Archive for June, 2012

Informatics team lands $1.85 million from Intel to study IT as social, cultural phenomena

Posted on June 28th, 2012 | By Tony Armstrong

Congratulations to the research group at Indiana University Bloomington’s School of Informatics and Computing upon receiving over $1.85 million to create the Intel Science and Technology Center for Social Computing. The award was announced June 26 by Intel Labs as part of a $12 million research center composed of faculty from IU and four other universities. Three researchers from the IU [...]

Technology, traditional arts will converge at IU’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival exhibit

Posted on June 20th, 2012 | By David Gard

Cutting-edge technology and traditional arts will converge when Indiana University takes part in the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., held June 27 to July 1 and July 4 to 8. Hosted outdoors on the National Mall, the annual festival is an exposition of living cultural heritage. One of this year’s programs, “Campus and Community,” commemorates the 150th [...]

Indiana CTSI and IURTC-supported Projects Series: Part 4

Posted on June 19th, 2012 | By Brad Fravel

Now that I have highlighted three of the twelve research projects that reached the technology transfer phase of their development and filed invention disclosures with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC), I will wrap up this series of blogs by highlighting one last project. I have enjoyed the opportunity to share a few of the projects that contributed to the Indiana Clinical [...]

Navy’s Crane lab, IU enter collaborative research agreement to enhance private-sector opportunities

Posted on June 11th, 2012 | By Kirk White

Indiana University has entered into a collaborative research and development agreement with the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, that will allow IU campuses to work more closely with Crane and with private-sector partners to transfer technology to the private sector. By acting as partnership intermediaries, IU and the IU Research and Technology Corp. will be [...]

Indiana CTSI and IURTC-supported Projects Series: Part 3

Posted on June 7th, 2012 | By Brad Fravel

I have now highlighted two of the twelve research projects that have reached the technology transfer phase of their development and filed invention disclosures with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC). All twelve have contributed to the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (Indiana CTSI) setting a record last year for supported research projects reaching sufficient development to initiate technology transfer activities. I am [...]