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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He was a member of several committees at conferences including the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting , the International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials , and the International Technical Conference on Circuits/ Systems, Computers, and Communications. He was the 2014–2015 chair of the IEEE Seoul Section.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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Skolnik began his career in 1955 at MIT ’s Lincoln Laboratory. He left MIT in 1959 to join Electronic Communications, now part of Raytheon. David John Kemp 1998 president of IEEE Canada Life senior member, 78; died 5 January. Kemp worked for 35 years at the Manitoba Telephone System in Canada.

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100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born

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as the International Business Machines Corp. Workers punched in and out on a dial recorder, sold by C-T-R’s International Time Recording Co. One came into being in 1900 as the International Time Recording Co. , ITR soon became known as the company for time-recording products in the United States and Canada.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Technical Achievements

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Canada “For contributions to electromagnetic optimization and the modeling of high-frequency structures, circuits, and devices.” GREEN Metrology Research Centre Ottawa, Canada “For low-uncertainty measurement of Planck’s constant of fundamental importance to the redefinition of the International System of Units (SI).”

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Learn About the Candidates Running for 2023 President-Elect

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In 1989 and 1990, he was a visiting research scientist at MIT. He is currently director of the university’s Transformative AI and Robotics International Research Center. Canada, and is managing director of its R&D department. She was president of IEEE Canada in 2018 and 2019, when she also served as Region 7 director.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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The discovery came when MIT researchers Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder found out how to get a common lithium compound to release and take up lithium ions in a matter of seconds. Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 Like this post?

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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These projects are being undertaken as part of the Clean Energy Dialogue with Canada. Vehma International of America, Inc. Miltec UV International, LLC. DENSO International America, Inc. valve train vs. bearings). Demo Project for Multi-material light-weight prototype vehicle. Grantee Description. 10,000,000.