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Kao was the keynote speaker at IEEE GLOBECOM 2002 in Taipei, Taiwan. [71] In 2003, Kao was named a Chair Professor by special appointment at the Electronics Institute of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University. [71]
Jun 25, 2024 · Charles Kao (born November 4, 1933, Shanghai, China—died September 23, 2018, Hong Kong) was a physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2009 for his discovery of how light can be transmitted through fibre-optic cables.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 was divided, one half awarded to Charles Kuen Kao "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication", the other half jointly to Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor"
Sep 23, 2018 · Charles Kuen Kao. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009. Born: 4 November 1933, Shanghai, China. Died: 23 September 2018, Hong Kong, N/A. Affiliation at the time of the award: Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, United Kingdom; Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Sep 24, 2018 · HONG KONG — Charles Kuen Kao, a Nobel laureate in physics whose research in the 1960s revolutionized the field of fiber optics and helped lay the technical groundwork for the information age...
Nov 28, 2018 · Charles Kuen Kao is the father of optical fibre communications whose vision changed the world. On 23 September, Charles Kao passed away in Shatin, Hong Kong, at the age of 84. The news...
Watch a video clip of the 2009 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Charles K. Kao, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2009.
