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Sir Charles Kao Kuen (simplified Chinese: 高锟; traditional Chinese: 高錕; pinyin: Gāo Kūn) (November 4, 1933 – September 23, 2018) was a Chinese physicist and Nobel laureate who contributed to the development and use of fibre optics in telecommunications.
Past winners of the Marconi Prize include Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Brin for the development of web search company Google, Tim Berners-Lee for his leadership and innovations in the World Wide Web, Nobel Laureate Charles K. Kao for developing fiber-optic communications, and Martin Hellman and Whitfield Diffie for their work in security - the ...
It is now recognised as the birthplace of optical fibre communications, for it is here that Sir Charles K. Kao, George Hockham and others pioneered the use of single-mode optical fibre made from low loss glass. In 2009 Charles Kao was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics, for pioneering optical fibre communication.
Charles K. Kao (1933–2018) Chinese British "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication" [4] Willard S. Boyle (1924–2011) Canadian "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor" George E. Smith (b. 1930) American
SPIE Gold Medal, or Gold Medal Award of SPIE, is the highest honor of SPIE ... 1992: Charles K. Kao; 1993: Alfred H. Sommer; 1994: Andrei L. Mikaelian
Charles K. Kao (高锟) – 2009 Nobel laureate in Physics who pioneered the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications Xiaoxing Xi (郗小星) – Physicist at Temple University ] Economics, Finance, Statistics, OR
The award was created in 1997 to replace the British honours system, ... Charles K. Kao: 2011 Leung Chun-ying: Allan Zeman: 2012 Geoffrey Ma: Stephen Lam: Wong Yan-lung:
The IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal is an award honoring "exceptional contributions to communications and networking sciences and engineering" in the field of telecommunications. [1] The medal is one of the highest honors awarded by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for achievements in telecommunication sciences and ...