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The Marconi Society Marconigram JOHN M. CIOFFI WINS 01 MARCONI PRIZE 02 SYmpOSIUM PROGRAM 03 NEW YORK FORUM ISSUE 5 SUMMER 2006 04 REGISTRATION FORM The Marconi Society Marconigram A P U B L I C at I O N P RODUCED BY T H E ma R C O N I S OCIE T Y at C O L U M BI A U N I V E R S I T Y 2006 MARCONI PRIZE TO BE AwARDED ON WEST COAST TO JOHN M. CIOFFI SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Leading Stanford Researcher Board Chairman Robert W. Lucky and DSL Pioneer Receives Top Honor President John Jay Iselin Secretary-Treasurer Stanford University Electrical Society’s 32-year history that the William Wright, II Engineering Professor John M. event has been held on the West Cioffi, a prolific inventor whose Coast. The all-day Symposium Acting Director pioneering research helped create will take place at the Computer Nancy W. Collins DSL (digital subscriber line) History Museum. Public Affairs circuits which brings broadband “The annual Marconi Prize Hatti L. Hamlin Internet access to hundreds recognizes those living scientists of millions of people, has been who, like Guglielmo Marconi, Directors Sir Eric Ash named the 2006 Marconi Fellow. the inventor of radio, share the Paul Baran The prestigious award recognizes determination that advances in Alan Brinkley scientific contributions in the field communications and information George Bugliarello of communications science and technology be directed to the Jonathan Cole the Internet. social, economic and cultural Federico Faggin improvement of all humanity,” said Cioffi, they include Larry Page and Zvi Galil “LastING CONTRIBUTIONS John Jay Iselin, president of the Sergey Brin (Google co-founders), Robert W. Galvin TO HUmaN PROGREss” Marconi Society. “John Cioffi’s Nobel Prize-winning physicist Martin Meyerson* CITED BY MARCONI SOCIETY remarkable career personifies this Arthur L. Schawlow, Internet Francesco Paresce* spirit.” pioneer Paul Baran, wireless Andrew J. Viterbi Cioffi will receive this honor – The Marconi Prize has been communications visionary Romano Volta Rosalind C. Whitehead and the $100,000 Marconi Prize awarded yearly since 1975 Andrew J. Viterbi, and public key that accompanies it – at the and some of the world’s most cryptography developers Martin *Past Chairman annual Marconi Society Award influential communications Hellman and Whitfield Diffie. In Senior Advisor Gala on October 12, 2006 at the technology pioneers have been 2005, Intel founder Gordon Moore A. Michaela Noll Menlo Circus Club in Atherton, designated Fellows, including nine Senior Events Advisor California. It is the first time in the West Coast winners. In addition to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Eli Noam CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 UpcOMING SYmpOSIUM CO-HOSTED WITH THE COmpUTER HISTORY MUSEUM JOhn M. CIOFFI – 2006 MARCONI FELLOW Unleashing the Potential received the Marconi Society’s resources across the planet. The Lifetime Achievement Award, successful deployment of DSL an award given out only three to much of the world made it of Communications times in the Society’s history. possible for millions more people Born and educated in to access all that the Internet has 8:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. Illinois, Cioffi earned a BSEE at to offer.” Registration, Coffee Panel 3 Champaign in 1978 and joined The two Symposium 9:00 a.m. Removing the Speed Bumps Bell Laboratories in New Jersey Chairman, Martin Hellman and Welcome and Introductions Moderator: James L. Flanagan, as a modem designer. He later Vinton Cerf also praise Cioffi. Board of Governors and Professor attended Stanford University, Hellman, Stanford University 9:15 a.m. Emeritus, Electrical Engineering, eventually earning a Ph.D. He professor emeritus and 2000 Panel 1 Rutgers University was just 35 years old when Marconi Fellow, says, “John Lessons from the Past: his research resulted in a DSL is among the most innovative Roads to the Future Presenters: Whitfield Diffie, Chief Security Officer, Sun modem that far surpassed the and successful researchers Moderator: Jacob Ziv, Microsystems; Federico Faggin, industry’s standard. This led to I’ve known. His determination Professor of Electrical President and Chief Executive the creation of his company, Amati to push the technology in the Engineering, Technion, Israel Officer, Foveon; Martin E. Communications Corporation, in face of considerable skepticism Institute of Technology 1991. It was later purchased by can largely be credited for the Hellman, Professor Emeritus, Presenters: Claude Berrou, Texas Instruments. development of DSL, the way in Electrical Engineering, Stanford Professor, Electronics Cioffi’s continued research which approximately two-thirds University; James K. Omura, Department, École has led to dozens of income- of broadband access is delivered Technology Strategist, Gordon Nationale Supérieure des producing ventures and more than worldwide. John is a true and Betty Moore Foundation Télécommunications de Bretagne; 70 patents – 30 of them licensed visionary.” (former Professor, Electrical James L. Massey, Professor through Stanford alone and Cerf, the 1998 Marconi Fellow, Engineering, University of Emeritus, Digital Systems more that 50 issued or pending adds “It’s hard to overestimate California at Los Angeles, and Co- Engineering, ETH, Zurich; Henry that belong to various other the impact John has had on Founder, Cylink) Samueli, Co-Founder, Chairman companies for whom he worked. telecommunications and the and Chief Technical Officer, 2:45 to 3:00 p.m. Currently he and his Stanford Internet.” Cerf who is commonly Broadcom; Andrew J. Viterbi, Coffee Break team are exploring Dynamic referred to as one of the “founding President, The Viterbi Group, and Spectrum Management (DSM), fathers of the Internet” is now 3:00 p.m. Co-Founder, Qualcomm a recent improvement on DSL. Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist. Panel 4 This led to a new venture, ASSIA, “The high speed DSL modem 10:30 to 10:45 a.m. The Future where Cioffi currently serves as Cioffi helped to design is now Coffee Break Moderator: Robert W. Lucky, Chairman. used all over the world-and is the Board Chairman, Marconi Society, 10:45 a.m. Robert W. Lucky, Marconi principal way by which broadband former Executive Director, Panel 2 Foundation chairman and access to the Internet is obtained, Communications Sciences Today’s Horizon: Impact and 1987 Fellow, notes, “Like the outside the US. There is no doubt Research, Bell Labs Society’s namesake, Guglielmo he will continue to have a major Implications of Broadband Presenters: Robert E. Kahn, Marconi, Cioffi’s work has impact on communications theory Moderator: Vinton G. Cerf, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer helped immeasurably to spread and application in the future.” Vice President and Chief Internet and President, Corporation for knowledge and intellectual Evangelist, Google National Research Initiatives; Presenters: John Cioffi, Hitachi Leonard Kleinrock, Professor American Professor of Electrical of Computer Science, University Engineering, Stanford University; of California at Los Angeles; MAKE YOUR HOTEL RESERVATIONS EARLY David Forney, Massachusetts Robert M. Metcalfe, General Institute of Technology and retired Partner, Polaris Venture Rooms will fill up fast due to the Stanford University Alumni Vice President, and Director of Partners, and Founder, 3Com; Weekend taking place the same time as our events. Technology, Motorola; John F. Greg Papadopoulos, Chief List of Recommended Hotels Shoch, Partner, Alloy Ventures Technology Officer and Executive (former President, Xerox Office Vice President of Research and The official Marconi Hotel for the Symposium is the Sheraton in Systems); Gottfried Ungerboeck, Development, Sun Microsystems Palo Alto, 625 El Camino Real (650) 328-2800. Technical Director and Broadcom Other suggestions: Westin Hotel (650) 321-4422; Fellow, Broadcom 4:15 p.m. Stanford Park Hotel, Palo Alto (650) 322-1234; Symposium Ends 12:00 p.m. Ritz Carlton, Half Moon Bay, (650) 712-7000 Lunch b NEW YORK FORUM WITH REED HUNDT THE MARCONI SOCIETY The Marconi Society was Crisis for American Entrepreneurship? established in 1974 through c an endowment set up by Gioia Marconi Braga, daughter of Guglielmo Marconi, the Nobel laureate who invented the radio (wireless telegraphy). The Society is The Marconi Society hosted threat from China prompted best known for its $100,000 a Forum in New York on May him to write a book, “In China’s Marconi Prize, awarded 10 at the River Club, featuring Shadow: the Crisis of American annually to an outstanding individual whose scope of Reed E. Hundt, Principal of Entrepreneurship.” It will be work and influence emulate Charles Ross Partners and available at bookstores in the the principle of “creativity past chairman of the Federal fall, and explores the rapid rise in service to humanity” that Communications Commission of Chinese entrepreneurship inspired Marconi. Through (FCC). He led a discussion before and America’s response. To symposia, conferences, forums and publications, the the distinguished group about sustain the American dream, Marconi Society promotes China’s rising competitive power he asks Americans to consider awareness of major innovations which may pose a potential threat the “difficulties of action, the in communication theory, or open a window of opportunity possibilities of action, and the technology and applications for the “American Dream.” reasons for hope.” with particular attention to understanding how they Robert W. Lucky, Chairman Hundt points out that not only change and benefit society. of the Marconi Society, and do countries such as China and Reed Hundt speaks at Additional information about formerly Executive Director of India possess cheap labor, but New York Forum the Marconi Society and the AT&T Bell Labs Communications most importantly, they are also Marconi Fellows can be found Science Research Division, was rich with talent. Thirty years ago college debts, Asian-born at www.marconisociety.com. the Commentator. Jonathan R. U.S. industries published 85% of students – fully subsidized by Cole, the John Mitchell Mason the international research papers their governments – are returning Professor, Columbia University, on communications technology, a home, bound for careers in the ANDREW VITERBI acted as Moderator.
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