Celebrating an Anniversary

Celebrating our 20th digital anniversary.

In 1997, 6 years after the World Wide Web became accessible to the public, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences launched its website, heralding our entry into the Internet age and the expeditious dissemination of our scientific content worldwide (see Infographic). Toward the end of the last millennium, we redesigned the website to improve user experience and rebranded the journal...

Celebrating IT Professional's 10-Year Anniversary

W elcome to IT Professional magazine’s 10th year. IT Pro is one of the IEEE Computer Society’s most widely read publications, and is especially popular with IT practitioners looking for solutions to today’s challenges. Our goal is the same as it was when we began this magazine 10 years ago: to help you keep up with the latest IT theories, research results, critical issues, products, and service...

Celebrating 65 th Anniversary of the Transistor

Abstract—The paper is dedicated to the 65 anniversary of the invention of the revolutionary electronic component that actually changed our way of life—the transistor. It recounts the key historical moments leading up to the invention of the first semiconductor active component in 1947. The meaning of the blend “transistor” is explained using the memorandum issued by Bell Telephone Laboratories....

Celebrating the PA profession's 50th anniversary.

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences.

On March 3, 2013 the National Academy of Sciences will be 150 years old. Its creation in 1863 represents part of a dramatic series of federal actions that positioned the United States of America for a bright future. In 1862, Congress passed and President Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, creating Land Grant Colleges, providing federal land grants for the use of the new colleges and allowing the l...