[Mitworld] Qualcomm's Irwin Jacobs on Technology, Musical Artifacts from MIT's Lewis Music Library

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 8, Number 32 |  April 1, 2009

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Providing Chips and Technology for a World with Four Billion Cellular Subscribers
February 19, 2009

In his talk, Jacobs narrates his journey from MIT, as a faculty member in the early 60s, to California 
and his initial entrepreneurial venture, Linkabit.  Jacobs then relates the story of Qualcomm, and the history
of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), that has revolutionized business and personal communications.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/652

Speaker:
Irwin Mark Jacobs SM '57, PhD '59
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Qualcomm Incorporated


Event Host:
MIT School of Engineering

"At Qualcomm, from the beginning, I always said we’ve got at least 10 years of excitement ahead of us, and every 
year that 10 years moves out a year."
-Irwin Jacobs

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enChanting Musical Artifacts in Unlikely Places: Rare Resources in MIT’s Lewis Music Library
March 3, 2009

There are times when it’s necessary to judge a book by its cover, or a single page, because that’s all that remains. 
Michael Scott Cuthbert and Nancy Schrock reveal some treasures from MIT’s early music collection which, while 
often incomplete or damaged, sing volumes about their origins and use.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/653

Speakers:
Michael Scott Cuthbert
Assistant Professor of Music, MIT

Nancy Carlson Schrock
Thomas F. Peterson, Jr. Conservator for Special Collections 
MIT Libraries 



Event Host:
MIT Libraries

"For many of us, modern musicology is less about spending time in dusty archives, and more about recreating 
what we see in CSI."
-Michael Scott Cuthbert

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In The Pipeline:

Distributed Leadership in the Obama Campaign

Presented By:
MIT Leadership Center

Speaker:
Marshall Ganz
Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

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