Milestones Status Report
REPORT ON THE STATUS OF MILESTONES IN SUBMISSION/APPROVAL/DEDICATION PROCESS
Last updated: 6 July 2020
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? |
2011-01 | High Temperature Superconductivity | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 8 | IEEE Switzerland Section | yes | |||
2019-10 | Bipolar, CMOS, and DMOS Super Integrated Technology | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 8 | Italy Section | 16 February 2020 | yes | yes | yes |
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 COMPLETION AND 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? |
2011-01 | High Temperature Superconductivity | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 8 | IEEE Switzerland Section | yes | |||
2014-04 | Langevin Sonar, 1917 | LyF | Region 8 | France Section | ||||
2014-08 | Hollow dielectric beam waveguide, 1966 | AMa | 8 | Ukraine Section | ||||
2015-07 | Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator | JVrd | 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 | |
2017-09 | 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 | Alvin Deep Human Occupied Research Submersible, 1964 | JVrd | Region 1 | Providence Section | ||||
2019-08 | Calcutta Electric Supply Calcultta, 1899 | RRN | Region 10 | Kolkata Section | yes | |||
2019-11 | Computer-controlled aerial ladders | MPol | Region 10 | Kansai Section | ||||
2020-02 | First CT Scanner | jvrd | Region 8 | UKI Section | yes | yes | yes | |
2020-06 | Development of the First Laser Printer | DBa | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | ||||
2020-07 | Universal Serial Bus (USB) | DvBrt | Region 6 | Oregon Section | yes | yes | yes |
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? |
2018-12 | Brain-controlled Robot, 1988 | MBns | Region 8 | Macedonia Section | 17 November 2018 | yes | yes | yes |
2019-05 | Solid-State Diode Detector, 1899-1901 | JnMz | Region 10 | Kharagpur Section | 31 July 2019 | yes | yes | yes |
2019-09 | URUCIB Presidential Information System, 1988 | ABx | Region 9 | Uruguay Section | 4 March 2020 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2019-10 | Bipolar, CMOS, and DMOS Super Integrated Technology | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 8 | Italy Section | 16 February 2020 | yes | yes | yes |
2019-12 | Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope | JCM | Region 10 | Pune Section | 2 July 2020 | yes | yes | yes |
2020-01 | Experimental Radio Station XWA, 1919 | DBa | Region 7 | Montreal Section | 5 February 2020 | yes | yes | yes |
2020-03 | Grace Hopper achievements | JHu | Region 2 | Philadelphia Section | 27 February 2020 | yes | Yes | yes |
2020-04 | Intel 4004 Microprocessor | DBa | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley section | 18 June 2020 | yes | yes | yes |
2020-05 | Commercialization of multi-layer ceramic capacitors with nickel electrode (Ni-MLCCs), 1982 | Rjnr | Region 10 | Kansai Section | 8 April 2020 | 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? |
2019-04 | Folsom Powerhouse, 1895 | ABx | Region 6 | Sacramento Section | 19 Sep 2019 | 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.
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? |
2019-06 | Inverter-driven air conditioner, 1981 | ETej | Region 10 | Nagoya Section | 6 January 2020 | yes | yes | yes |
2019-13 | QR Code | JVdl | Region 10 | Nagoya Section | 25 December 2019 | 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 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? |
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 | postponed from 2 May 2020 |
2013-28 | Introduction of Apple I Computer | EJo | 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | postponed from 2 May 2020 |
2014-06 | Macintosh Computer, 1984 | JImp & DMi | 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | Postponed from 2 May 2020 |
2015-03 | BASIC Programming Language, 1964 | ETej | Region 1 | New Hampshire | TBD |
2017-08 | Budapest Metro, 1896 | MHa | Region 8 | Hungary Section | TBD (postponed from 25 March 2020) |
2017-11 | Piezoelectric Quartz Oscillator, 1921-1923 | JaH | Region 1 | Connecticut Section | postponed from October, 2020 |
2017-16 | First Operational Large-scale Fingerprint Identification System, 1982 | JVrd | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | TBD |
2018-04 | Active Shielding of Superconducting Magnets | JMaz | Region 8 | UKI Section | TBD (postponed from 1 May 2020) |
2018-05 | International System of Units | MPo | Region 8 | Italy Section | TBD |
2018-06 | Ferraris Early Induction Motor | JCMi | Region 8 | Italy Section | TBD (postponed from 12 June 2020, possibly to November of 2020 or early 2021) |
2018-09 | ALOHANET | DvMi | Region 6 | Hawaii Section | Fall 2020 Virtual installation ceremony; 21 June 2021 full dedication |
2018-10 | Xerox Alto Computer | JHui | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | TBD |
2018-11 | String Galvanometer for Human Electrocardiogram, 1901-1905 | JVrd | Region 8 | Benelux Section | TBD |
2018-13 | Fiber Optic Connectors with Push-Pull | JVrd | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | TBD |
2018-14 | μPD7720 Signal Processing Chip | IsSkw | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | TBD |
2018-15 | RCA Radio Central | DBar | Region 1 | Long Island Section | TBD |
2019-02 | Neutrodyne Circuit, 1922 | DBar | Region 1 | North Jersey Section | TBD (postponed from ?? June 2020) |
2019-03 | Gravitational Wave Antenna, 1972 | DvBa | Region 5/ Region 6/ Region 8 | Baton Rouge/Richland/Italy | TBD (postponed from Baton Rouge 1 July 2020/Richland 19 June 2020/Italy 10 June 2020) |
2019-07 | Fiber Bragg Grating, 1978 | DaMic | Region 7 | Ottawa Section | 24 August 2020 (at SC2020) |
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.