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Featuring ideas from our Fellows, Young Scholars, and leaders in our network, Marconi Signal explores the intersections of advanced technology, digital inclusion, and our global connected community.
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Building the New STEM Workforce: A Conversation with Silicon Harlem’s Clayton Banks
Everyone needs a connection. That’s the newly updated motto of Silicon Harlem, an NYC-based social enterprisey innovating workforce development strategies to create a more digitally
A Proposal for Ethical Technology
The Marconi Fellows helped to create many of the innovations that enable unprecedented sharing of information, networks to build and mobilize a community, and economic
Digital Literacy is Essential for Democracy
By Samantha Schartman-Cycyk If you live in the U.S., like I do, odds are you are either planning your trip to the ballot box, have
Education in the Age of COVID: Connectivity is Just the Beginning
By Samantha Schartman-Cycyk It’s Monday. My alarm goes off at 5:30 a.m. and I’m dragging myself to the shower by 6. By 6:30 a.m. my
Get to Know 2020 Young Scholar Yasaman Ghasempour
This year, the Marconi Society named three Paul Baran Young Scholars, an award that recognizes emerging researchers from around the world whose work shapes the future of advanced communications technology. The 2020 Young Scholars, Yasaman Ghasempour, Vikram Iyer, and Piotr Roztocki, represent three distinct areas of research within communications. In this series of Q&As, we’re highlighting each Young Scholar and digging into the work that earned them the award.
Our first Q&A features Yasaman Ghasempour, who will join Princeton University as an Assistant Professor in January, 2021.
The Digital Divide Complicates School Reopening Plans
As we mark the beginning of the school year, Vint Cerf and Martin “Marty” Cooper, two luminaries in Internet and communications technology, weigh in on the challenges facing virtual learning.
Progress or Empty Promises? Five Young Technologists Share Their Experience With the Gender Divide in Engineering
Aakanksha Chowdhery, Machine Learning Engineer, Google Brain 2012 Marconi Society Young Scholar Community is Key The concept of diversity extends beyond the differences captured by
The Truth about the Digital Divide: Urban and Rural Barriers in the U.S.
When the COVID-19–induced public health emergency reached the United States in March of this year, parents and children were asked to work and take online
Colombian Students Recognized for Addressing Public Health Concerns Regarding Air Quality
The Marconi Society is dedicated to supporting and connecting with the future generation of technical innovators who have a passion for making a positive impact.