Scientists From Lucent Technologies Bell Labs Win Coveted Honors.Business & Technology Editors MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
Researchers win top awards from Optical Society of America The Optical Society of America (OSA) is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of light—optics and photonics—in theory and application, by means of worldwide research, scientific publishing, conferences and exhibitions, partnership with industry, and the ; four to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society American Philosophical Society, first scientific society in America, founded (1743) in Philadelphia. It was an outgrowth of the Junto formed (1727) by Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was the first secretary of the society, and Thomas Hopkinson the first president. Scientists from Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LU) Bell Labs have been recently awarded coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. honors that include top awards from the Optical Society of America (OSA 1. OSA - Open Scripting Architecture. 2. OSA - Open System Architecture. ) and induction into the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. The scientists were cited for fundamental research across a broad range of disciplines, including laser physics, quantum optics Quantum optics is a field of research in physics, dealing with the application of quantum mechanics to phenomena involving light and its interactions with matter. History of quantum optics , condensed matter physics con·densed matter physics n. See solid-state physics. condensed matter physics The scientific study of the properties of solids, liquids, and other forms of matter in which atoms or particles adhere to , biophysics biophysics, application of various methods and principles of physical science to the study of biological problems. In physiological biophysics physical mechanisms have been used to explain such biological processes as the transmission of nerve impulses, the muscle , numerical computing and applied mathematics. -- Cherry Murray, senior vice president of physical sciences research at Bell Labs, was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences last week. Dr. Murray, an experimental physicist, was honored for fundamental studies in surface and condensed matter physics. -- David Tank, head of biological computation research at Bell Labs, was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences last week. Dr. Tank, a Bell Labs fellow and a distinguished member of the technical staff, has done pioneering studies of chemical and electrical signaling in neurons. -- Margaret Wright, a Bell Labs fellow and a distinguished member of technical staff, was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Wright, a computer scientist and applied mathematician, was honored for pioneering research in numerical optimization and for leadership in linking industry, academia, and government. -- J. Anthony Tyson, a distinguished member of technical staff at Bell Labs, was inducted into the American Philosophical Society last month. Dr. Tyson, a physicist and observational cosmologist, discovered faint blue galaxies and is currently involved in a project to map the large-scale distribution of dark matter in the universe. -- Federico Capasso, vice president of physics research at Bell Labs, was awarded the R. W. Wood prize for 2001 by the OSA for his work on the quantum cascade laser. -- Bernard Yurke, a distinguished member of technical staff at Bell Labs, was awarded the Max Born award for 2001 by the OSA for his contributions to quantum optics. -- George Smith and Willard Boyle, former Bell Labs researchers, were awarded the Edwin H. Land medal for 2001 by the OSA for their invention of the charge-coupled device, which is a sensitive solid-state electronic camera with many applications. With 30,000 employees in 30 countries, Bell Labs is the world's largest R&D organization dedicated to communications and the leading source of new communications technologies. Bell Labs has generated more than 28,000 patents since 1925 and has played a pivotal role in inventing or perfecting key communications technologies, including transistors, digital networking and signal processing See DSP. , lasers and fiber-optic communications systems, communications satellites, cellular telephony, electronic switching of calls, touch-tone dialing, and modems. Bell Labs scientists have received six Nobel Prizes Nobel Prizes Year Peace Chemistry Physics Physiology or Medicine Literature 1901 J. H. Dunant Frédéric Passy J. H. van't Hoff W. C. Roentgen E. A. von Behring R. F. A. Sully-Prudhomme 1902 Élie Ducommun C. A. in Physics, nine U.S. Medals of Science and six U.S. Medals of Technology. For more information about Bell Labs, visit its Web site at http://www.bell-labs.com. Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software, silicon and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as optical and wireless networks; Internet infrastructure; communications software; communications semiconductors and optoelectronics; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at www.lucent.com. |
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