Milestones Status Report
REPORT ON THE STATUS OF MILESTONES IN SUBMISSION/APPROVAL/DEDICATION PROCESS
Last updated: 30 March 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
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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? |
| 2022-01 | Commercially Successful CRT for Television (*) | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | North Jersey Section | 4 November 2022 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 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 |
| 2022-17 | Commonwealth Solar Observatory, 1924 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Australian Capital Section | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| 2022-19 | Toyota Prius | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Nagoya Section | 7 November 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 | ||||
| 2023-01 | University of Hawaii 2.2 meter Observatory | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 6 | Hawaii Section | |||||
| 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 |
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 | ||||
| 2023-06 | Project Echo | DBt | Region 1 | New Jersey Coast 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 |
| 2014-04 | Invention of Sonar, 1915-1918 (*) | LyF | Region 8 | France Section | Resubmission because of changes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| 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 | |
| 2021-09 | 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 |
| 2021-14 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 2022-01 | Commercially Successful CRT for Television (*) | ADVOCATE NEEDED | 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 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | 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 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | 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 |
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? |
| 2020-03 | COBOL Compiler | Csha | Region 2 | Philadelphia Section | 12 October 2021 | yes | Yes | yes | partial |
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? |
| 2020-08 | Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (*) | CeSh | Region 10 | Sendai Section | 30 October 2020 | 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 | yes |
| 2022-05 | Portable Satellite Communication Terminal, 1989 | JMaz | Region 10 | Taipei Section | 28 April 2022 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 2022-10 | Semiconductor Laser, 1962 | GlCo | Region 1 | Boston, New York, and Schenectady Sections | 17 October 2022 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
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? |
| 2019-09 | URUCIB Presidential Information System, 1988 | SrPrk | Region 9 | Uruguay Section | 4 March 2020 | Yes | Yes | Yes | yes |
| 2020-05 | Commercialization of multi-layer ceramic capacitors with nickel electrode (Ni-MLCCs), 1982 | ETjr | Region 10 | Kansai Section | 8 April 2020 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 2022-03 | Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon, 1969 | GlCo | Region 1 | Aerospace & Electronics System Society / Boston Section | 4 May 2022 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 2022-04 | 193-nm Projection Photolithography | GlCo | Region 1 | Boston Section | 1 May 2022 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 2022-15 | TRON Real-Time Operating System Family 1984 | SrPrk | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | 3 October 2022 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 2023-03 | Ethernet Local Area Network, 1973-1985 | BBg | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | 20 March 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2020-06 | 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 | ||
| 2021-06 | Standard 754 for Floating Point Arithmetic | BBg | Region 6 | Oakland-East Bay Section | 3 May 2023 | |
| 2021-10 | Multimedia Integrated Circuits for MPEG, 1988 | JCM | Region 8 | France Section | ||
| 2021-13 | Birth of Electrodynamics | ASv | Region 8 | France Section | 3-4 April 2023 | |
| 2022-09 | Development of RenderMan for Photorealistic Graphics | DBrt | Region 6 | Oakland-East Bay 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
