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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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Saracco also taught courses on technology forecasting and market impact at the University of Trento in Italy. students from European universities to help them transform their research into marketable products and solutions. There he led network management research and helped design Italy’s first electronic exchange and data network.

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Celebrating the Life of Columbia Professor Stephen Unger

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From Bell Labs to Columbia Unger received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1952 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York, now the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. He received several awards including the 2000 IEEE Millennium Medal , the 1987 IEEE-USA Robert S.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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In 1999 Bill Gates penned a moving tribute to the Wright brothers. Microsoft Flight Simulator: A History youtube.com A passion for flight Bruce Artwick studied electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, yet he found time to pursue a dream many teenagers think about but few fulfill: He learned to fly.

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