Milestones

IEEE to Dedicate Milestone for Universal Serial Bus (USB) at Intel Oregon on July 30 On July 30, IEEE will dedicate a bronze Milestone plaque recognizing the significant impact of the Universal Serial Bus (USB). The event will take place at Intel’s Jones Farm Campus in Hillsboro, Oregon starting at [...]

On June 26, the 275th IEEE Milestone was dedicated atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii.  This date was the 55th anniversary of the telescope’s opening. In Feb. 2020, a 4-member team was formed to initiate this effort: John Borland (then Hawaii Section Chair), Sophie Tang (Hawaii Section Milestone [...]

IEEE Triple Milestone Event – 50th Anniversary of Internet TCP/IP Three events: May 17, 19 and 20, 2024 Events were live-streamed. Event Showcase on IEEE.tv: IEEE Milestone Celebration | 50 Years of the Internet In 2013, Andrew L Russell published in IEEE Spectrum the technical paper OSI: The Internet that [...]

Full  article: https://spectrum.ieee.org/story-behind-pixars-cgi-software The ceremony is available to watch on demand. Watching movies and TV series that use digital visual effects to create fantastical worlds lets people escape reality for a few hours. Thanks to advancements in computer-generated technology used to produce films and shows, those worlds are highly realistic. [...]

Creating RenderMan®: Pixar’s Impact on Computer Graphics is Recognized with an IEEE Milestone Date/Time: Fri, 8 Dec, 10am-Noon, 1-4pm PST (Livestreamed on IEEE.tv) Featured speakers: Tom Porter, Ed Catmull, Alvy Ray Smith, Loren Carpenter, Rob Cook, Pat Hanrahan, Tony Apodaca, Darwyn Peachey, Steve May, Jim Lawson. Speaker details can be [...]

The IEEE Utah Section and the Engineering College of the University of Utah held a dedication ceremony on campus for the first IEEE Milestone in Utah, "Development of Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques 1965-1978" on March 23-24, 2023. There was a series of events with the pioneers of computer graphics [...]

Folsom Powerhouse was one of the earliest electrical plants to generate three-phase alternating current, and the first using three-phase 60 hertz. On 13 July 1895, General Electric generators began transmitting electricity 22 miles to Sacramento at 11000 volts, powering businesses, streetcars, and California's capitol. The plant demonstrated advantages of three-phase, [...]

The IEEE Milestone Dedication honoring Gravitational-Wave Antennas will occcur on February 3, 2021 1630-1800 UTC. Registration information can be found here:  www.GWAMilestone.com/register. This is a 90-minute livestream event (YouTube Live and/or FaceBook Live) running from 1630-1800 UTC (some local times are included here) which honors the uniquely sophisticated devices that [...]