Christopher Rose (born January 9, 1957) is a professor of engineering, former associate provost at

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and a founding member of WINLAB at

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. He was educated at the

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; 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 ''

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'' with the headline "Dear ET...". 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

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World Service,

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and ''

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'' with an article by

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and a subsequent editorial. Rose also offered related commentary on the library carried aboard the

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Beresheet Lunar Lander. Rose is an

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cited for "Contributions to Wireless Communication Systems Theory", winner of the 2003 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in wireless communications, and the recipient of the IEEE 2022 Undergraduate Teaching Award. Christopher Rose was born in New York City and raised in

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and

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. Related to Tricia Rose (sister).

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Inscribed matter as an energy-efficient means of communication with an extraterrestrial civilization, Christopher Rose & Gregory Wright, ''Nature'' 431, 47–49 (2004)

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1957 births Living people Brown University faculty People from Co-op City, Bronx People from Harlem MIT School of Engineering alumni {{US-academic-bio-stub