Marconi Prize

The Marconi Prize is an annual award by The Marconi Society, which recognizes advancements in information technology and communications. The Prize includes a $100,000 honorarium and a work of sculpture, and honorees are called Marconi Fellows. The Society and Prize are named in honor of Guglielmo Marconi, a 1909 Nobel laureate and one of the of pioneers of radio. Past winners of the Prize include Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Brin for the developme... More

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