ADVISORY/ 'Father of Cable Model' Recognizes College Seniors' Efforts, Encourages Achievement.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Friday (May 11) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Entrepreneur Rouzbeh Yassini Rouzbeh Yassini is an Iranian-American engineer, self-credited with creating the cable modem and helped propel broadband through cable. He was the founder of LANcity and helped establish the cable modem industry standard (DOCSIS) through Cable Television Laboratories. , founder and chief executive officer of YAS YAS Yet Another Society (nonprofit supporting collaborative efforts in CompSci/IT) YAS You're A Star (TV program from Ireland) YAS Young Adult Smoker YAS Yet Another Standard YAS Young And Sweet Broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). Ventures, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control of Andover, MA, will visit Merrimack College Merrimack College is a small private, liberal arts, Catholic college in North Andover, Massachusetts, located on Route 114. It was founded in 1947 by Augustinians. Approximately 2,100 full-time and 300 evening students from more than 26 states and 17 countries are enrolled at to promote and reward excellence on the part of graduating seniors. The YAS Senior Honors Awards recognizes academic initiative, originality o·rig·i·nal·i·ty n. pl. o·rig·i·nal·i·ties 1. The quality of being original. 2. The capacity to act or think independently. 3. Something original. Noun 1. and achievement above and beyond that required by the major curriculum. A total of nine winners will be announced: first, second and third prizes from each of Merrimack's three divisions of Liberal Arts liberal arts, term originally used to designate the arts or studies suited to freemen. It was applied in the Middle Ages to seven branches of learning, the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, and the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. , Science and Engineering, and the Girard School of Business. More than 80 students submitted projects for consideration for the cash prizes made possible by Yassini's commitment. WHEN: Friday, May 11, 2001 at 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Cascia Hall, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA WHAT: Yassini will view student poster presentations, present the YAS awards and briefly speak on his motivation in partnering with Merrimack College to encourage and recognize student achievement. WHO: Well known as a pioneer in the development of high-speed communications and as the father of the cable modem, Rouzbeh Yassini is widely recognized within the broadband and consumer electronics industry for his vision, his perseverance and his intellectual courage. He hopes that the YAS Awards will encourage students to make a sustained commitment to excellence and achievement. Named by CED magazine as "1998 Man of the Year" for creating and fostering the multibillion-dollar cable modem "Broadband" industry, Yassini has held executive positions at YAS Corporation, LANcity Corporation, Applitek Corporation, Proteon Inc. and General Electric before establishing YAS Broadband Ventures, LLC. He earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of West Virginia after emigrating from his native Iran in 1977. Contact: For further information, or to attend the YAS Awards, please call Kathleen Franzese, Merrimack College, at 978-837-5189. |
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