Milestones Status Report
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