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Digital Inclusion
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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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Connected Medicine In the Age of Pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic will be a major social and economic disruption, but certainly not on the scale of World War I or II. While the
A New Era of Data Gathering and Analysis
Leonard Kleinrock is a pioneer in computer networking and communications, creating fundamental mathematical models of packet switching, which is the technology underpinning the Internet. Kleinrock has been honored with the Marconi Prize, the National Medal of Science and the National Academy of Engineering Charles Stark Draper Prize.
A New Normal for Personal Contact
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?
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
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
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
“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
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
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