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A Message from Vint Cerf,
Marconi Society Chair
Bridging the Digital Divide
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Internet users in 2015 as a percentage of population
While much has been written about bridging the digital chasm and connecting the next billion to the Internet, it is slow going to make it happen. Currently, 3.4 billion people do not have access to the Internet and the bulk of them live in developing countries and rural areas. In these underserved areas, women are far less likely to be connected to the Internet than men - in low and middle income countries, women are 10% less likely to own a mobile phone than men and are 26% less likely to use mobile Internet. This all means that the economic opportunities and human connections provided by the Internet are not readily available to the people who need them the most.
I believe that solving this problem requires us to put local people and their needs, as well as the tools for sustainable, locally driven progress, at the center of the plan. This is why I co-founded the People-Centered Internet (PCI) and why I am such a fan of the work that Steve Huter and the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) at the University of Oregon do.
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Check out the photos from last month's incredible 2019 Young Scholar Symposium at Stanford School of Engineering and our gala honoring our 2019 Marconi Fellows and Young Scholars.
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Expert Perspective
Digging Into Diversity, Inclusion and Ethics
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Q&A with Andrea Goldsmith, Marconi Society Board Member and Chair of the IEEE's Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Ethics
Following her committee's latest recommendations to IEEE, Marconi Society Board Member and Stanford Engineering professor
Andrea Goldsmith
shared her thoughts about changing the diversity and inclusion equation in engineering and technology.
Q: Is there a commonly accepted set of metrics that we can use to set goals and understand our progress around diversity and inclusion?
A: Commonly accepted metrics and goals are one of the critical things that we need to benchmark our current state and to measure our movement forward. That is a first step that I am advocating for with IEEE.
There is certainly data, but it is not uniform. For example, through the
IEEE's Women in Tech Survey
we know that nearly 60% of women did not think men and women working in technology fields are treated equally and over 70% reported the negative workplace experiences of having questions that should be addressed to them being addressed to a male colleague and of having a male colleague make disparaging comments about them.
McKinsey & Co
estimates that women comprise 26% of the computing workforce while "women of color hold only 4% of technical roles at tech companies and are almost completely absent at the senior leadership level." Many tech companies publish their diversity data, as well, but we must ask ourselves whether we have the right, actionable data to work from.
That right, actionable data will vary by organization and goal. At the IEEE, we are focused on diversity data across gender, geographic region, work sector, and career stage since that membership data is currently available.
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News About Marconi Fellows
and Young Scholars
Marconi Fellow Henry Samueli and his wife Susan announced a $100-million gift to the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering to help the school grow to meet current and future demand for engineers.
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Marconi Society friend, Ted Rappaport, shares his expertise on 6G and applications about 100 GHz in this invited paper published in IEEE Access, Volume 7. Read More...
Marconi Society Chair Vint Cerf gives tips for staying safe online. From avoiding website breeches to overall advice for online security. Read More...
Marconi Fellow Arogyaswami Paulraj provides guidance to help the International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur (IIIT-NR) develop its new two-year M Tech programs in communications, data science and artificial intelligence. Read More...
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Vint Cerf summarizes his thoughts on our 2019 Young Scholar Symposium at Stanford School of Engineering at our awards gala honoring cryptographers Taher Elgamal and Paul Kocher, along with our 2019 Young Scholars.
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Joe Lukens, Marconi Society Young Scholar and Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, shares his latest thinking on making the quantum internet a reality.
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Marconi Fellow Claude Berrou discusses the necessary link between AI and information theory in the context of Shannon's computational vs. informational neuroscience model.
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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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