Milestones Status Report
REPORT ON THE STATUS OF MILESTONES IN SUBMISSION/APPROVAL/DEDICATION PROCESS
Last updated: 28 November 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 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 Citation Approval
Section D.2 Proposals Awaiting Name-in-Citation Approval from Milestones Subcommittee
Section D.3 Proposals Awaiting Further Development or evaluation from Milestones Subcommittee
Section D.4 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
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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? | |
| 2022-06 | 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 1 | Rochester 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 10 | Germany Section | |||||||
| 2023-08 | Image Stabilizer for Handheld Cameras | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Kansai Section | |||||||
| 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 | ||
| 2023-12 | Digital Radiography | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 1 | Rochester Section | |||||||
| 2023-13 | Sidrapong Hydel Power Station | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Kolkata Section | |||||||
| 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 | ||
| 2023-17 | DOCSIS, 1997 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 5 | Denver Section | |||||||
| 2023-20 | Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility, 1973 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Australian Capital Territory Section | yes | ||||||
| 2023-21 | URUPAC, 1977 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 9 | Uruguay Section | |||||||
| 2023-22 | Silica-Based Arrayed Waveguide | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | |||||||
| 2023-23 | Image Stabilzer, 1981-1988 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Kansai Section | |||||||
| 2023-24 | Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 8 | Section | |||||||
| 2023-25 | Dynamic Single-Mode Semiconductor Laser | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | |||||||
| 2023-26 | Discrete Cosine Transform | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region | Section ?, Signal Processing Society |
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 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 (*) | 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. | ||||||
| 2021-17 | 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 | yes | yes | ||
| 2022-06 | Electronic Lavatory Washlet, 1980 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Fukuoka Section | ||||||
| 2022-14 | Special Citation: AT&T History Museum | SgPr | Region 1 | New Jersey Coast Section | 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 | ||||||
| 2022-23 | 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 | ||||||
| 2023-11 | ALCOR Radar | GCk | Region 1 | Boston Section | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| 2023-14 | Commercial 800 MHz Analog Cellular | DMi | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | ||||||
| 2023-20 | Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility, 1973 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Australian Capital Territory Section | yes | |||||
| 2023-21 | URUPAC, 1977 | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 9 | Uruguay Section | ||||||
| 2023-22 | Silica-Based Arrayed Waveguide | ADVOCATE NEEDED | Region 10 | Tokyo 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? | 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 | yes | 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 |
| 2022-19 | 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 |
| 2023-09 | Cobalt-60 Radiation Cancer Treatment, 1951 | DMch | 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 |
| 2023-16 | 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 |
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 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.2 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.3 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? |
D.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? | |
| 2020-03 | Hopper Programming Work(*) | 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 | yes | |
| 2022-17 | Commonwealth Solar Observatory, 1924 SPECIAL CITATION | DBt | Region 10 | Australian Capital Section | 1 August 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| 2022-18 | Commercialization of CDMA Cellular | JMz | Region 10 | Seoul Section | 7 August 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| 2023-06 | Project Echo | DBt | Region 1 | New Jersey Coast Section | 17 May 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| 2023-18 | Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Architecture of Internet, 1974 * | DBr | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | 13 November 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 2023-19 | PageRank Algorithm, 1996-1998 | BBg | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | 14 November 2023 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
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 |
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 | 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 | |
| 2014-04 | Invention of Sonar, 1915-1918 (*) | LyF | Region 8 | France Section | 7 December 2023 | |
| 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 | 18 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 | 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 | 8 March 2024 | |
| 2020-06 | Development of the Laser Printer | DBa | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | 18 May 2024 | |
| 2020-07 | Universal Serial Bus (USB) | DBr | Region 6 | Oregon Section | TBD | |
| 2021-09 | Cavity Magnetron 1939-1944 (*) | DMch | Region 8 | UKI Section | ||
| 2021-11 | IEEE 802 Standard | BBg | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | ||
| 2021-21 | Pulse Oximetry (*) | ASav | Region 10 | Tokyo Section | ||
| 2022-03 | Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon, 1969 | GlCo | Region 1 | Aerospace & Electronics System Society / Boston Section | February 2024 | |
| 2022-04 | 193-nm Projection Photolithography | GlCo | Region 1 | Boston Section | February 2024 | |
| 2022-05 | Portable Satellite Communication Terminal, 1989 | JMaz | Region 10 | Taipei Section | December 2023 | |
| 2022-09 | Development of RenderMan for Photorealistic Graphics | DBrt | Region 6 | Oakland-East Bay Section | 8 December 2023 | https://californiaconsultants.org/event/pixar-renderman/ |
| 2022-10 | Semiconductor Laser, 1962 | GlCo | Region 1 | Boston, New York, and Schenectady Sections | February 2024 | |
| 2022-12 | Deep Space Station 43, 1977 | BBg | Region 10 | Australian Capital Territory Section | 6 March 2024 | |
| 2022-22 | Intel 8087 Math Coprocessor | BBrg | Region 8 | Haifa Section | 1 July 2024 | |
| 2023-03 | Ethernet Local Area Network, 1973-1985 | BBg | Region 6 | Santa Clara Valley Section | 18 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
