1. Project Progress Report
Isao Shirakawa, R10 History Coordinator
22 August 2014, Amsterdam, Netherland
9/19/2018

2. Project / Task Measurable
Original Plan
Committee Structure
Chair: Isao Shirakawa
Members: 7 members, as shown later.
Project / Task Measurable
Project 1
Discuss with History Committee Members on the design of events for 50th anniversary of R10.
Ask for advice from past R10 Directors on the events of celebration.
Consult with honorary fellows on concrete planning of celebration.
Project 2
Campaign for the Milestones Program as one of the most publicly-visible programs of IEEE.
Make efforts to enhance the understanding of the origins or the early development of electrical, electronics, communication, and computing technologies.
Project 3
Encourage each Section to search for those achievements worthy of IEEE Milestones, which were accomplished within its area 25 years ago.
Enhance awareness of the depths of any of the approved Milestone through the very first story by its developers at every possible opportunity.
Objectives
Hold a celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of R10 in 2017.
Encourage each R10 Section to propose achievements accomplished in the Section area for IEEE Milestones.
Projects / Tasks
(2-3 projects to achieve committee’s objectives)
Prepare the design of events for the 50th anniversary.
Enhance the understanding of the IEEE Milestones Program.
Encourage each Section to seek seeds for IEEE Milestones by reference to the latest Milestones approved in R10.
Budget
Project 1: $ 1,000
Project 2: $ 500
Project 3: $ 500
Total Proposed Budget: $ 2,000
Timeline
Project 1: Completion by December 2014
Project 2: Completion by December 2014
Project 3: Completion by December 2014
9/19/2018

3. Committee Structure List of History Committee Members
Prof. Devid Burger (Australia Council)
Prof. Jianguo Huang (China Council)
Prof. Chang Bong Kim (Korea Council)
Prof. Masaki Koyama (Japan Council)
Prof. Ponnavaikko Murugesan (India Council)
Prof. Isao Shirakawa (Chair)
Prof. Lawrence Wong (Appointment by Chair)

4. Objectives
Hold a celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of R10 in 2017
Encourage each R10 section to propose achievements accomplished in the section area for IEEE Milestones
Prof. Devid Burger (Australia Council)
Prof. Jianguo Huang (China Council)
Prof. Chang Bong Kim (Korea Council)
Prof. Masaki Koyama (Japan Council)
Prof. Ponnavaikko Murugesan (India Council)
Prof. Isao Shirakawa (Chair)
Prof. Lawrence Wong (Appointment by Chair)

5. Projects 1. Prepare the design of events for the 50th anniversary.
2. Enhance the understanding of the IEEE Milestones Program.
3. Encourage each Section to seek seeds for IEEE Milestones by reference to the latest Milestones approved in R10.
Prof. Devid Burger (Australia Council)
Prof. Jianguo Huang (China Council)
Prof. Chang Bong Kim (Korea Council)
Prof. Masaki Koyama (Japan Council)
Prof. Ponnavaikko Murugesan (India Council)
Prof. Isao Shirakawa (Chair)
Prof. Lawrence Wong (Appointment by Chair)

6. Specific Actions
1. Discuss with History Committee Members on the design of events for 50th anniversary of R10.
2. Campaign for the Milestones Program as one of the most publicly-visible programs of IEEE.
3. Encourage each Section to seek seeds for IEEE Milestones by reference to the latest Milestones approved in R10.
Prof. Devid Burger (Australia Council)
Prof. Jianguo Huang (China Council)
Prof. Chang Bong Kim (Korea Council)
Prof. Masaki Koyama (Japan Council)
Prof. Ponnavaikko Murugesan (India Council)
Prof. Isao Shirakawa (Chair)
Prof. Lawrence Wong (Appointment by Chair)

7. The latest Milestones approved in R10.
◇ List of Milestones Approved in R10 Juｌｙ 2014
- Birth and Growth of Primary and Secondary Battery
Industries in Japan, Kansai (by Yai Battery,
GS Yuasa Corp., and Panasonic Corp)
- First Millimeter-Wave Communication Experiments by
J.C.Bose, Kalkata. (by Sir J.C.Bose at
Presidency College, Calcutta, India)
- Directive Short Wave Antenna, Sendai (by Prof.
Yagi and his assistant Uda at Tohoku University)
- Development of Electronic Television,
Nagoya (by Prof. Takayanagi at Hamamatsu Tech. College)
- Raman Effect, Kalkata (by Sir C.V.Raman at IACS,
Calcutta, India)

8. Yosami Radio Transmitting Station, 1929. Nagoya, Japan
Development of Ferrite Materials and Their Applications, 1930-
1945. Tokyo (invented by Drs. Kato and Takei at Tokyo Institute of
Technology, and produced by TDK)
Kurobe River No. 4 Hydropower Plant,
Kansai (by Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.)
Commercialization and Industrialization of
Photovoltaic Cells, Kansai (by Sharp Corp.)
- First Transpacific Reception of a Television Signal via Satellite,
1963. Tokyo (sent from Majova Earth St. , CA, and received
at Ibaraki Earth St.)
- Mount Fuji Radar System, Tokyo (planned by Japan
Meteorological Agency and constructed by Mitsubishi Elec. Corp.)

9. Tokaido Shinkansen (Bullet Train), 1964
Tokaido Shinkansen (Bullet Train), Nagoya (by JNR 《Japanese National Railways》, now JR 《Japan Railways》)
Pioneering Works on Electronic Calculators, Kansai (by Sharp Corp.)
Railroad Ticketing Examining System, Kansai (by Osaka University, Hankyu, Kintetsu, and Omron Corps.)
- Electronic Quartz Wristwatch, Tokyo (by Suwa Seikosha)
The First Word Processor for the Japanese Language, Tokyo (by researchers headed by Ken-ichi Mori)
First Practical Field Emission Microscope, Tokyo (by Hitachi Co. Ltd. and Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.)
Line Spectrum Pair, an essential technology for high compression speech coding, Tokyo (by NTT)

10. Gapless Metal Oxide Surge Arrestor (MOSA) for electric power
system, Tokyo (by Meidensha Corp.)
20 inch Diameter Photomultiplier Tubes Developed by
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Nagoya (by Hamamatsu
Photonics Co. Ltd.)
Development of VHS, a World Standard for Home Video
Recording, Tokyo (by Victor Co. Ltd.)
International Standardization of G3 Facsimile, Tokyo
(by NTT and KDDI Corps.)
First Direct Broadcast Satellite Service, Tokyo (by NHK)

11. Region 9 (Latin America) 04 Region 10 25 （Japan 23, India 2 ）
- Toshiba T1100, a pioneering contribution to the develop- ment of laptop PC, Tokyo (by Toshiba Corp.) - Sharp 14-inch Thin-Film Transistor LCD for TV, Kansai (by Sharp Corp.) ◇ No. of Milestones Approved in Regions 1-10
Region 1-6 (USA) 72
Region 7 (Canada) 13
Region 8 (EU, Africa) 31
Region 9 (Latin America)
Region （Japan 23, India 2 ）
Total
　　　　[as of July, 2014]

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