Selecting a Marconi Fellow is quite difficult. We look for someone with great ingenuity, intelligence, and success in science. At the same time, we’re looking for someone who has made a tangible difference to society at large.​
Sir Eric Ash
1984 Marconi Fellow

The Marconi Prize is awarded annually to innovators who have made a significant contribution to increasing digital inclusivity through advanced information and communications technology.

Marconi Fellows are recognized at an annual symposium and festive gala celebration.

Hari Balakrishnan,
2023 Marconi Fellow

Honoring trailblazers whose leadership and creativity in information and communications technology builds a more digitally inclusive world.

Friday, October 27, 2023
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Nominations

2025 Marconi Prize nominations
open in March.

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Marconi Fellows have made exemplary contributions in these areas:

Scientific

Building our connected world through innovation

Practical Impact

Changing the lives of millions

Humanitarianism

Bridging the digital divide

Entrepreneurship

Creating companies and industries

Meet the Marconi Prize Selection Advisory Committee

We are honored to have the perspectives of an esteemed committee of innovators.  

Andrea J. Goldsmith, 2020

Andrea Goldsmith

Committee Chair, Dean, Engineering and Applied Science and Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

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Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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Victor Bahl

Technical Fellow – Research, CTO Strategic Missions and Technologies Division, Microsoft Corporation

Hari Balakrishnan

Hari Balakrishnan

Fujitsu Professor, EECS Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Merounae Debbah

Merounae Debbah

Professor, Electrical Engineering Khalifa University

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Mischa Dohler

Professor Mischa Dohler, VP Emerging Technologies, Ericsson Inc.

Taher Elgamal, Salesforce

Taher Elgamal

CTO of Security, Salesforce

Elza Erkip

Elza Erkip

Institute Professor, ECE New York University Tandon School of Engineering

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Ashok Jhunjhunwala

Institute Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai

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Klara Nahrstedt

Maybelle Leland Swanlund Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign