Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. IEEE Milestones Dedication

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The North Jersey Section will be dedicating four IEEE Milestones in Electrical Engineering and Computing on Thursday, December 18, 2014, at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, with the following citations.


BELL LABS – WIRELESS AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, 1925-1983

Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. introduced: the first radio astronomical observations (1933), Smith Chart (1939), early mobile phone service (1946), cellular wireless concept (1947), TDX Microwave Radio System (1947), TD Transcontinental Microwave Radio System (1950), Telstar - first active communications satellite (1962), first observation of the cosmic background radiation (1964), first U.S. cellular wireless system (1978), digital cellular technology (1980), and the AR6A SSB-SC Microwave System (1981).

BELL LABS - DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND COMPUTING, 1925-1983

Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. introduced: the first electronic speech synthesizer (1936), first binary digital computer (1939), first long-distance computing (1940), digitized and synthesized music (1957), digital computer art (1962), text-to-speech synthesis (1962), UNIX operating system (1969), the C and S languages (1972, 1976), first single-chip digital signal processor (1979), single-chip 32-bit microprocessor (1980), 5ESS Digital Switching System (1982), and C++ language (1983).

BELL LABS - SOLID STATE AND OPTICAL DEVICES, 1925-1983

Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. introduced: the point-contact and junction transistors (1947, 1948), zone refining (1951), silicon epitaxy (1951), ion implantation (1952), solar cell (1954), oxide masking (1955), laser concept (1958), MOSFET (1959), foil electret microphone (1962), CO2 laser (1964), silicon gate (1966), heterostructure semiconductor laser (1968), charge coupled device (1969), theory of disordered states of matter (1977), heterojunction phototransistor (1980), and VLSI CMOS technology and circuits (1981).

BELL LABS - COMMUNICATIONS THEORY AND NETWORKS, 1925-1983

Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. introduced: type A facsimile service (1925), first long-distance television transmission (1927), negative feedback amplifier (1927), first stereo sound transmission (1933), Hamming error-correcting codes (1948), information theory (1948), direct distance dialing (1951), TAT-1 transatlantic telephone cable (1956), T1 transmission system (1962), touch-tone dialing (1963), 1ESS electronic switch (1965), wide area telephone 800 service (1965), and first U.S. commercial fiber-optic system (1977).

The milestone proposal was submitted and updated by Howard Leach, Section Historian, with technical support primarily by Dr. Alfred MacRae and later by Dr. A. Michael Noll, both former Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. researchers, and with dates by Edward Eckert, Alcatel-Lucent Archives. He was also supported by the IEEE History Center Milestone Advocate David Michelson, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada, who was instrumental in the development of the four distinct citations. And finally he was superbly supported by Robert D. Colburn, Research Coordinator of the IEEE History Center.

It should be noted, that the four distinct scientific areas include 54 separate innovations spanning the 59 years. While this is a lot, Dr. A. Michael Noll, compiled, in May 2012, over 200 significant innovations in a list: ‘Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., List of Significant Innovations & Discoveries (1925-1983).’ So while these four milestone citations list many innovations within four scientific areas, the significance of the work of Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. can perhaps be best summarized by Dr. Alfred MacRae’s introductory answer to the proposal question: ‘What is the historical significance of the work?’ His answer started with: ‘Bell Labs transformed the way people communicate at work and home through the invention and development of many technical innovations that were necessary for the modern telecommunication systems and other advanced technologies. From its founding in 1925, Bell Telephone Laboratories made numerous significant contributions to telecommunications and related fields that led to the information age and the digital era.’




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  • 600 Mountain Ave, Murray Hill, NJ
  • Murray Hill, New Jersey
  • United States 07974
  • Building: Alcatel-Lucent, Main Building 6
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  • Starts 27 October 2014 02:00 AM UTC
  • Ends 18 December 2014 06:25 PM UTC
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Agenda

The dedication ceremony will take place at 1:30 PM, in the main building, Alcatel-Lucent, 600 Mountain Ave, Murray Hill, NJ. First, there will be introductory comments by Dr. Marcus Weldon, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs President, Dr. Peter W. Staecker, Past IEEE President, Russell Pepe, Section Chair, and other IEEE Region, Area, and Section representatives followed by unveiling of the plaques and refreshments.

Then from 2:00 to 4:00 PM there will be four presentations based on each of the four scientific areas on the plaques. This will include recognizing the past innovative achievements and reviewing today’s ongoing research.