes businesses simply send electronics overseas instead of recycling them. […]