IEEE, Bell Labs Honor Seven Groundbreaking Innovations

Bell Labs is already highly recognized, but in its centennial year, the organization hoped to add more awards to burnish its reputation as one of the world’s leading centers of technical innovation.

On 21 October, IEEE representatives, Nokia Bell Labs leaders, and alumni of the storied institution gathered to celebrate seven technological achievements recognized as IEEE Milestones:

The large number of milestones granted at once is due to an extraordinary effort to achieve the recognitions during Bell…