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National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on Telecommunications Research and Development, Jon Eisenberg, Robert W. Lucky
The modern telecommunications infrastructure—made possible by research performed over the last several decades—is an essential element of the U.S. economy. The U.S. position as a leader in telecommunications technology, however, is at risk becaus
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Robert W. Lucky
Publikováno v:
IEEE Spectrum. 57:21-21
EVERY ENGINEER HAS STORIES OF BUGS that they discovered through clever detective work. But such exploits are seldom of interest to other engineers, let alone the general public. Nonetheless, a recent book authored by Eric Haseltine, titled The Spy in
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Robert W. Lucky
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IEEE Spectrum. 57:4-4
Why are we engineers so bad at making predictions? ¶ In countless panel discussions on the future of technology, I'm not sure I ever got anything right. As I look back on technological progress, I experience first retrospective surprise, then surpri
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Robert W. Lucky
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Proceedings of the IEEE. 100:1261-1264
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Robert W. Lucky
Publikováno v:
IEEE Spectrum. 55:25-25
FROM TIME TO TIME I HAVE SEEN Internet videos of seemingly impossible gymnastic performances. Sometimes the links to these videos have been accompanied by a comment by the poster to the effect of "I could do this if I wanted, but I choose not to." Th
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Robert W. Lucky
Publikováno v:
IEEE Spectrum. 55:27-27
Summary form only given. I've been hearing about the impending end of Moore's Law for so many years that I've become skeptical of all the claims of doom. Like the Little Engine That Could, Moore's Law keeps chugging along. Nonetheless, it has definit
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Robert W. Lucky
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Technology in Society. 26:223-233
Twenty-five years ago the telecommunications industry had its vision of the future. There were three dreams that, given the right technology, they could achieve: (1) the Dick Tracy wristwatch phone; (2) the Picturephone; and (3) the set-top box for t
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Robert W. Lucky
Publikováno v:
IEEE Spectrum. 54:25-25
LET'S ENVISION A DISCUSSION among engineers. We won't have to stretch our imaginations far: One engineer has proposed a new idea, and the others, typically, are finding faults with it. The engineer with the idea has rebuffed all the criticisms, until
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Robert W. Lucky
Publikováno v:
IEEE Spectrum. 54:25-25
I can’t help it. My attention span has shrunk alarmingly, and I’m easily distracted. Worse, I seem to look for and welcome distractions. I should be focusing my attention on the task at hand, which is writing this small essay. Instead I keep chec
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Robert W. Lucky
Publikováno v:
IEEE Spectrum. 54:25-25
Until recently, the word data didn't require a modifier. But we passed a watershed moment when we started referring to big data. Apparently, that wasn't a sufficient description for some chunks of data, because people grasped for bolder terms, such a