MARCONI SOCIETY


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Locations: IRWIN, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS, OHIO, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON

80 Is the New 50: Vint Cerf Is at the Top of His Game

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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NORTH OLMSTEAD, Ohio, March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vinton G. Cerf turns 80 this year and he's busy as ever. As Google's Chief Internet Evangelist continues his tireless efforts to advance the beneficial use of the Internet, he receives The Marconi Society's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Cerf's work will be celebrated at the organization's Awards Gala on October 27.

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  • NORTH OLMSTEAD, Ohio, March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vinton G. Cerf turns 80 this year and he's busy as ever.
  • Cerf is the first person in the Marconi Society's nearly 50-year history to receive both the Marconi Prize (1998) and the Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • While industry players focused on proprietary networks, Cerf had a wider vision built upon open standards.
  • "The problem with getting a lifetime achievement award is that everyone thinks you're done," said Cerf.

Creating a Safer, More Resilient Society: 2023 Marconi Prize Awarded to Hari Balakrishnan

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
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NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Marconi Society is proud to award the 2023 Marconi Prize to Hari Balakrishnan in recognition of the broad impact to society of his fundamental discoveries in wired and wireless networking, mobile sensing, and distributed systems.  By focusing his research on the application of technology to solve large societal problems, Balakrishnan's work has made millions of people safer and has made the Internet and wireless communications more efficient and robust. 

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  • Hari Balakrishnan is the Fujitsu Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the Department of EECS at MIT.
  • "His focus on scientific excellence that creates positive impact at scale, along with his humanitarian contributions, makes him a perfect choice for the Marconi Prize."
  • Hari Balakrishnan will be honored at the Marconi Society's annual awards Gala on October 27, 2023 in Washington, DC.
  • Nominations for the 2024 Marconi Prize are being accepted through June 30, 2023.

Building Digital Equity through Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Marconi Society Announces 2022 Symposium and Gala

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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The annual forum convenes leading visionaries in technology, business, policy, and digital inclusion to help build pathways to digital equity by 2030.

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  • The annual forum convenes leading visionaries in technology, business, policy, and digital inclusion to help build pathways to digital equity by 2030.
  • "The Decade of Digital Inclusion is a rare opportunity to create collaborative solutions to bridging the digital divide.
  • The Marconi Society, through our deep expertise in information and communications technology and connections in policy and digital equity, is uniquely positioned to create this convening," said Vint Cerf, Board Chair of the Marconi Society.
  • The Marconi Society celebrates and supports visionaries building tomorrow's technologies upon the foundation of the connected world we helped create.

As Digital Inclusion Programming Grows, Marconi Society Announces Three New Board Members, Major Gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs

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Monday, October 18, 2021
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NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio, Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Marconi Society , a nonprofit dedicated to digital inclusion, today announced three new Board members and a major gift from Marconi Fellow and Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs and his wife Joan Jacobs.

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  • NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio, Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Marconi Society , a nonprofit dedicated to digital inclusion, today announced three new Board members and a major gift from Marconi Fellow and Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs and his wife Joan Jacobs.
  • "With this generous gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs and the deep expertise of our new Board members, the Marconi Society will continue accelerating our work and our impact," said Vint Cerf, Chair of the Marconi Society and 1998 Marconi Fellow .
  • Through programming like The Decade of Digital Inclusion , a virtual event series with a Symposium scheduled for October 22, the Marconi Society collaborates with changemakers from technology, policy, and digital inclusion to address digital inequity.
  • "We are grateful to welcome our new Board members and for this significant contribution," said Samantha Schartman-Cycyk, Executive Director of the Marconi Society.

Marconi Society Names Three 2020 Paul Baran Young Scholars

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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
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The Marconi Society Young Scholar Award recognizes the world's most innovative young engineers who are creating tomorrow's information and communications technology in service of a digitally inclusive world.

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  • The Marconi Society Young Scholar Award recognizes the world's most innovative young engineers who are creating tomorrow's information and communications technology in service of a digitally inclusive world.
  • "Our Young Scholars are the brain trust that will put the speed, security and applications of next generation networks into the hands of billions."
  • Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar candidates are nominated by their academic advisors.
  • The Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award honors the world's most innovative young engineers in Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

Shattering the Silicon Ceiling: 2020 Marconi Prize Awarded to Wireless Innovator Dr. Andrea Goldsmith

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Thursday, April 30, 2020
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Marconi Society today awarded the 2020 Marconi Prize to Dr. Andrea Goldsmith for her pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of adaptive wireless communications.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Marconi Society today awarded the 2020 Marconi Prize to Dr. Andrea Goldsmith for her pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of adaptive wireless communications.
  • Goldsmith has been shattering silicon ceilings in engineering for decades and is an influential voice in creating an inclusive profession.
  • Goldsmith is donating her $100,000 Marconi Prize to the Marconi Society to start an endowment that will fund technology and diversity initiatives.
  • Just as she does for wireless network performance, Goldsmith sets the bar high for the engineering profession as a whole.