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  • 2018 Marconi Fellow

    Tom Leighton, honored for his fundamental contributions to the technology and establishment of content delivery networks.

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Marconi Fellows

Marconi Fellows have made significant contributions to the advancement of communications for the benefit of humankind. Each Marconi Fellow received the Marconi Prize for a scientific discovery or innovation that changed millions of lives.

Marconi Fellows embody the creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and technical innovation of Guglielmo Marconi, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing radio.  Marconi Fellows are among the most esteemed scientists in the world.

Marconi Fellows by the Numbers

Marconi Fellows and Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, as well as Marconi himself, are recognized as industry leaders before and after being recognized by the Marconi Society. Our honorees include:

3

Nobel Prize winners

6

Turing Award winners

9

Claude Shannon Award recipients

7

Franklin Institute Award winners

9

Charles Stark Draper Prize winners

15

IEEE Medal of Honor recipients

To name just a few.

Meet the Marconi Fellows

Sir Eric Ash

Sir Eric Ash
1984

Paul Baran

Paul Baran
1991

Tim Berners-Lee

Sir Tim Berners-Lee
2002

Claude Berrou

Claude Berrou
2005

Sergey Brin

Sergey Brin
2004

Francesco Carassa

Francesco Carassa
1983

Vinton Cerf

Vinton Cerf
1998

Collin Cherry

E. Collin Cherry
1978

Andrew Chraplyvy

Andrew R. Chraplyvy
2009

John Cioffi

John Cioffi
2006

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke
1982

Martin Cooper

Martin Cooper
2013

Whitfield Diffie

Whitfield Diffie
2000

Federico Faggin

Federico Faggin
1988

James Flanagan

James Flanagan
1992

David Forney

David Forney, Jr.
1997

Robert Gallager

Robert G. Gallager
2003

Charles Geschke

Charles Geschke
2010

Robert Hall

Robert N. Hall
1989

Izuo Hayashi

Izuo Hayashi
1993

Martin Hellman

Martin E. Hellman
2000

Hiroshi Inose

Hiroshi Inose
1976

Irwin Mark Jacobs

Irwin Mark Jacobs
2011

Robert Kahn

Robert Kahn
1994

Sir Charles Kuen Kao

Sir Charles Kuen Kao
1985

James Killian

James R. Killian
1975

Peter Kirstein

Peter Kirstein
2015

Leonard Kleinrock
1986

Herwig Kogelnik

Herwig Kogelnik
2001

Robert Lucky

Robert W. Lucky
1987

James L. Massey

James L. Massey
1999

Robert Metcalfe

Robert Metcalfe
2003

Dr. Arun Netravali
2017

Lawrence Page

Lawrence Page
2004

Yash Pal

Yash Pal
1980

Seymour Papert

Seymour Papert
1981

Brad Parkinson

Bradford Parkinson
2016

Arogyaswami Paulraj

Arogyaswami Paulraj
2014

David N. Payne

Sir David N. Payne
2008

John R. Pierce

John R. Pierce
1979

Ronald L. Rivest

Ronald L. Rivest
2007

Henry Samueli
2012

Arthur Schawlow

Arthur Schawlow
1977

Allan Snyder

Allan Snyder
2001

Robert Tkach

Robert Tkach
2009

Gottfried Ungerboeck

Gottfried Ungerboeck
1996

Andrew J. Viterbi

Andrew J. Viterbi
1990

John E. Warnock

John E. Warnock
2010

Jack Keil Wolf

Jack Keil Wolf
2011

Jacob Ziv

Jacob Ziv
1995

The Latest Marconi Fellows News

  • Fellows By the Numbers
    • Nobel Prize Winners
    • Turing Award Winners
    • Claude Shannon Award Recipients
    • Franklin Institute Award Winners
    • Charles Stark Draper Prize Winners
    • IEEE Medal of Honor Recipients
  • Sir Eric Ash
  • Paul Baran
  • Sir Tim Berners-Lee
  • Claude Berrou
  • Sergey Brin
  • Francesco Carassa
  • Vinton Cerf
  • E. Collin Cherry
  • Andrew Chraplyvy
  • John Cioffi
  • Sir Arthur C. Clark
  • Martin Cooper
  • Whitfield Diffie
  • Federico Faggin
  • James Flanagan
  • David Forney, Jr.
  • Robert G. Gallager
  • Charles Geschke
  • Robert N. Hall
  • Izuo Hayashi
  • Martin E. Hellman
  • Hiroshi Inose
  • Irwin Mark Jacobs
  • Robert Kahn
  • Sir Charles Kuen Kao
  • James R. Killian
  • Peter Kirstein
  • Leonard Kleinrock
  • Herwig Kogelnik
  • Robert W. Lucky
  • James L. Massey
  • Robert M. Metcalfe
  • Arun Netravali
  • Lawrence Page
  • Yash Pal
  • Seymour Papert
  • Arogyaswami Paulraj
  • Bradford Parkinson
  • Sir David N. Payne
  • John R. Pierce
  • Ronald L. Rivest
  • Henry Samueli
  • Arthur L. Schawlow
  • Allan Snyder
  • Robert Tkach
  • Gottfried Ungerboeck
  • Andrew J. Viterbi
  • John E. Warnock
  • Jack Keil Wolf
  • Jacob Ziv

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  • Young Scholar Rajalakshmi Nandakumar: An App to Fight Opioid OverdosesJanuary 14, 2019 - 11:09 am
  • Air Quality IndexIndian Students Bag US Award for Developing Innovative App to Check Air Quality Index LevelsNovember 26, 2018 - 11:05 am

MARCONI EVENT NEWS

  • 2018 Marconi Young Scholar Symposium – Oct. 1, 2018, University of BolognaAugust 31, 2018 - 7:17 am
  • 2018 Marconi Fellow Tom Leighton to be Honored in BolognaAugust 16, 2018 - 4:40 pm

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