Computer & electronics hardware
Alyssa Apsel
Adapts optical-communications technology to build receivers, transmitters, and interconnects that speed chip-to-chip communications within computers.
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Maria Petrucci-Samija
Created materials that might soon make such integrated photonic circuits possible.
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Aref Chowdhury
Invented techniques at Bell Labs that enable higher-speed transmission of data over very long distances (up to 6,400 kilometers) within fiber-optic networks.
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Vance Bjorn
Partnered with fellow TR100 honoree Serge Belongie (see above) to found a Redwood City, CA, biometrics company that specializes in fingerprint recog-nition for computer access.
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Robert Frederick
Helping to lead Amazons transformation, with its own virtual vending machines.