2001 Marconi Award in Telecommunications to be Presented Tuesday, Dec. 4 At Columbia University.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 3001 $100,000 Prize, Foremost in Field, to be Shared by Pioneers in Fiber Optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber The Marconi International Fellowship Foundation at Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. will present the 2001 Marconi Award in telecommunications and information technology to Herwig Kogelnik Herwig Kogelnik (b. June 2, 1932) is an electrical engineer working in optical communications. He was born in Graz, Austria and he received his engineering degree from the Technische Hochschule Wien in Vienna, Austria in 1955, and a Doctorate in 1958, also from the of Lucent Technologies/Bell Laboratories and Allan Snyder of the Australian National University Australian National University, located in Canberra and state-sponsored, founded 1946 as Australia's only completely research-oriented university. Originally limited to graduate studies, it expanded in 1960, merging with Canberra University College (est. 1929). , pioneers in the development of fiber optic technology, on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Columbia's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (popularly known as SEAS) is a school of Columbia University which awards degrees in engineering, applied physics and applied mathematics. will host a public forum with the two honorees on trends and discoveries in optical technology and the coming revolution in photonic crystals at 4 P.M. in Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Engineering Center, 530 West 120th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave. The $100,000 award, in its 27th year, honors advances in telecommunications and information technology for the public good. Details on the prize and this year's winners may be viewed at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/01/11/marconi.html A photo opportunity with the honorees receiving the Marconi sculpture award will take place at 3:45 P.M. in Davis Auditorium. (Please RSVP (ReSerVation Protocol) A communications protocol that signals a router to reserve bandwidth for real time transmission. RSVP is designed to clear a path for audio and video traffic, eliminating annoying skips and hesitations. to Suzanne Trimel in the Columbia Office of Public Affairs, (212) 854-6579) Kogelnik and Snyder have been at the forefront of discoveries in optical technology, now the dominant means of long distance telecommunications. The work of the two men also is leading developments in optoelectronics, which scientists believe will lead the information and telecommunications revolution still further by enabling higher-capacity optical fibers, nanoscopic lasers and photonic integrated circuits to one day replace today's microchips. |
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