Milestones Status Report

From IEEE Milestones Wiki


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

Last updated: 31 May 2023

This ongoing report shows the status of Milestones and Special Citations in the various stages of the process, updated frequently by IEEE History Center staff. Milestones and Special Citations 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.

CONTENTS:
Section A. Proposals Needing Advocates
Section B.1 Proposals Being Written and Awaiting Completion and Submission
Section B.2 Proposals Submitted and Awaiting Advocate Decision
Section B.3 Proposals Approved by Advocate and Awaiting Citation Approval
Section B.3.1 Proposals Awaiting Name-in-Citation Approval from Milestones Subcommittee
Section B.4 Proposals Awaiting History Committee Action
Section B.5.1 Proposals Approved by History Committee and Awaiting Board of Directors Action
Section C. Milestones Approved by Board of Directors and the Dedication Ceremonies Are Being Planned
Section D. Milestones Dedicated


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

A. ADVOCATES NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING MILESTONES:


Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Plaque payment commitment received? Full text of references received?
2022-06 Electronic Lavatory Washlet, 1980 ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 10 Fukuoka Section
2022-07 Semiconductor Quantum-Well Laser Diode, 1977 (*) ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 4 Central Illinois Section 3 September 2022 yes yes yes yes
2022-11 Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser, 1977 (*) ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 10 Tokyo Section
2022-16 MARS-1 Railroad Reservation System, 1959 ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 10 Tokyo Section 28 October 2022 yes yes yes yes
2022-20 Development of Optical Image Stabiliser ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 10 Kansai Section
2022-23 Theory of Superconductivity, 1957(*) ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 4 Central Illinois Section yes
2023-02 Acoustical Labyrinth ADVOCATE NEEDED Region Section
2023-04 Instantaneous Reactive Power in Three-Phase Circuits (*) ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 10 Tokyo Section
2023-05 Anderson Bridge (*) ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 8 UKI Section 14 March 2023 yes yes yes yes
2023-07 Unipolar conduction of metal semiconductor junctions ADVOCATE NEEDED Region Section
2023-08 Image Stabilizer for Handheld Cameras ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 10 Kansai Section
2023-09 Cobalt-60 Radiation Cancer Treatment, 1951 ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 7 London section, North Sasketchewan Section

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

Proposals with a personal name in the citation are indicated by (*)

B. STATUS

B.1 PROPOSALS BEING WRITTEN AND AWAITING COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION

In the case of inactive Proposals, i.e. proposals which are incomplete or have had no new material added to them for a period of a year, the advocate will email the proposer(s) to advise that the proposal will be deleted from the Milestones Status Report unless there is activity within the next month.

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Plaque payment commitment received? Full text of references received?
2011-01 Discovery of High Temperature Superconductivity, 1986 (*) JMz Region 8 IEEE Switzerland Section yes yes yes
2014-08 Hollow dielectric beam waveguide, 1966 (*) AMsh 8 Ukraine Section
2015-07 Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator JVrd 7 Toronto yes yes yes yes
2016-01 Disconnectable Cable Terminating Device, 1905 JCM 5 Chicago
2017-12 Apollo Unified S-Band Communications Systems DMic Region 6 Scottsdale Arizona Section
2020-10 Mechanicville Hydroelectric Facility, 1898 (*) PKr Region 1 Schenectady Section yes
2021-02 Field Programmable Gate Array BBg Region 6 Santa Clara Valley Section
2021-07 Intermodal Transportation System, 1991 PKr Region 2 Washington DC Section/Vehicular Tech. Soc.
2021-11 IEEE 802 Standard BBg Region 6 Santa Clara Valley Section yes yes yes
2021-17 Spread Spectrum Communication MHs Region TBD Section TBD
2021-18 Marconi's Yacht Elettra (*) ETj Region 8 Italy Section
2021-19 DUPLICATE DO NOT USE Region 10 Tokyo Section
2022-02 First Live Commercial Trans-Atlantic Radio Broadcast DBrt Region 1 IEEE Maine Section yes yes
2022-06 Electronic Lavatory Washlet, 1980 ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 10 Fukuoka Section
2022-12 Deep Space Station 43, 1977 BBg Region 10 Australian Capital Territory Section yes yes yes yes
2022-14 Special Citation: AT&T History Museum SgPr Region 1 New Jersey Coast Section yes
2022-18 Commercialization of CDMA Cellular JMz Region 10 Seoul Section yes yes yes yes
2022-20 Development of Optical Image Stabilizer ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 10 Kansai Section
2022-21 Small Electronic Calculating Machine, 1948-1951 StSe Region 8 Ukraine Section
2022-22 Intel 8087 Math Coprocessor StSe Region 8 Haifa Section yes
2022-23 Theory of Superconductivity, 1957 ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 4 Central Illinois Section yes
2023-01 University of Hawaii 2.2 meter Observatory SPrk Region 6 Hawaii Section

Proposals with a personal name in the citation are indicated by (*)

B.2. PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AWAITING ADVOCATE DECISION

Advocates shall complete the review of milestone proposals within six months of submission of the proposal, except in cases where an unusual circumstance or major obstacle arises. Within 2 months, advocate works with proposers to select independent expert reviewers and to make sure all materials submitted are complete; within 4 months, advocate receives expert reviews; within 6 months, advocate completes review and recommends History Committee action.

Proposals which are overdue in the review process will show their docket numbers in red.

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received? Expert Reviewers chosen due date Reviews due Advocate recomm due
2021-01 Commercialization of the Fishfinder, 1948 MPo Region 10 Kansai Section 24 February 2021 yes yes yes yes 24 April 2021 24 June 2021 24 September 2021
2021-04 ADSL:Expediting Broadband Internet Access for society, 1993-1997 CeSh Region 8 Benelux Section 16 April 2021 yes yes yes yes 16 June 2021 16 September 2021 16 November 2021
2021-08 Commercialization of Rice Cookers, 1923 PKr Region 10 Tokyo Section 30 July 2021 yes yes yes 30 September 2021 30 November 2021 30 January 2022
2021-14 WITHDRAWN 9 December 2022
2021-15 Okumura Curve and Commercial Cellular Telephone System (*) DMch Region 10 Tokyo Section 28 September 2021 yes yes yes yes 28 November 2021 28 January 2022 28 March 2022
2021-20 Long-Distance Transmission of Three-Phase Alternating Current, 1891 (*) IPch Region 8 Germany Section and Poland Section 16 November 2022 yes yes yes yes 16 January 2023 16 March 2023 16 May 2023
2022-01 Commercially Successful CRT for Television (*) ABx Region 1 North Jersey Section 4 November 2022 yes yes yes yes 4 January 2023 4 March 2023 4 May 2023
2022-07 Semiconductor Quantum-Well Laser Diode, 1977 (*) ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 4 Central Illinois Section 3 September 2022 yes yes yes yes 3 November 2022 3 January 2023 3 March 2023
2022-13 Longley-Rice Terrain Model (*) RjNr Region 5 IEEE Denver Section 27 September 2022 yes yes yes yes 27 December 2022 27 February 2023 27 April 2023
2022-16 MARS-1 Railroad Reservation System, 1959 ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 10 Tokyo Section 28 October 2022 yes yes yes yes 28 January 2023 28 March 2023 28 May 2023
2022-17 Commonwealth Solar Observatory, 1924 SPrk Region 10 Australian Capital Section 13 September 2022 yes yes yes yes 13 November 2022 13 January 2023 13 March 2023
2022-19 Toyota Prius ABx Region 10 Nagoya Section 7 November 2022 yes yes yes yes 7 January 2023 7 March 2023 7 May 2023
2023-05 Anderson Bridge (*) ADVOCATE NEEDED Region 8 UKI Section 14 March 2023 yes yes yes yes 14 May 2023 14 July 2023 14 September 2023
2023-06 Project Echo DBt Region 1 New Jersey Coast Section 17 May 2023 yes yes yes yes 17 July 2023 17 Septemeber 2023 17 September 2023



Proposals with a personal name in the citation are indicated by (*)

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. If there is a name in the citation, the proposal will be submitted to the Milestones Subcommittee for pre-appoval.


Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received?

B.3.1 PROPOSALS AWAITING NAME-IN-CITATIONS APPROVAL FROM MILESTONES SUBCOMMITTEE

Next Milestones Subcommittee meeting/teleconference: TBD. If inclusion of name is approved, the proposals will be submitted to the History Committee for action

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received?

B.3.2 PROPOSALS AWAITING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OR EVALUATION BY MILESTONES SUBCOMMITTEE

Proposals in this section are being worked on by the Milestones Subcommittee with an eye to recommending improvements to the proposer(s)

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring Org Unit COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received?
2020-03 COBOL Compiler Csha Region 2 Philadelphia Section 12 October 2021 yes Yes yes yes
2021-12 Variational Reaction Theory for Finite Element Formulation, 1979-1991 JMaz Region 10 Taipei Section 26 April 2022 yes yes yes ye

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 COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received?
2021-09 Cavity Magnetron 1939-1944 (*) DMch Region 8 UKI Section 24 April 2022 yes yes yes yes 24 June 2022 24 August 2022 24 October 2022
2021-21 Pulse Oximeter (*) ASav Region 10 Tokyo Section 22 August 2022 yes yes yes yes 22 October 2022 22 December 2022 22 February 2022

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

(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 COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received? Expected date of BoD action
2014-04 Invention of Sonar, 1915-1918 (*) LyF Region 8 France Section Resubmission because of changes yes yes yes yes 18-19 June 2023
2020-08 Perpendicular Magnetic Recording CeSh Region 10 Sendai Section 30 October 2020 yes yes yes yes 18-19 June 2023
2022-05 Portable Satellite Communication Terminal, 1989 JMaz Region 10 Taipei Section 28 April 2022 yes yes yes yes 18-19 June 2023
2022-10 Semiconductor Laser, 1962 GlCo Region 1 Boston, New York, and Schenectady Sections 17 October 2022 yes yes yes yes 18-19 June 2023

C. DEDICATIONS BEING PLANNED, ALL APPROVALS HAVING BEEN RECEIVED

Docket Number Short Name Region Sponsoring Org Unit Dedication Date Dedication Ceremony Info
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
2017-09 Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant, 1984 ETj Region 9 Paraguay Section
2018-10 Xerox Alto Computer JHu Region 6 Santa Clara Valley Section
2018-12 Brain-controlled Robot, 1988 CeSh Region 8 Macedonia Section
2019-02 Neutrodyne Circuit, 1922 DvBr Region 1 North Jersey Section TBD (postponed from June 2020)
2019-07 Fiber Bragg Grating, 1978 DaMic Region 7 Ottawa Section postponed from 24 August 2020
2019-09 URUCIB Presidential Information System, 1988 SrPrk Region 9 Uruguay Section
2020-01 Experimental Radio Station XWA, 1919 DBa Region 7 Montreal Section
2020-04 Intel 4004 Microprocessor DBa Region 6 Santa Clara Valley section TBD
2020-05 Commercialization of multi-layer ceramic capacitors with nickel electrode (Ni-MLCCs), 1982 ETjr Region 10 Kansai Section
2020-06 Development of the Laser Printer DBa Region 6 Santa Clara Valley Section TBD
2020-07 Universal Serial Bus (USB) DBr Region 6 Oregon Section TBD
2020-13 First Geographic Information System, 1962-1968 MsGrc Region 7 Ottawa Section
2021-10 Multimedia Integrated Circuits for MPEG, 1988 JCM Region 8 France Section
2022-03 Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon, 1969 GlCo Region 1 Aerospace & Electronics System Society / Boston Section
2022-04 193-nm Projection Photolithography GlCo Region 1 Boston Section
2022-09 Development of RenderMan for Photorealistic Graphics DBrt Region 6 Oakland-East Bay Section
2022-15 TRON Real-Time Operating System Family 1984 SrPrk Region 10 Tokyo Section 14 October 2023
2023-03 Ethernet Local Area Network, 1973-1985 BBg Region 6 Santa Clara Valley Section

D. DEDICATIONS HELD

 For a list by dedication date of all IEEE Milestones dedicated from the beginning of the Milestone Program, see https://ethw.org/Milestones:List_of_Milestones#Milestones_By_Year_Dedicated_And_Region