John M. Cioffi

John M. Cioffi – Illinois-BSEE: 1978, Stanford-PhDEE: 1984; Prof. EE, Stanford, 1986-
present, now RECALLED emeritus. Bell Labs 1978-84; IBM Research 84-86. Founder
Amati 1991 (1997 purchased by TI); Chairman and CEO ASSIA Inc. Cioffi’s specific
interests are in the area of high-performance digital transmission. Awards include USA’s
Medal of Technology (2023) presented by US president J. Biden, IEEE AG Bell (2010),

Kirchmayer (2014) and Millennium Medals; Member Internet (2014) and Consumer-
Electronics (2018) Halls of Fame; Marconi Fellow (2006); Member, US National (2001),

UK Royal (2009), and Scottish Royal (2024) Engineering Academies; IEEE Kobayashi
(2001), Armstrong (2014), Women-In-Coms-Mentor (2018) Awards, and a 1986
Presidential Investigator Award from US President R. Reagan. Cioffi has served over a
dozen boards of directors, presently PhyTunes (Chairman), Fiberify, and Marconi
Society, along with Advisory Boards of VectorML and Zenith Aerospace. 800+ papers
and 150+ heavily licensed patents.