Milestones Status Report

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REPORT ON THE STATUS OF MILESTONES IN SUBMISSION/APPROVAL/DEDICATION PROCESS

Last updated: 6 May 2026

This ongoing report shows the status of Milestones and Special Citations in the various stages of the process, updated frequently by IEEE History Center staff. Milestones and Special Citations are listed with their docket numbers. The IEEE Region and the sponsoring organizational unit are shown in parentheses. Please note the titles given here are shortened or working titles, not the full or official titles. While in the approval process, proposals have a History Committee advocate assigned to them (initials used to protect confidentiality).

To see a count of how many IEEE Milestones have been dedicated, click List of Milestones by year dedicated
For a list of dedicated Milestones in chronological order by date of achievement, see Chronological List of Milestones

To see how many Milestones have been dedicated in each Region and Section, see List of Dedicated Milestones by Region

Interested in proposing a milestone? Any IEEE member can submit a milestone proposal. Here is a list of important achievements suitable for proposal, and which we encourage a proposer to consult the Milestones Guidelines and submit. This list is not exclusive; if you know of other achievements you wish to submit, you are welcome to do so.

CONTENTS:
Section A.1 Proposals in Early Stages
Section A.2 Proposals Needing Advocates
Section B.1 Proposals Being Written and Awaiting Completion and Submission
Section C.1 Proposals Proposals Submitted, Awaiting Advocate and/or Expert Reviews
Section D.1 Proposals Approved by Advocate and Awaiting Milestones Subcommittee Chair Approval
Section D.2 Proposals Approved by Advocate and Awaiting Citation Approval
Section D.3 Proposals Awaiting Name-in-Citation Approval from Milestones Subcommittee
Section D.4 Proposals Awaiting Further Development or evaluation from Milestones Subcommittee
Section D.5 Proposals Awaiting History Committee Action
Section E Proposals Approved by History Committee and Awaiting Board of Directors Action
Section F Milestones Approved by Board of Directors and the Dedication Ceremonies Are Being Planned
Section G Milestones Dedicated


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A.1 PROPOSALS IN EARLY STAGES (Awaiting crucial items such as section sponsor letters, site owner permission letters, financial commitment etc. Not yet ready to have advocate assigned.):



Proposals with a personal name in the citation are indicated by (*)

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring IEEE Section(s) Co-Sponsoring IEEE Society(s)/Council(s) COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Plaque payment commitment received? Full text of references received? 4 Possible Reviewers Suggested?
2023-02 Acoustical Labyrinth N/A Region 1 Rochester Section
2023-15 Bayer Color Filter Array N/A Region 1 Rochester Section
2024-01 Discovery of Photoelectrets N/A Region 8 Bulgaria Section
2025-04 Algorithmic Composition and Perceptual Audio Coding N/A Region ? Section ?
2025-06 Remote Sensing, 1998 N/A Region ? Section ?
2025-08 Gerber File Format, 1980 N/A Region 1 Connecticut Section
2026-06 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, 1987 Region 10 Taipei Section
2026-07 Hammond Museum Special Citation Region 1 Boston Section yes yes
2026-11 Semiconductor Quaternary Region 3 Central Illinois IEEE Photonics Society; IEEE Electron Devices Society yes yes
2026-12 Stable III-V Semiconductor Insulating Layer, 1991 Region 3 Central Illinois Section IEEE Photonics Society, IEEE Electron Devices Society

A.2 PROPOSALS SUFFICIENTLY COMPLETE TO BE AWAITING APPOINTMENT OF ADVOCATES BY MILESTONES SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR:



Proposals with a personal name in the citation are indicated by (*)

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring IEEE Section(s) Co-Sponsoring IEEE Society(s)/Council(s) COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Plaque payment commitment received? Full text of references received? 4 Possible Reviewers Suggested?

Advocates must be either current IEEE History Committee members, past IEEE History Committee members, or past proposers or expert reviewers of successful milestone proposals. In March 2024, the History Committee voted that past proposers and expert reviewers of successfully-dedicated Milestone proposals are also eligible to serve as milestones advocates, subject both to having completed proposer/advocate training, and receiving Milestones Subcommittee Chair’s approval. To volunteer to serve as an advocate, contact the IEEE History Staff milestone administrator at ieee-history@ieee.org

B. STATUS

B.1 PROPOSALS BEING WRITTEN AND AWAITING COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION BY PROPOSERS

In the case of inactive Proposals, i.e. proposals which are incomplete or have had no new material added to them for a period of a year, the advocate will email the proposer(s) to advise that the proposal will be deleted from the Milestones Status Report unless there is activity within the next month.

Proposals with a personal name in the citation are indicated by (*)

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring IEEE Section(s) Co-Sponsoring IEEE Society(s)/Council(s) COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Plaque payment commitment received? Full text of references received? 4 Possible Reviewers Suggested?
2011-01 Discovery of High Temperature Superconductivity, 1986 (*) JnMz Region 8 IEEE Switzerland Section yes yes yes
2014-08 Hollow dielectric beam waveguide, 1966 (*) AlMr 8 Ukraine Section
2016-01 Disconnectable Cable Terminating Device, 1905 JaMg Region 5 Chicago
2017-12 Apollo Unified S-Band Communications Systems DvMc Region 6 Scottsdale Arizona Section
2020-10 Mechanicville Hydroelectric Facility, 1898 (*) PiKe Region 1 Schenectady Section yes
2021-07 Intermodal Transportation System, 1991 PiKe Region 2 Washington DC Section Vehicular Tech. Soc.
2022-13 Longley-Rice Terrain Model MtSl Region 5 IEEE Denver Section yes yes yes yes
2022-14 Special Citation: AT&T History Museum SrPo Region 1 New Jersey Coast Section yes
2022-21 Small Electronic Calculating Machine, 1948-1951 SeSe Region 8 Ukraine Section
2022-23 Theory of Superconductivity, 1957 DvMc Region 4 Central Illinois Section yes
2023-12 Digital Radiography DvBr Region 1 Rochester Section
2023-17 DOCSIS, 1997 KiMo Region 5 Denver Section yes yes
2023-26 Discrete Cosine Transform ClSa Region Section ?, Signal Processing Society
2024-04 Radio Astronomy DvBr Region 1 New Jersey Coast Section IM/C Chapter
2024-05 Microwave Oven MxCh Region 1 Boston Section
2024-17 Invention of Deep Learning, 1965 ClSa Region 8 Ukraine Section
2024-20 Discovery of Interstellar Carbon Monoxide, 1970 JhVr Region 1 IEEE North Jersey Section
2024-28 Orbital X-Band Real Aperture Side-Looking Radar of Cosmos-1500 (*) JhVr Region 8 IEEE Ukraine Section yes
2024-29 Augmented Reality for Live Sports Broadcast, KiMo Region 6 Santa Clara Valley yes yes yes yes yes
2024-30 First U.S. Long-Distance Commercial Electric Power Transmission, 1889 RbDn Region 6 IEEE Oregon Section yes yes
2024-34 Boson Invented By Satyendra Nath Bose, 1924-1925(*) ClSa Region 10 Bangladesh Section
2024-35 White Organic LED, 1993(*) TmHs Region 10 Sendai Section
2025-01 Tesla Laboratory Colorado Springs, 1899-1900 AyBx Region 5 IEEE Pikes Peak Section
2025-02 Loja Hydroelectric Plant, 1899(*) SdAt Region 9 IEEE Ecuador Section
2025-03 Daubechies Wavelets(*) DeJo Region ? Section ?
2025-05 BLAST MIMO, 1996 DeJo Region ? Section ?
2025-10 Shepp, 1972 BzPs Region ? Section ?
2025-16 Active Harmonic Filters, 1986(*) TmHs Region 10 Shinetsu Section
2025-30 Charge Sensitive Amplifier, 1956 FaGr Region 8 Italy Section IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, IEEE Electron Devices Society, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology Society
2025-31 Fluorescence Detection of Cosmic Rays, 1976-1991 DvBr Region 6 Utah Section Nuclear & Plasma Science yes yes yes yes yes
2025-33 Salto Grande, 1979 DaDi Region 9 Uruguay Section PES yes yes yes
2025-34 Okinawa HF Ocean Radar, 2001 TmHs Region 10 Fukuoka Section Ocean Engineering Soc.
2026-01 Kogakura Cable Landing Station, 1871 TmHs Region 10 Fukuoka Section



C. UNDER ADVOCATE AND/OR INDEPENDENT EXPERT REVIEW

C.1. PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AND AWAITING ADVOCATE DECISION

Advocates shall complete the review of milestone proposals within six months of submission of the proposal, except in cases where an unusual circumstance or major obstacle arises. Within 2 months, advocate works with proposers to select independent expert reviewers and to make sure all materials submitted are complete; within 4 months, advocate receives expert reviews; within 6 months, advocate completes review and recommends History Committee action.

Advocates are responsible for following up with the reviewer to ensure reviews received on schedule when reviews have been received.

Proposals whose reviews or advocate decision are overdue will show their docket numbers in red.

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring IEEE Section Co-Sponsoring IEEE Society(s)/Council(s) COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received? 4 possible Reviewers suggested? Reviewers chosen due date Reviews due Advocate recomm due
2021-08 Commercialization of Rice Cookers, 1923 PiKe Region 10 Tokyo Section 30 July 2021 yes yes yes 30 September 2021 30 November 2021 30 January 2022
2021-15 Okumura Curve and Commercial Cellular Telephone System (*) DvMc Region 10 Tokyo Section 28 September 2021 yes yes yes yes 28 November 2021 28 January 2022 28 March 2022
2022-01 Commercially Successful CRT for Television (*) SeSl Region 1 North Jersey Section 4 November 2022 yes yes yes yes 4 January 2023 4 March 2023 4 May 2023
2022-02 First Live Commercial Trans-Atlantic Radio Broadcast DvBr Region 1 IEEE Maine Section 6 December 2023 yes yes yes yes 6 February 2023 6 April 2023 6 June 2023
2022-07 Semiconductor Quantum-Well Laser Diode, 1977 (*) DvBr Region 4 Central Illinois Section 3 September 2022 yes yes yes yes yes 3 November 2022 3 January 2023 3 March 2023
2023-07 Unipolar conduction of metal semiconductor junctions IvPc Region 8 Germany Section 1 December 2023 yes yes yes yes 1 February 2024 1 April 2024 1 June 2024
2023-11 ALCOR Radar JhVr Region 1 Boston Section 12 March 2024 yes yes yes yes yes 12 May 2024 12 July 2024 12 September 2024
2023-13 Sidrapong Hydel Power Station ClSa Region 10 Kolkata Section 11 November 2024 yes yes yes yes yes 11 January 2025 11 March 2025 11 May 2025
2023-21 URUPAC, 1977 DvMc Region 9 Uruguay Section 3 August 2024 yes yes yes yes yes 3 October 2024 3 December 2024 3 February 2025
2024-02 Optical Tweezers(*) DvBr Region 1 North Jersey Section, Photonics Society 20 November 2024 yes yes yes yes yes 20 January 2025 20 March 2025 20 May 2025
2024-07 JUNET, 1984 TmHs Region 10 Tokyo Section 15 April 2024 yes yes yes yes yes 15 June 2024 15 August 2024 15 October 2024
2024-10 Quantum Dots, 1983(*) DvBr Region 1 North Jersey Section 18 November 2024 yes yes yes yes yes 18 January 2025 18 March 2025 18 May 2025
2024-18 Northern Cross Radio Telescope DvMc Region 8 Italy Section 25 September 2024 yes yes yes yes yes 25 November 2024 25 January 2025 25 March 2025
2024-23 Deutsches Museum special citation SrPo Region 8 IEEE Germany section 29 August 2024 yes yes yes yes yes 29 October 2024 29 December 2024 1 March 2025
2024-31 Datapoint 2200 Personal Computer, 1970 SrPo Region 5 Lone Star Section 31 March 2026 yes yes yes yes yes 31 May 2026 31 July 2026 30 September 2026
2025-09 LEO Application of Digital Computing to Business, 1951 JaMg Region 8 UKI Section 15 April 2025 yes yes yes yes yes 15 June 2025 15 August 2025 15 October 2025
2025-12 Integrated Hematology System, 1990 JlCh Region 10 Kansai Section IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society 16 April 2026 yes yes yes yes yes 16 June 2026 16 August 2026 16 October 2026
2025-17 Calculable Capacitor, 1956 - 1957(*) MrLz Region 10 New South Wales Section 12 December 2025 yes yes yes yes yes 12 February 2026 12 April 2026 12 June 2026
2025-21 Discovery of Induction, 1831 (*) SeSl Region 8 UKI Section 12 November 2025 yes yes yes yes yes 12 January 2026 12 March 2026 12 May 2026
2025-26 Ultra-Stable Oscillators, 1977-2024 WnYe Region 1 Long Island Section 22 October 2025 yes yes yes yes yes 22 December 2025 22 February 2026 22 April 2026
2025-27 N Micro-Computer, 1973 MrLz Region 8 France Section 22 October 2025 yes yes yes yes yes 22 December 2025 22 February 2026 22 April 2026
2025-28 Global Climate Models 1967-1975 BzPs Region 2 Princeton Central New Jersey Section Geoscience & Remote Sensing 23 February 2026 yes yes yes yes yes 23 April 2026 23 June 2026 23 August 2026
2025-32 CSIRAC, 1947 - 1964 BzPs Region 10 Victoria & NSW Sections Computer Society/Social Implications of Tech Society 24 December 2025 yes yes yes yes yes 24 February 2026 24 April 2026 24 June 2026
2026-04 Introduction of the term Artificial Intelligence, 1956 DaDi Region 1 New Hampshire Section Computer Society Computational Intelligence Society Signal Processing Society Robotics and Automation Society Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Information Theory Society Control Systems Society Sensors Council Biometrics Council 29 January 2026 yes yes yes yes yes 29 March 2026 29 May 2026 29 July 2026



Proposals with a personal name in the citation are indicated by (*)



D. BEING FINALIZED FOR, OR EXPECTING, HISTORY COMMITTEE ACTION

D.1. PROPOSALS APPROVED BY ADVOCATES AND AWAITING APPROVAL BY MILESTONES SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring IEEE Section(s) Co-Sponsoring IEEE Society(s)/Council(s) COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received? 4 Reviewers suggested?
2026-03 Electric Bidet Seat, 1967 TmHs Region 10 Nagoya Section Consumer Electronics Society 13 April 2026 yes yes yes yes yes yes


D.2. PROPOSALS APPROVED BY ADVOCATES AND AWAITING FINALIZED CITATIONS APPROVAL FROM PROPOSERS

Once the proposers have agreed to the wording, the proposals will be submitted to the History Committee for action. If there is a name in the citation, the proposal will be submitted to the Milestones Subcommittee for pre-approval.

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring IEEE Section(s) Co-Sponsoring IEEE Society(s)/Council(s) COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received? 4 Reviewers suggested?

D.3 PROPOSALS AWAITING NAME-IN-CITATIONS APPROVAL BY MILESTONES SUBCOMMITTEE

Next Milestones Subcommittee meeting/teleconference: TBD. If inclusion of name is approved, the proposals will be submitted to the History Committee for action

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring IEEE Section(s) Co-Sponsoring IEEE Society(s)/Council(s) COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received? 4 Reviewers Suggested?

D.4 PROPOSALS AWAITING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT BY PROPOSERS OR EVALUATION BY MILESTONES SUBCOMMITTEE OR HISTORY COMMITTEE

Proposals in this section are being worked on by the Milestones Subcommittee with an eye to recommending improvements to the proposer(s)

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring IEEE Section(s) Co-Sponsoring IEEE Society(s)/Council(s) COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received? 4 Reviewers suggested?
2021-12 Variational Reaction Theory for Finite Element Formulation, 1979-1991 MtSl Region 10 Taipei Section 26 April 2022 yes yes yes yes yes
2024-24 Linux Based Supercomputing, 1998-1999 BBrg Region Section 26 January 2025 yes yes yes yes yes
2025-11 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, 1992 BrBg Region 10 IEEE New South Wales Section 7 June 2025 yes yes yes yes yes
2025-23 First Electric Railway in Japan, 1895 TmHs Region 10 Kansai Section 21 August 2025 yes yes yes yes yes
2026-08 First Commercial CMOS Processor BBrg Region 6 Santa Clara Valley Section FD Global Semiconductors Initiative, Computer Society (CS), Electronics Packaging Society (EPS), Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA), Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) 8 April 2026 yes yes yes yes yes yes

D.5. PROPOSALS AWAITING HISTORY COMMITTEE ACTION

The proposals are expected to be acted upon at the next History Committee meeting or teleconference

Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring IEEE Section(s) Co-Sponsoring IEEE Society(s)/Council(s) COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received? 4 Reviewers suggested?

E. UNDER BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACTION


(The schedule for upcoming Board of Directors meetings can be found in the right hand column of  http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/board/index.html or at Upcoming Series )  

E.1 PROPOSALS APPROVED BY HISTORY COMMITTEE; AWAITING CITATION CONFIRMATION FROM PROPOSER(S)


Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring IEEE Section Co-Sponsoring IEEE Society(s)/Council(s) COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received? 4 Reviewers suggested? Expected date of BoD action



E.2 PROPOSALS APPROVED BY HISTORY COMMITTEE BEING ACTED UPON AT UPCOMING BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING(S) OR TELECONFERENCE(S)


Docket Number Short Name Advocate initials Region Sponsoring IEEE Section Co-Sponsoring IEEE Society(s)/Council(s) COMPLETE Proposal submitted Date Section support letter received? Site owner permission letter received? Payment commitment received? Full text of references received? 4 Independent Expert Reviewers Suggested? Expected date of BoD action
2023-16 Engineering Data Analysis System sNOVA, 1989-1997 JnMz Region 10 Taipei Section 27 July 2023 yes yes yes yes yes May 2026
2025-25 Development of Single Chip A-Series Mainframe Processor (SCAMP) BBrg Region 6 San Diego Section 15 January 2025 yes yes yes yes yes June 2026
2025-29 ECHONET 2000 TmHs Region 10 Nagoya Section Consumer Technology Society 11 March 2026 yes yes yes yes yes June 2026
2025-35 Linear Particle Accelerator, 1933 TmHs Region 10 Taipei Section Nuclear and Plasma Physics Society 7 January 2026 yes yes yes yes yes May 2026
2026-05 FACOM128A/B, 1956-1959(*) TmHs Region 10 Nagoya Section IEEE Computer Society 17 March 2026 yes yes yes yes yes June 2026
2026-09 Computer Mouse, 1961-1968(*) BBrg Region 6 Santa Clara Valley Section IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMCS) 8 April 2026 yes yes yes yes yes June 2026
2026-10 Robotic Telepresence Surgery System 1987-1995 BBrg Region 6 Santa Clara Valley Section IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMCS), IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), IEEE Computer Society (CS), IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) 8 April 2026 yes yes yes yes yes June 2026

F. FINAL APPROVAL GIVEN AND WAITING TO BE DEDICATED

F. DEDICATIONS BEING PLANNED, ALL APPROVALS HAVING BEEN RECEIVED

Docket Number Short Name Advocate Region Sponsoring IEEE Section(s) Co-Sponsoring IEEE Society(s)/Council(s) Approved as IEEE Milestone Dedication Ceremony Date Dedication Ceremony Time Dedication Ceremony link (If applicable)
2013-22 Introduction of Apple II Computer EiJh 6 Santa Clara Valley Section May 2014 postponed from 2 May 2020
2013-28 Introduction of Apple I Computer EiJh 6 Santa Clara Valley Section May 2014 postponed from 2 May 2020
2014-06 Macintosh Computer, 1984 JhIp & DvMc 6 Santa Clara Valley Section June 2016 Postponed from 2 May 2020
2015-07 Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator JhVr 7 Toronto 24 November 2025 20 June 2026 09.00 local time/13.00 UTC
2019-09 URUCIB Presidential Information System, 1988 SrPo Region 9 Uruguay Section May 2023 Postponed from 4 December 2024
2020-04 Intel 4004 Microprocessor DvBr Region 6 Santa Clara Valley section November 2020
2022-16 MARS-1 Railroad Reservation System, 1959 JnMz Region 10 Tokyo Section 20 May 2025 18 May 2026 15.00 Tokyo Time
2024-03 Colossus Mark 1, 1944(*) BBrg Region 8 UKI Section 25 September 2025 29 September 2026 11.00 to 16.00
2024-19 Usuda Deep Space Center, 1984 SrPo Region 10 IEEE Tokyo Section 15 February 2026
2025-15 Camcorder with Image Stabilization, 1988 TmHs Region 10 Kansai Section 24 November 2025 9 July 2026 6.00 UTC
2025-18 Sakuma Frequency Converter Station, 1965 TmHs Region 10 Nagoya Section 24 November 2025
2025-19 Thin Film Hall Elements, 1983 TmHs Region 10 Fukuoka Section 15 February 2026
2025-20 Standard Signal Transmitting Station in Japan, 1940 TmHs Region 10 Sendai Section 24 November 2025
2025-22 Matsukawa Geothermal Power Plant, 1966 TmHs Region 10 Sendai Section 15 February 2026
2025-24 Pioneering Medical Informatics, 1965-1974 DvBr Region 6 Santa Clara Valley 24 November 2025 14 May 2026 4pm Pacific Daylight Time https://support.elcaminohealth.org/event/ech-ieee-milestone-recognition-2026/e776922

G. DEDICATIONS HELD

 For a list by dedication date of all IEEE Milestones dedicated from the beginning of the Milestone Program, see https://ethw.org/Milestones:List_of_Milestones#Milestones_By_Year_Dedicated_And_Region