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

Last updated: 29 September 2015

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. Proposals in progress can be viewed on the here

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 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 Date
2015-04 Outdoor Large-Scale Color Display 1980 ADVOCATE NEEDED 10 Fukuoka
2015-06 Nobeyama 45-m Telescope ADVOCATE NEEDED 10
2015-11 Moore's Law, 1965 ADVOCATE NEEDED 6 Santa Clara Valley 29 September 2015
2015-12 French Transatlantic Cables, 1869-1898 ADVOCATE NEEDED 1 Providence

IEEE History Commmittee members, as well as Corresponding Members of the History Committee, are encouraged to serve as advocates for milestone proposals. 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
2013-12 Bayer Color Filter Array DBu TBD TBD
2013-13 Erbium-Doped Fiber Optical Amplifier MS 8 UKRI Section
2013-20 CRC102-A Activation 1954 F-AH 8 Italy Section
2014-01 Mother of All Demos EJ 6 Santa Clara Valley Section
2014-04 Langevin Sonar, 1917 LF 8 France Section
2014-08 Hollow dielectric beam waveguide, 1966 AMa 8 Ukraine Section
2014-12 Rescue/Life Saving Enabled by Space Tech, 1982 DKmp 7 Ottawa Section
2015-01 Invention of Radar 1904 TaSar 8 Germany Section
2015-03 BASIC Computer Language EJo 1 New Hampshire
2015-06 Nobeyama 45-m Telescope ADVOCATE NEEDED 10
2015-07 Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator JSor 7 Toronto
2015-12 French Transatlantic Cables, 1869-1898 ADVOCATE NEEDED 1 Providence

B.2. PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AWAITING ADVOCATE APPROVAL

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit Submitted Date
2014-06 Macintosh Computer, 1984 JImp & DMi 6 Santa Clara Valley Section 3 June 2015
2014-10 Automotive Navigation System, 1981 MPol 10 Tokyo Section 23 January 2015
2014-15 Dadda's Multiplier F-AH 8 Italy Section 24 July 2015
2015-04 Outdoor Large-Scale Color Display 1980 ADVOCATE NEEDED 10 Fukuoka 11 September 2015
2015-05 Gotland HVDC Link, 1954 EBru 8 Sweden 23 June 2015
2015-11 Moore's Law, 1965 ADVOCATE NEEDED 6 Santa Clara Valley 29 September 2015

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

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit Submitted Date

B.4. PROPOSALS READY FOR HISTORY COMMITTEE ACTION

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit Submitted Date
2013-31 Weston Meter EMat 1 North New Jersey Section 18 September 2015
2014-09 Königs Wusterhausen Radio Transmission, 1920 ASav 8 Germany Section 7 September 2014
2014-11 High Definition TV, 1964 XL 10 Tokyo Section 11 November 2014
2014-14 Keage Power Station RoS 10 Kansai Section 27 February 2015
2015-02 Grand Central Electrification PI 1 New York Section 21 April 2015
2015-08 Exploration and Proof of Liquid Crystals, 1889 APYu 8 Germany 29 June 2015
2015-09 Shannon Development of Information Theory, 1939-1967 TBi 1 Boston 2 September 2015
2015-10 Special Citation Tesla Laboratory at Wardenclyffe MHa 1 Long Island 26 August 2015

B.5.1.. PROPOSALS APPROVED BY HISTORY COMMITTEE AND BEING PREPARED FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AGENDA

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit Submitted Date

B.5.2 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 Date

B.6. DEDICATIONS BEING PLANNED, ALL APPROVALS HAVING BEEN RECEIVED

Docket Number Short Name Region Sponsoring Org Unit Dedication Date
2013-08 The Birthplace of Silicon Valley TB 6 Santa Clara Valley Section TBD
2013-09 Harvard Mark I Computer, 1944-1959 1 Boston Section TBD
2013-11 Ampex Videorecorder LL 6 Santa Clara Valley Section June 2016 (probable)
2013-22 Introduction of Apple II Computer EJ 6 Santa Clara Valley Section TBD
2013-24 ASCII TB 1 New Jersey Coast Section TBD
2013-28 Introduction of Apple I Computer EJo 6 Santa Clara Valley Section TBD
2014-02 Zenit Three-Coordinate L-band Pulsed Radar, 1938 MSch 8 Ukraine Section TBD
2014-03 TAT-8 Fiber Optic Cable TB 2 New Jersey Coast Section TBD
2014-05 Special Citation Computer History Museum, 1979 6 Santa Clara Valley Section 29 October 2015
2014-07 Fermi Semiconductor Statistics, 1924-1928 Region 8 Italy Section 4 December 2015
2014-13 Emergency Warning Code, 1985 Region 10 Tokyo Section TBD

B.7 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


                                           C. POTENTIAL MILESTONES BEING RESEARCHED OR EXPLORED

                                                                  (that History Center staff are aware of)




                                                         D. OTHER MILESTONES ACTIVITY

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