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• SRI International and the University of Michigan Awarded National Science Foundation Contract to Build CubeSat for Space Science

  - 2008-10-01

  SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, announced today it has been awarded a contract from the National Science Foundation NSF in collaboration with the University of Michigan. The contract supports a recent program launched by the NSF to use CubeSats, which are small satellites, typically a 10...

  Tags: Manufacturing, National Science Foundation, NETWORKING, SRI International, University of Michigan

• U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Leslie Kenne Joins SRI International Board of Directors

  - 2008-02-01

  SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, today announced that Lieutenant General Leslie F. Kenne (U.S. Air Force, Retired) has been elected to SRI's board of directors, effective January 1, 2008. Lt. General Kenne becomes the tenth member of SRI's board, which includes leaders from business and government....

  Tags: Air Force, SRI International

• Software and Information Industry Association Appoints SRI Researcher Valerie Crawford to Board of Directors

  - 2007-11-27

  SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, today announced that Valerie Crawford, a senior research scientist in SRI's Center for Technology in Learning, has been appointed to the Education Division board of directors of the Software and Information Industry Association SIIA. This is Crawford's second one-year appointment to...

  Tags: board, EDUCATION, Leadership, software, Software Information Industry Association, SRI International

• Virtual Assistant Era Looms

  - 2007-06-01

  Machine learning, reasoning, perception provide cognitive assistants for novel, robust functions. Significant individual technology advances are being harnessed to facilitate effective cognitive computing systems. These information system technologies focus on a common application that radically improves the way computers support human beings. A cognitive system is emerging that...

  Tags: DARPA, Manufacturing, radar, software, SRI International, Strategy

• SRI wins lucrative Pentagon contract

  - 2007-03-21

  SRI International of Menlo Park announced Tuesday that it has won a Pentagon contract potentially worth up to $85 million to make a drug soldiers could use to ward off the effects of deadly nerve agents. Under the Defense Department contract, SRI plans to develop and manufacture...

  Tags: agent, Pentagon, SRI International

• US-Canada Technology Experiment Assesses Secure Wireless Data Communication Enhancements; Secure, Handheld Messaging Platform Provides Foundation for First Responder and Emergency Personnel Coordination in Time of Crisis

  - 2005-12-05

  MENLO PARK, Calif. -- SRI International today announced the completion of tests that aim to improve the security of wireless data communications among domestic public safety, emergency preparedness, and law enforcement agencies, as well as for use in cross-border situations. The test exercise was commissioned by the U.S. Department of...

  Tags: agency, cybersecurity, handheld, MARKETING, messaging, mobile, R&D, SECURITY, SRI International, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, WIRELESS

• DARPA Selects SRI International to Lead Trauma Pod Battlefield Medical Treatment System Development Program

  - 2005-03-28

  MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Revolutionary Unmanned Medical/Surgical System Could Save Soldiers' Lives on the Battlefield Imagine an automated medical treatment system that does not require onsite medical personnel on the front lines of battle, and is ready to receive, assess, and stabilize wounded soldiers during the critical hours following...

  Tags: DARPA, leader, Leadership, Robots, SRI International

• Economic news for San Francisco area.(NORTHERN CALIF.)

  - 2004-10-20

  Add another setback for San Jose's economy: The hockey strike. The Sharks of the National Hockey League are an important draw in a city without a big-time baseball, football or basketball team. Restaurants near the HP Pavilion are suffering from the absence of fans. ...

  Tags: Desktops, HARDWARE, NHL, SRI International

• Issaquah, Wash., Biometrics Firm Uses Keystroke Rhythms to Verify Identity.

  - 2004-05-10

  By Monica Soto Ouchi, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 10--Before a technology company introduces a new product, before it wraps it in a pretty box, that product is nothing more than an idea. This is a story...

  Tags: Seattle Times Co., SRI International

• Menlo Park, Calif., Think Tank Develops Robotic Team for Military Projects.

  - 2003-12-20

  By Elise Ackerman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--When Randy Gobbel joined SRI International a year ago, one of the coolest things about his new job in the Engineering Building was the little red robots wandering the...

  Tags: computer, DARPA, Robots, San Jose Mercury News, SRI International