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Cryptographers Paul Kocher and Taher Elgamal Awarded The 2019 Marconi Prize

Cryptographers Paul Kocher and Taher Elgamal Awarded The 2019 Marconi Prize

Creation of SSL/TLS Made a Profound Impact on Secure Communications Systems Mountain View, CA, March 13, 2019 Paul Kocher and Taher Elgamal, whose work has had a profound impact on communication security, have been awarded the 2019 Marconi…

Young Scholar Rajalakshmi Nandakumar: An App to Fight Opioid Overdoses

Listen to the entire episode on Science Friday. Segment Guest: Rajalakshmi Nandakumar – Rajalakshmi Nandakumar is a PhD candidate in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle,…
Air Quality Index

Indian Students Bag US Award for Developing Innovative App to Check Air Quality Index Levels

Original article from hindustantimes A team of Delhi-based engineering college students has won a competition by US’ prestigious Marconi Society for developing an innovative mobile application that estimates the quality of air in one’s…
Dehli Pollution

Delhi pollution: Indian students build air-quality measuring app Air Congnizer

Original Article from Financial Express Three students of Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Engineering in Delhi developed an Android app to measure the alarming pollution levels in the National Capital Region (NCR), the US-based Marconi Society,…

Middle School Student Develops Novel Solar Panel System; Wins $25,000 Top Award in the National Broadcom MASTERS Competition

Broadcom MASTERS Awards $100,000 in Prizes Inspiring and Rewarding the Nation's Next Generation of Scientists, Engineers and Innovators Read the article on prnewswire.com… WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Broadcom Foundation…
Sir Charles Kuen Kao

Sir Charles Kuen Kao: In Memoriam

It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of Prof Sir Charles Kuen Kao, Nobel Prize laureate 2009 and Marconi Fellow 1985. Charles passed away on the morning of Sunday 23rd September. He had suffered from debilitating Alzheimer’s…

Marconi Fellow Ron Rivest on How to Hack an Election—and What States Should Do to Prevent Fake Votes

Two speakers at this year’s EmTech MIT conference addressed voting vulnerabilities. by Charlotte Jee, TechnologyReview.com Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election thanks to the votes of just 107,000 people in three states. The…

Geek of the Week: Marconi Society Young Scholar Rajalakshmi Nandakumar’s wireless tech research could help us sleep easy

By Kurt Schlosser from GeekWire Rajalakshmi Nandakumar awoke to some good news this week. Not only is the PhD candidate at University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering our latest Geek of the Week,…

Other Marconi News…

February 16, 2017
IEEE Unveils Details of “Tech for Humanity Series” Held at the Annual SXSW® 2017 Festival

December 28, 2016
‘Father of the cell phone,’ 88, still bullish on mobile

December 26, 2016
Irwin Jacobs: from telecom mogul to Salk Institute leader

September 19, 2016
Villanova Engineering Alumnus Honored with Marconi Society Young Scholar Award

September 17
Indian-origin MIT scientist wins award for research on radio waves

September 16
Indian-American Dinesh Bharadia wins 2016 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award

September 15, 2016
Indian-origin MIT Scientist Wins $ 4,000 Award for Research on Radio Waves

September 15, 2016
Indian Origin MIT Researcher Wins Award For Work on Radio Waves

September 15, 2016
Indian Researcher Does What Marconi Couldn’t

September 15, 2016
India-born MIT Scientists win Prestigious U.S. Award

September 14, 2016
Two India-Born MIT Scientists Win Prestigious US Awards

September 14, 2016
NYU Wireless Doctoral Student Wins Marconi Young Scholars Award

August 24, 2016
Alumnus Earns National Recognition