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'''REPORT ON THE STATUS OF MILESTONES IN SUBMISSION/APPROVAL/DEDICATION PROCESS'''  
'''REPORT ON THE STATUS OF MILESTONES IN SUBMISSION/APPROVAL/DEDICATION PROCESS'''  


'''Last updated: 13 August 2019'''  
'''Last updated: 16 October 2019'''  


This ongoing report shows the status of Milestones in the various stages of the process, updated continually by IEEE History Center staff. Milestones are listed with their docket numbers. The IEEE Region and the sponsoring organizational unit are shown in parentheses. ''Please note the titles given here are shortened or working titles, '''not''' the full or official titles. ''While in the approval process, proposals have a History Committee advocate assigned to them, whose initials are given in brackets.   
This ongoing report shows the status of Milestones in the various stages of the process, updated continually by IEEE History Center staff. Milestones are listed with their docket numbers. The IEEE Region and the sponsoring organizational unit are shown in parentheses. ''Please note the titles given here are shortened or working titles, '''not''' the full or official titles. ''While in the approval process, proposals have a History Committee advocate assigned to them, whose initials are given in brackets.   
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|'''Plaque payment commitment received?
|'''Plaque payment commitment received?
|-
|-
|2019-05
|2019-06
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:INVENTION_OF_SOLID_STATE_DIODE_DETECTOR_SIR_J._C._BOSE_1899-1901 Semiconductor Crystal Diode Detector, 1901]
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/index.php?title=Milestone-Proposal:Inverter-driven_residential_air_conditioner_1981&action=formedit Inverter-driven air conditioner]
|ADVOCATE NEEDED
|ADVOCATE NEEDED
|Region 10
|Region 10
|Kharagpur Section
|
|31 July 2019
|
|yes
|
|yes
|
|
|
|}
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|'''Site owner permission letter received?
|'''Site owner permission letter received?
|'''Plaque payment commitment received?
|'''Plaque payment commitment received?
|-
| 2014-04
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Sonar%2C_100th_birthday_of_Paul_Langevin_Invention_1907-2017 Langevin Sonar, 1917]
| LyF
| Region 8
| France Section
|24 July 2019
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 2014-08  
| 2014-08  
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|IEEE Rochester Section
|IEEE Rochester Section
|
|
|
|yes
|yes
|
|yes
|yes
|-
|-
|2017-04
|2017-04
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|Region 1
|Region 1
|Providence Section
|Providence Section
|
|
|
|
|-
|2018-09
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:ALOHANET_(aka_ALOHA_System) ALOHANET]
|DMi*n
|Region 6
|Hawaii Section
|
|yes
|yes
|yes
|-
|2019-02
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Neutrodyne_Circuit,_1922 Neutrodyne Circuit, 1922]
|DBar
|Region 1
|North Jersey Section
|
|
|
|
|-
|2019-04
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Folsom_Powerhouse,_1895 Folsom Powerhouse, 1895]
|ABx
|Region 6
|Sacramento Section
|
|
|
|
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|'''Payment commitment received?'''
|'''Payment commitment received?'''
|-
|-
| 2014-04
|2018-09
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:Sonar%2C_100th_birthday_of_Paul_Langevin_Invention_1907-2017 Langevin Sonar, 1917]
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:ALOHANET_(aka_ALOHA_System) ALOHANET]
| LyF
|DMi*n
| Region 8
|Region 6
| France Section
|Hawaii Section
|24 July 2019
|5 September 2019
|
|
|
|-
|2015-03
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:BASIC BASIC Programming Language, 1964]
|ETej
|Region 1
|New Hampshire
|22 August 2018
|yes
|yes
|yes
|-
|2017-08
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Budapest_Metroline_No.1.  Budapest Metro, 1896]
|MHa
|Region 8
|Hungary Section
|10 December 2017
|yes
|yes
|yes
|-
|2018-05
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:GiovanniGiorgi International System of Units]
|MPo
|Region 8
|Italy Section
|23 May 2019
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
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|yes
|yes
|-
|-
|2018-14
|2019-04
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:%CE%9CPD7720_DSP  μPD7720 Signal Processing Chip]
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Folsom_Powerhouse,_1895 Folsom Powerhouse, 1895]
|IsSh
|ABx
|Region 10
|Region 6
|Tokyo Section
|Sacramento Section
|18 December 2018
|19 Sep 2019
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|-
|-
|2018-15
|2019-05
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:RCA_Radio_Central RCA Radio Central]
|DBar
|Region 1
|Long Island Section
|6 February 2019
|yes
|yes
|yes
|-
|2019-03
| [http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:1972_-_Rainer_Weiss%27s_Invention_of_the_Gravitational_Wave_Antenna_Used_in_the_Large_Interferometric_Gravitational_Observatory_(LIGO) Gravitational Wave Antenna, 1972]
|DvBa
|Region 5/ Region 6/ Region 8
|Baton Rouge/Richland/Italy
|12 August 2019
|yes (Italy), yes (Richland)
|yes (Italy), yes (Richland)
|yes (Italy), yes (Richland)
|-
|2013-05
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:INVENTION_OF_SOLID_STATE_DIODE_DETECTOR_SIR_J._C._BOSE_1899-1901 Solid-State Diode Detector, 1899-1901]
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:INVENTION_OF_SOLID_STATE_DIODE_DETECTOR_SIR_J._C._BOSE_1899-1901 Solid-State Diode Detector, 1899-1901]
|ADVOCATE NEEDED
|JMzk
|Region 10
|Region 10
|Kharagpur Section  
|Kharagpur Section  
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|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|
|yes
|}
|}


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|'''Payment commitment received?'''
|'''Payment commitment received?'''
|-
|-
|2018-06
|2018-14
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Ferraris Ferraris Early Induction Motor]
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:%CE%9CPD7720_DSP μPD7720 Signal Processing Chip]
|JCMi
|IsSh
|Region 8
|Region 10
|Italy Section
|Tokyo Section
|11 January 2019
|18 December 2018
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
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=== B.4. PROPOSALS AWAITING HISTORY COMMITTEE ACTION  ===
=== B.4. PROPOSALS AWAITING HISTORY COMMITTEE ACTION  ===
'''The proposals are expected to be acted upon at the next History Committee meeting or teleconference, which is 9-10 March 2019.'''
'''The proposals are expected to be acted upon at the next History Committee meeting or teleconference, which is 16-17 September 2019.'''


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|'''Site owner permission letter received?
|'''Site owner permission letter received?
|'''Payment commitment received?'''
|'''Payment commitment received?'''
|}
=== B.5.1.. PROPOSALS APPROVED BY HISTORY COMMITTEE BEING ACTED UPON AT UPCOMING BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OR TELECONFERENCE  ===
'''(The schedule for upcoming Board of Directors meetings can be found in the right hand column of  [http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/board/index.html http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/board/index.html] or at [http://www.ieee.org/documents/upcoming_series.pdf Upcoming Series] )  '''
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|-
| '''Docket Number'''
| '''Short Name'''
| '''Advocate initials'''
| '''Region'''
| '''Sponsoring Org Unit'''
| '''Submitted/Completed Date'''
|'''Section support letter received?
|'''Site owner permission letter received?
|'''Payment commitment received?'''
|-
|2015-03
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:BASIC BASIC Programming Language, 1964]
|ETej
|Region 1
|New Hampshire
|22 August 2018
|yes
|yes
|yes
|-
|2017-08
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Budapest_Metroline_No.1.  Budapest Metro, 1896]
|MHa
|Region 8
|Hungary Section
|10 December 2017
|yes
|yes
|yes
|-
|-
|2017-11
|2017-11
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Walter_Guyton_Cady  Piezoelectric Resonator and Piezoelectric Oscillator, 1921-1923]
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Walter_Guyton_Cady  Piezoelectric Quartz Oscillator, 1921-1923]
|JaH
|JaH
|Region 1
|Region 1
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|UKRI Section
|UKRI Section
|3 September 2018
|3 September 2018
|yes
|yes
|yes
|-
|2018-05
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:GiovanniGiorgi International System of Units]
|MPo
|Region 8
|Italy Section
|21 August 2019
|yes
|yes
|yes
|-
|2018-06
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Ferraris  Ferraris Early Induction Motor]
|JCMi
|Region 8
|Italy Section
|11 January 2019
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
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|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|}
=== B.5.1.. PROPOSALS APPROVED BY HISTORY COMMITTEE BEING ACTED UPON AT UPCOMING BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OR TELECONFERENCE  ===
'''(The schedule for upcoming Board of Directors meetings can be found in the right hand column of  [http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/board/index.html http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/board/index.html] or at [http://www.ieee.org/documents/upcoming_series.pdf Upcoming Series] )  '''
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|-
|-
| '''Docket Number'''
|2018-15
| '''Short Name'''
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:RCA_Radio_Central RCA Radio Central]
| '''Advocate initials'''
|DBar
| '''Region'''
|Region 1
| '''Sponsoring Org Unit'''
|Long Island Section
| '''Submitted/Completed Date'''
|6 February 2019
|'''Section support letter received?
|yes
|'''Site owner permission letter received?
|yes
|'''Payment commitment received?'''
|yes
|-
|2019-02
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Neutrodyne_Circuit,_1922 Neutrodyne Circuit, 1922]
|DBar
|Region 1
|North Jersey Section
|24 September 2019
|yes
|yes
|yes
|-
|2019-03
| [http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:1972_-_Rainer_Weiss%27s_Invention_of_the_Gravitational_Wave_Antenna_Used_in_the_Large_Interferometric_Gravitational_Observatory_(LIGO) Gravitational Wave Antenna, 1972]
|DvBa
|Region 5/ Region 6/ Region 8
|Baton Rouge/Richland/Italy
|12 August 2019
|yes (Italy), yes (Richland), yes (Baton Rouge)
|yes (Italy), yes (Richland), yes (Hanford), yes (Livingston)
|yes (Italy), yes (Richland), yes (Baton Rouge)
|}
|}


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| Santa Clara Valley Section  
| Santa Clara Valley Section  
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| 2014-12
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestone-Proposal:The_first_human_rescue_and_life_saving_enabled_by_space_technology Rescue/Life Saving Enabled by Space Tech, 1982]
| DKmp
| 7
| Ottawa Section
|9 September 2019
|-
|-
| 2015-01  
| 2015-01  
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| 8  
| 8  
| Germany Section  
| Germany Section  
|TBD
|19 October 2019
|-
|-
|2015-13
|2015-13
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|Poland Section and Germany Section
|Poland Section and Germany Section
|14 & 15 November 2019
|14 & 15 November 2019
|-
|2017-02
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Discovery_of_Superconductivity_at_93_K_in_Yttrium_Barium_Copper_Oxide Discovery of Superconductivity at 93 Kelvin]
|DBu
|Region 3
|IEEE Huntsville Section
|19 August 2019
|-
|2017-10
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Self-regulating_Trace_Heater Invention of the Conductive Polymer Self-Regulation Heater – 1972]
|AMar
|Region 6
|Santa Clara Section
|28 August 2019
|-
|-
|2017-14
|2017-14
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|Region 10
|Region 10
|Tokyo Section
|Tokyo Section
|TBD
|18 December 2019
|-
|2018-07
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Standardisation_of_the_OHM Standardisation of the Ohm as an Electrical Unit]
|ASav
|Region 8
|UKRI
|17 September 2019
|-
|2018-08
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Apollo_11_Lunar_Ranging_Experiment_(LURE)  Lunar Ranging Experiment LURE]
|DBar
|Region 6
|Santa Clara Valley/ Southern California Council
|1 August 2019
|-
|2019-01
|[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Role_of_the_Parkes_Radiotelescope_in_the_First_Moon_Landing Parkes Radiotelescope, 1969]
|DBur
|Region 10
|New South Wales Section
|11 October 2019
|}
|}



Revision as of 15:17, 16 October 2019


REPORT ON THE STATUS OF MILESTONES IN SUBMISSION/APPROVAL/DEDICATION PROCESS

Last updated: 16 October 2019

This ongoing report shows the status of Milestones in the various stages of the process, updated continually by IEEE History Center staff. Milestones are listed with their docket numbers. The IEEE Region and the sponsoring organizational unit are shown in parentheses. Please note the titles given here are shortened or working titles, not the full or official titles. While in the approval process, proposals have a History Committee advocate assigned to them, whose initials are given in brackets. 

To see a count of how many IEEE Milestones have been dedicated, click List of Milestones by year dedicated


For a list of dedicated Milestones in chronological order by date of achievement, see Chronological List of Milestones

To see how many Milestones have been dedicated in each Region and Section, see List of Dedicated Milestones by Region

Interested in proposing a milestone? Any IEEE member can submit a milestone proposal. Here is a list of important achievements suitable for proposal, and which we encourage a proposer to consult the Milestones Guidelines and submit. This list is not exclusive; if you know of other achievements you wish to submit, you are welcome to do so.

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A. ADVOCATES NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING MILESTONES:

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit Submitted/Completed Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Plaque payment commitment received?
2019-06 Inverter-driven air conditioner ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 10

Advocates must be either current or past IEEE History Commmittee members. To volunteer to serve as an advocate, contact the IEEE History Staff milestone administrator at ieee-history@ieee.org

B. STATUS

B.1 PROPOSALS BEING WRITTEN AND AWAITING SUBMISSION

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit Submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Plaque payment commitment received?
2014-04 Langevin Sonar, 1917 LyF Region 8 France Section 24 July 2019
2014-08 Hollow dielectric beam waveguide, 1966 AMa 8 Ukraine Section
2015-07 Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator JSor 7 Toronto yes yes yes
2015-14 Alexanderson alternator and multituned antenna, Grimeton JCM 8 Sweden
2016-01 Disconnectable Cable Terminating Device, 1905 JCM 5 Chicago
2017-03 Kodak Digital Camera, 1973-1977 JMaz 1 IEEE Rochester Section yes yes yes
2017-04 Printing Telegraph, 1856-1859 ElBru 3 IEEE Kentucky Section
2017-05 Space Shuttle Training and Simulator Software, 1976 JVar Region 5 TBD
2017-06 Stubblefield Broadcast, 1902 DvBa Region 3 TBD
2017-09 Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant, 1984 ETej Region 9 Paraguay Section
2017-12 Apollo Unified S-Band Communications Systems DMic Region 6 Scottsdale Arizona Section
2017-13 Global Positioning System, 1973 AMcr Region 6 IEEE Coastal Los Angeles
2018-02 Ocean exploration technologies JVrd Region 1 Providence Section

B.2. PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AWAITING ADVOCATE DECISION

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit Submitted/Completed Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received?
2018-09 ALOHANET DMi*n Region 6 Hawaii Section 5 September 2019 yes yes yes
2018-12 Brain-controlled Robot, 1988 MBns Region 8 Macedonia Section 17 November 2018 yes yes yes
2018-13 Fiber Optic Connectors with Push-Pull JVr Region 10 Tokyo Section 30 November 2018 yes yes yes
2019-04 Folsom Powerhouse, 1895 ABx Region 6 Sacramento Section 19 Sep 2019 yes yes yes
2019-05 Solid-State Diode Detector, 1899-1901 JMzk Region 10 Kharagpur Section 31 July 2019 yes yes yes

B.3. PROPOSALS APPROVED BY ADVOCATES AND AWAITING FINALIZED CITATIONS APPROVAL FROM PROPOSERS

Once the proposers have agreed to the wording, the proposals will be submitted to the History Committee for action

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit Submitted/Completed Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received?
2018-14 μPD7720 Signal Processing Chip IsSh Region 10 Tokyo Section 18 December 2018 yes yes yes

B.4. PROPOSALS AWAITING HISTORY COMMITTEE ACTION

The proposals are expected to be acted upon at the next History Committee meeting or teleconference, which is 16-17 September 2019.

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit Submitted/Completed Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received?

B.5.1.. PROPOSALS APPROVED BY HISTORY COMMITTEE BEING ACTED UPON AT UPCOMING BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OR TELECONFERENCE

(The schedule for upcoming Board of Directors meetings can be found in the right hand column of  http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/board/index.html or at Upcoming Series )  


Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit Submitted/Completed Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received?
2015-03 BASIC Programming Language, 1964 ETej Region 1 New Hampshire 22 August 2018 yes yes yes
2017-08 Budapest Metro, 1896 MHa Region 8 Hungary Section 10 December 2017 yes yes yes
2017-11 Piezoelectric Quartz Oscillator, 1921-1923 JaH Region 1 Connecticut Section 6 February 2019 yes yes yes
2017-16 First Operational Large-scale Fingerprint Identification System, 1982 JVrd Region 10 Tokyo Section 11 January 2018 yes yes yes
2018-04 Active Shielding of Superconducting Magnets JMaz Region 8 UKRI Section 3 September 2018 yes yes yes
2018-05 International System of Units MPo Region 8 Italy Section 21 August 2019 yes yes yes
2018-06 Ferraris Early Induction Motor JCMi Region 8 Italy Section 11 January 2019 yes yes yes
2018-10 Xerox Alto Computer JHui Region 6 Santa Clara Valley Section 4 June 2019 yes yes yes
2018-11 String Galvanometer for Human Electrocardiogram, 1901-1905 JVrd Region 8 Benelux Section 17 November 2018 yes yes yes
2018-15 RCA Radio Central DBar Region 1 Long Island Section 6 February 2019 yes yes yes
2019-02 Neutrodyne Circuit, 1922 DBar Region 1 North Jersey Section 24 September 2019 yes yes yes
2019-03 Gravitational Wave Antenna, 1972 DvBa Region 5/ Region 6/ Region 8 Baton Rouge/Richland/Italy 12 August 2019 yes (Italy), yes (Richland), yes (Baton Rouge) yes (Italy), yes (Richland), yes (Hanford), yes (Livingston) yes (Italy), yes (Richland), yes (Baton Rouge)


C. DEDICATIONS BEING PLANNED, ALL APPROVALS HAVING BEEN RECEIVED

Docket Number Short Name Region Sponsoring Org Unit Dedication Date
2013-09 Harvard Mark I Computer, 1944-1959 1 Boston Section TBD
2013-22 Introduction of Apple II Computer EJ 6 Santa Clara Valley Section TBD
2013-28 Introduction of Apple I Computer EJo 6 Santa Clara Valley Section TBD
2014-06 Macintosh Computer, 1984 JImp & DMi 6 Santa Clara Valley Section TBD
2015-01 Demonstration of Predecessor of Radar 1904 TaSar 8 Germany Section 19 October 2019
2015-13 Birth of WiFi, 1988 MBa 8 Benelux 29 October 2019
2017-01 Czochralski Process, 1916 KKul Region 8 Poland Section and Germany Section 14 & 15 November 2019
2017-14 High Electron Mobility Transistor, 1979 JMaz Region 10 Tokyo Section 18 December 2019

D. DEDICATIONS HELD

 For a list by dedication date of all IEEE Milestones dedicated from the beginning of the Milestone Program, see List of Milestones by Dedication Year


For a list of dedicated Milestones in chronological order by date of achievement, see Chronological List of Milestones

For a list of dedicated Milestones by Region, see List of Dedicated Milestones by Region


                                                         D. OTHER MILESTONES ACTIVITY

Return to Milestone Program Guidelines
Proposals in progress as well as completed proposals can be viewed here NOTE: This is a staff workspace.