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A Message from Vint Cerf,
Marconi Society Chair
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2018 was a productive and successful year at the Marconi Society, thanks in large part to our outstanding Young Scholars, Fellows and friends. We continued our mission of inspiring innovations in the Internet and communications that benefit humankind and expanded our reach in some exciting ways.
Here are some of my top highlights from the year:
In April, Young Scholar and Technion Assistant Professor Eitan Yaakobi, led a special Marconi Society event at the Technion. Over 100 people participated in the program called "The Information Era: Past, Present and Future" as Eitan was joined by Marconi Fellows Andrew Viterbi and Jacob Ziv, as well as the legendary Abraham Lempel. More information is here.
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Paul Baran Young Scholar Award
Deadline is February 15, 2019
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Expert Perspective
A Step Toward the Quantum Internet
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For the past two years,
Joe Lukens
, Marconi Society Young Scholar and Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been interested in frequency-based quantum information processing as an approach to making the quantum Internet a reality. By using ideas and models from the current Internet, Lukens believes that we can bring the benefits of the quantum Internet to people more quickly and in a more scalable way. He recently co-authored a paper in
Optica by OSA
outlining an approach to do just that.
Creating a More Practical Quantum Internet
While the classical Internet is built to transmit bits to different locations, the quantum Internet transmits quantum bits, or qubits, the basic unit of information in a quantum computer. If you have a small, low-power quantum computer in one location, you can connect it to a larger quantum computer elsewhere and transmit qubits between them. The quantum Internet would allow this on a global scale.
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New Young Scholar Officers
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We will start 2019 with a new slate of Young Scholar Officers. Many thanks to the Young Scholars who are taking a leadership role. Our Young Scholar leaders will include:
Stefania Bartoletti Chair
Aakanksha Chowdhery Executive Vice Chair
Guilhem de Valicourt Treasurer
Domanic Lavery Publicity Vice Chair
Joe Lukens Outreach Vice Chair
Ken Pesyna Social Vice Chair
Eric Plum Digital and Web Administrator
We also thank our outgoing Young Scholar leaders who have grown the stature and scope of both the Young Scholars and Celestini Program.
Many thanks to Guilhem de Valicourt, Salvatore Campione, Hao Zou, Aakanksha Chowdhery, Domanic Lavery, Joe Lukens, Ken Pesyna and Rafael Laufer. Double thanks to those who are serving again!
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News About Marconi Fellows and Young Scholars
Marconi Fellow Henry Samueli and his wife, Susan, are building a new R&D center at Tel Aviv University which will serve 3,900 students. Read More...
Marconi Fellow John Cioffi was inducted into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame for developing DSL technology, which started the consumer broadband revolution. Read More...
Marconi Fellows Vint Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee speak at Our People-Centered Digital Future conference about "getting the Internet to a place where it is a net benefit to humanity." Read More...
Marconi Society friend and NYU Professor Ted Rappaport has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Read More...
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Early 5G standards are being set. Learn about what's been decided so far and what is yet to come.
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Marconi Society Young Scholar Negar Reiskarimian discusses her cross-disciplinary approach to integrated circuits and her focus on revolution over evolution.
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Young Scholar and CTO Security for IBM Blockchain Solutions, Salman Baset, breaks down the questions you need to be asking about blockchain.
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With Gratitude to our Supporters
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ABOUT THE MARCONI SOCIETY
Established in 1974 by the daughter of Guglielmo Marconi, the Nobel Laureate who invented radio, the Marconi Society promotes awareness of key technology and policy issues in telecommunications and the Internet, and recognizes significant individual achievements through the Marconi Prize and Young Scholar Awards. More information may be found at
www.marconisociety.org
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The Marconi Society does not take political positions.
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