Milestones Status Report
REPORT ON THE STATUS OF MILESTONES IN SUBMISSION/APPROVAL/DEDICATION PROCESS
Last updated: 26 April 2024
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 C.1 Proposals Proposals Submitted, Awaiting Expert Reviews
Section C.2 Proposals Reviews Received, Awaiting Advocate Decision
Section D.1 Proposals Approved by Advocate and Awaiting Milestones Subcommittee Chair Approval
Section D.2 Proposals Approved by Advocate and Awaiting Citation Approval
Section D.3 Proposals Awaiting Name-in-Citation Approval from Milestones Subcommittee
Section D.4 Proposals Awaiting Further Development or evaluation from Milestones Subcommittee
Section D.5 Proposals Awaiting History Committee Action
Section E Proposals Approved by History Committee and Awaiting Board of Directors Action
Section F Milestones Approved by Board of Directors and the Dedication Ceremonies Are Being Planned
Section G Milestones Dedicated
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
A. PROPOSAL AWAITING APPOINTMENT OF ADVOCATES BY MILESTONES SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR:
| 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? | 4 Possible Reviewers Suggested? | |
| 2022-11 | Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser, 1977 (*) | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | |||||||
| 2023-02 | Acoustical Labyrinth | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | Rochester Section | |||||||
| 2023-04 | Instantaneous Reactive Power in Three-Phase Circuits (*) | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | |||||||
| 2023-07 | Unipolar conduction of metal semiconductor junctions | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 8 | Germany Section | 1 December 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| 2023-10 | p-q Theory of Three-Phase Instantaneous Real and Imaginary Powers, 1983-1986 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | 21 June 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| 2023-13 | Sidrapong Hydel Power Station | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Kolkata Section | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| 2023-15 | Bayer Color Filter Array | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | Rochester Section | |||||||
| 2023-16 | Engineering Data Analysis System sNOVA, 1989-1997 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Taipei Section | 27 July 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| 2023-21 | URUPAC, 1977 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 9 | Uruguay Section | |||||||
| 2023-24 | Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)(*) | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 8 | Benelux Section | 30 December 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| 2023-25 | Dynamic Single-Mode Semiconductor Laser | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | 16 January 2024 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| 2024-01 | Discovery of Photoelectrets | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 8 | Bulgaria Section | |||||||
| 2024-02 | Optical Tweezers | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | New Jersey Coast Section, Photonics Society | |||||||
| 2024-04 | Radio Astronomy | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | New Jersey Coast Section IM/C Chapter | |||||||
| 2024-08 | Digital TV Standards Converter | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region ? | Section ? | |||||||
| 2024-09 | Super Resolved Microscopy | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | North Jersey Section | |||||||
| 2024-10 | Quantum Dots | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | North Jersey Section | |||||||
| 2024-11 | Optical Trapping | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | North Jersey Section | |||||||
| 2024-12 | Charge Coupled Device Digital Camera | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | North Jersey Section | |||||||
| 2024-13 | Fractional Quantum Hall Effect | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | North Jersey Section | |||||||
| 2024-14 | Molecular Beam Epitaxy | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | North Jersey Section | |||||||
| 2024-15 | Theories on Neural Networks | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | North Jersey Section |
Advocates must be either current or past IEEE History Committee members. In March 2024, the History Committee voted that past proposers and expert reviewers of successfully-dedicated Milestone proposals are also eligible to serve as milestones advocates, subject both to having completed proposer/advocate training, and receiving Milestones Subcommittee Chair’s approval. 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 BY PROPOSERS
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.
Proposals with a personal name in the citation are indicated by (*)
| 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? | 4 Possible Reviewers Suggested? |
| 2011-01 | Discovery of High Temperature Superconductivity, 1986 (*) | JnMz | Region 8 | IEEE Switzerland Section | yes | yes | yes | |||
| 2014-08 | Hollow dielectric beam waveguide, 1966 (*) | AlMr | 8 | Ukraine Section | ||||||
| 2015-07 | Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator | JhVr | 7 | Toronto | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| 2016-01 | Disconnectable Cable Terminating Device, 1905 | JaMg | 5 | Chicago | ||||||
| 2017-12 | Apollo Unified S-Band Communications Systems | DvMc | Region 6 | Scottsdale Arizona Section | ||||||
| 2020-10 | Mechanicville Hydroelectric Facility, 1898 (*) | PiKe | Region 1 | Schenectady Section | yes | |||||
| 2021-02 | Field Programmable Gate Array | BBrg | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | ||||||
| 2021-07 | Intermodal Transportation System, 1991 | PiKe | Region 2 | Washington DC Section/Vehicular Tech. Soc. | ||||||
| 2021-17 | Spread Spectrum Communication | MrHn | Region TBD | Section TBD | ||||||
| 2021-18 | Marconi's Yacht Elettra (*) | ErTj | Region 8 | Italy Section | ||||||
| 2022-06 | Electronic Lavatory Washlet, 1980 | MxCh | Region 10 | Fukuoka Section | ||||||
| 2022-14 | Special Citation: AT&T History Museum | SrPo | Region 1 | New Jersey Coast Section | yes | |||||
| 2022-20 | Development of Optical Image Stabilizer | ClSa | Region 10 | Kansai Section | yes | yes | ||||
| 2022-21 | Small Electronic Calculating Machine, 1948-1951 | StSe | Region 8 | Ukraine Section | ||||||
| 2022-23 | Theory of Superconductivity, 1957 | DvMc | Region 4 | Central Illinois Section | yes | |||||
| 2023-01 | University of Hawaii 2.2 meter Observatory | SrPo | Region 6 | Hawaii Section | ||||||
| 2023-12 | Digital Radiography | DvBr | Region 1 | Rochester Section | ||||||
| 2023-13 | Sidrapong Hydel Power Station | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Kolkata Section | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| 2023-14 | Commercial 800 MHz Analog Cellular | DvMc | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | ||||||
| 2023-17 | DOCSIS, 1997 | KiMo | Region 5 | Denver Section | ||||||
| 2023-21 | URUPAC, 1977 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 9 | Uruguay Section | ||||||
| 2023-23 | Image Stabilizer, 1981-1988 | ClSa | Region 10 | Kansai Section | yes | |||||
| 2023-26 | Discrete Cosine Transform | ClSa | Region | Section ?, Signal Processing Society | ||||||
| 2023-27 | Edith Clarke achievements | ClSa | Region 1 | Section ? | yes | |||||
| 2024-02 | Optical Tweezers | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | New Jersey Coast Section, Photonics Society | ||||||
| 2024-03 | Colossus Mark 1, 1944 | BBrg | Region 8 | UKI Section | ||||||
| 2024-05 | Microwave Oven | MxCh | Region 1 | Boston Section |
C. UNDER ADVOCATE AND/OR EXPERT REVIEW
C.1. PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AND AWAITING EXPERT REVIEWS
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.
Advocates please notify History Center Staff Milestones Administrator when reviews have been received.
Proposals whose reviews or advocate decision are overdue 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? | Four possible reviewers suggested? | Expert Reviewers chosen due date | Reviews due | Advocate recomm due |
| 2021-01 | Commercialization of the Fishfinder, 1948 | TmHs | Region 10 | Kansai Section | 24 February 2021 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 24 April 2021 | 24 June 2021 | 24 September 2021 |
| 2021-04 | ADSL:Expediting Broadband Internet Access for society, 1993-1997 | ClSa | 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 | PiKe | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | 30 July 2021 | yes | yes | yes | 30 September 2021 | 30 November 2021 | 30 January 2022 | ||
| 2021-15 | Okumura Curve and Commercial Cellular Telephone System (*) | DvMc | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | 28 September 2021 | yes | yes | yes | yes | 28 November 2021 | 28 January 2022 | 28 March 2022 | |
| 2022-01 | Commercially Successful CRT for Television (*) | SeSl | Region 1 | North Jersey Section | 4 November 2022 | yes | yes | yes | yes | 4 January 2023 | 4 March 2023 | 4 May 2023 | |
| 2022-02 | First Live Commercial Trans-Atlantic Radio Broadcast | DvBr | Region 1 | IEEE Maine Section | 6 December 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | 6 February 2023 | 6 April 2023 | 6 June 2023 | |
| 2022-07 | Semiconductor Quantum-Well Laser Diode, 1977 (*) | DvBr | 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 (*) | RnNi | Region 5 | IEEE Denver Section | 27 September 2022 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 27 November 2023 | 27 February 2023 | 27 April 2023 |
| 2022-16 | MARS-1 Railroad Reservation System, 1959 | JnMz | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | 28 October 2022 | yes | yes | yes | yes | 28 January 2023 | 28 March 2023 | 28 May 2023 | |
| 2023-05 | Anderson Bridge (*) | AtSv | Region 8 | UKI Section | 14 March 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | 14 May 2023 | 14 July 2023 | 14 September 2023 | |
| 2023-07 | Unipolar conduction of metal semiconductor junctions | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Germany Section | 1 December 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | 1 February 2024 | 1 April 2024 | 1 June 2024 | |
| 2023-09 | Cobalt-60 Radiation Cancer Treatment, 1951 | DvMc | Region 7 | London section, North Saskatchewan Section | 8 August 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | 8 October 2023 | 8 December 2023 | 8 February 2024 | |
| 2023-10 | p-q Theory of Three-Phase Instantaneous Real and Imaginary Powers, 1983-1986 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | 21 June 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | 21 August 2023 | 21 October 2023 | 21 October 2023 | |
| 2023-11 | ALCOR Radar | GlCo | Region 1 | Boston Section | 12 March 2024 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 12 May 2024 | 12 July 2024 | 12 September 2024 |
| 2023-16 | Engineering Data Analysis System sNOVA, 1989-1997 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Taipei Section | 27 July 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | 27 September 2023 | 27 November 2023 | 27 January 2023 | |
| 2023-20 | Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility, 1973 | BBrg | Region 10 | Australian Capital Territory Section | 20 February 2024 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 20 April 2024 | 20 June 2024 | 20 August 2024 |
| 2023-22 | Silica-Based Arrayed Waveguide | SeSl | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | 1 February 2024 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 1 April 2024 | 1 June 2024 | 1 August 2024 |
| 2023-24 | Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)(*) | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 8 | Benelux Section | 30 December 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 1 March 2024 | 30 April 2024 | 30 June 2024 |
| 2023-25 | Dynamic Single-Mode Semiconductor Laser | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | 16 January 2024 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 16 March 2024 | 16 May 2024 | 16 July 2024 |
| 2024-06 | Integrated Circuits for Satellite Digital Radio, 1996-1997 | KiMo | Region 8 | France Section, Italy Section | 10 March 2024 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 10 May 2024 | 10 July 2024 | 10 Sep 2024 |
| 2024-07 | JUNET, 1984 | TmHs | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | 15 April 2024 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 15 June 2024 | 15 August 2024 | 15 October 2024 |
Proposals with a personal name in the citation are indicated by (*)
C.2. PROPOSALS WITH EXPERT REVIEWS RECEIVED AND 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 whose reviews or advocate decision are overdue 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 |
D. BEING FINALIZED FOR, OR EXPECTING, HISTORY COMMITTEE ACTION
D.1. PROPOSALS APPROVED BY ADVOCATES AND AWAITING APPROVAL BY MILESTONES SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR
| 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? |
D.2. 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-approval.
| 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? |
D.3 PROPOSALS AWAITING NAME-IN-CITATIONS APPROVAL BY 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? | Expert Reviewers Suggested? |
D.4 PROPOSALS AWAITING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OR EVALUATION, EITHER BY MILESTONES SUBCOMMITTEE OR HISTORY COMMITTEE
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? |
| 2021-12 | Variational Reaction Theory for Finite Element Formulation, 1979-1991 | JnMz | Region 10 | Taipei Section | 26 April 2022 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
D.5. 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? | Reviewers suggested? | |||
| 2021-20 | Long-Distance Transmission of Three-Phase Alternating Current, 1891 (*) | IaPc | Region 8 | Germany Section and Poland Section | 16 November 2022 | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| 2023-28 | TRON Intelligent House, 1989 | TmHs | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | 29 March 2024 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 29 May 2024 | 29 July 2024 | 29 Sep 2024 |
E. UNDER BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACTION
(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 )
E.1 PROPOSALS APPROVED BY HISTORY COMMITTEE; AWAITING CITATION CONFIRMATION FROM 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? | Expected date of BoD action |
E.2 PROPOSALS APPROVED BY HISTORY COMMITTEE BEING ACTED UPON AT UPCOMING BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING(S) OR TELECONFERENCE(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? | Expected date of BoD action |
| 2022-19 | Toyota Prius | TmHs | Region 10 | Nagoya Section | 7 November 2022 | yes | yes | yes | yes | 23 May 2024 |
| 2023-29 | Laser Ionization Mass Spectrometer, 1988 (*) | TmHs | Region 10 | Kansai Section | 1 February 2024 | yes | yes | yes | yes | 23 May 2024 |
F. FINAL APPROVAL GIVEN
F. 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 | EiJh | 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | postponed from 2 May 2020 | |
| 2013-28 | Introduction of Apple I Computer | EiJh | 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | postponed from 2 May 2020 | |
| 2014-06 | Macintosh Computer, 1984 | JhIp & DvMc | 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | Postponed from 2 May 2020 | |
| 2017-09 | Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant, 1984 | ErTj | Region 9 | Paraguay Section | ||
| 2018-10 | Xerox Alto Computer | JsHi | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | 17 May 2024 | |
| 2019-02 | Neutrodyne Circuit, 1922 | DvBr | Region 1 | North Jersey Section | TBD (postponed from June 2020) | |
| 2019-09 | URUCIB Presidential Information System, 1988 | SrPo | Region 9 | Uruguay Section | ||
| 2020-01 | Experimental Radio Station XWA, 1919 | DvBr | Region 7 | Montreal Section | ||
| 2020-03 | A-0 Compiler and Development of Automatic Programming | ClSa | Region 2 | Philadelphia Section | 7 May 2024 | |
| 2020-04 | Intel 4004 Microprocessor | DvBr | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley section | TBD | |
| 2020-06 | Development of the Laser Printer | DvBr | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | 17 May 2024 | |
| 2020-07 | Universal Serial Bus (USB) | DvBr | Region 6 | Oregon Section | TBD | |
| 2021-09 | Cavity Magnetron 1939-1944 (*) | DvMc | Region 8 | UKI Section | 4 June 2024 | |
| 2021-11 | IEEE 802 Standard | BBrg | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | 19 May 2024 | |
| 2021-21 | Pulse Oximetry (*) | AtSv | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | 14 November 2024 | |
| 2022-17 | Commonwealth Solar Observatory, 1924 SPECIAL CITATION | DvBr | Region 10 | Australian Capital Territory Section | 3 September 2024 | |
| 2022-18 | Commercialization of CDMA Cellular | JnMz | Region 10 | Seoul Section | 10 June 2024 | |
| 2022-22 | Intel 8087 Math Coprocessor | BBrg | Region 8 | Israel Section | 2 June 2024 | |
| 2023-03 | Ethernet Local Area Network, 1973-1985 | BBrg | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | 17 May 2024 | |
| 2023-06 | Project Echo | DvBr | Region 1 | New Jersey Coast Section | ||
| 2023-18 | Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Architecture of Internet, 1974 * | DvBr | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | 19 May 2024 | |
| 2023-19 | PageRank Algorithm, 1996-1998 | BBrg | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | 19 May 2024 |
G. 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
