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Featuring ideas from our Fellows, Young Scholars, and leaders in our network, Marconi Signal explores the intersections of advanced technology, sustainability, and global connectivity.
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A New Normal for Personal Contact
April 17, 2020
Martin Cooper developed the concept of the handheld portable phone and led the team at Motorola that created the wireless industry. Cooper is the recipient of the Marconi Prize, the National Academy of Engineering Charles Stark Draper Prize and the IEEE Centennial Medal.
From National to Global Security?
April 15, 2020
Martin E. Hellman co-invented public-key cryptography which is used to protect privacy on the Internet, assure the integrity of digital content and enable fundamental security off and online. Hellman has received the Marconi Prize, the A.M. Turing Award and the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal.
Ten Engineers Behind The Technologies We Depend On Share Their Views
April 12, 2020
By Vinton Cerf, Marconi Society Chair, Recipient with Robert E. Kahn of the Marconi Prize, the A.M. Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Japan
The Fourth Use Case for 5G: Internet for All
February 11, 2020
Internet Penetration Today By the end of 2018, there were nearly 4 billion people without Internet connectivity in the world. Primarily at the bottom of
How to Change a Career
February 11, 2020
“Being selected as a Young Scholar and interacting with the Marconi Fellows is a constant source of inspiration for dreaming and doing big things.” Salman
Francesco Paresce, 1940-2019
January 28, 2020
It is with profound grief that we announce the sudden death of Francesco Paresce in Rome on the 20th of December. An astrophysicist and inventor
20/20 Vision for a Successful 2020
January 27, 2020
By Samantha Schartman-Cycyk Warm greetings for a very happy new year! I am Samantha Schartman and I am thrilled to introduce myself as the Marconi
Nominations for the 45th Marconi Prize Are Open
December 2, 2019
“Long experience has taught me not always to believe in the limitations indicated by purely theoretical considerations. These, as we well know, are based on
Bound and Bricked: New Brand of Innovation Bridges Science and Engineering
November 5, 2019
More earth-like than any other planet in the solar system, Mars will almost certainly be inhabited by humans in the future. “Humans will absolutely be
