Christopher Rose (electrical engineer)

{{Short description|American electrical engineer}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|9}}

|birth_place =New York City, New York

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|citizenship = United States

|nationality = American

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|field = Communication Theory, Information Theory

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Brown University

|alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology

|doctoral_advisor = Thomas F. Weiss

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|known_for = Inscribed Matter Communication, Wireless Systems, Molecular Communication

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|website = {{URL|brown.edu/worldofbits}}

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|prizes = 2003 Marconi Prize Paper Award, 2007 IEEE Fellow, 2022 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award

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Christopher Rose (born January 9, 1957) is a professor of engineering, former associate provost at Brown University in Rhode Island and a founding member of WINLAB at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; SB'79, SM'81, Ph.D'85 all in Course VI (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science). On September 2, 2004, an article by Christopher Rose and Gregory Wright, titled Inscribed matter as an energy-efficient means of communication with an extraterrestrial civilization, appeared on the cover of Nature with the headline "Dear ET...".{{Cite journal|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nature02884 |title=Inscribed matter as an energy-efficient means of communication with an extraterrestrial civilization |volume=431 |issue=7004 |pages=47–49 |date=2 September 2004 |journal=Nature|doi=10.1038/nature02884 |last1=Rose |first1=Christopher |last2=Wright |first2=Gregory |pmid=15343327 |bibcode=2004Natur.431...47R |url-access=subscription }}

The article argued that wireless communication is an inefficient means for potential communication over interstellar distances owing to both the unavoidable reduction of signal strength as distance squared and that information can be densely encoded (inscribed) in matter. The article also suggested that information-bearing physical artifacts might be a more likely first form of contact with an extraterrestrial civilization than radio signals. Following the publication, Rose and Wright's idea was featured by a number of news sources including the BBC World Service, National Public Radio and The New York Times with an article by Dennis Overbye{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/02/us/sorry-et-but-parcel-post-may-beat-phoning-home.html |title=Sorry, E.T., but Parcel Post May Beat Phoning Home |last=Overbye |first=Dennis |date=September 2, 2004 |work=The New York Times}} and a subsequent editorial.

{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/08/opinion/08wed3.html?ex=1252382400&en=5d6483f134ede447&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland |title= The Search for Livable Worlds |date=September 8, 2004 |work=The New York Times}} Rose also offered related commentary on the library carried aboard the SpaceIL Beresheet Lunar Lander.{{cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/news/2019-04-04/lunarlibrary| title= Communication theorist cheers 'Lunar Library' to be delivered to the Moon| date=April 4, 2019|work=News from Brown}}{{cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/news/2019-04-04/beresheet| title= Brown professor helps select landing site for private mission to the Moon| date=April 4, 2019|work=News from Brown}}

Rose is an IEEE Fellow cited for "Contributions to Wireless Communication Systems Theory", winner of the 2003 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in wireless communications,{{cite web |url= http://www.comsoc.org/about/memberprograms/comsoc-awards/marconi|title= IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications| accessdate= |last= |first=|vauthors= |year= 2003 |publisher= IEEE Communications Society}} and the recipient of the IEEE 2022 Undergraduate Teaching Award.{{cite web |url= https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-07-08/rose|title= Brown professor and associate provost to receive IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award| date=July 8, 2021|work=News from Brown|accessdate= |last= |first=|vauthors= }}

Christopher Rose was born in New York City and raised in Harlem and Co-op City. Related to Tricia Rose (sister).