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SRI’s Natarajan Shankar named a 2025 ACM Fellow
The accolade from the Association of Computing Machinery recognizes Shankar’s fundamental contributions in areas such as formal methods and system assurance.
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SRI robotics innovations featured in Silicon Valley mini-doc
Angel investor and media producer Will Phillips explores two groundbreaking SRI-born projects in his mini-documentary on the Bay Area startup scene.
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Chris Cowart: Activating Japan’s intrapreneurial superheroes
At the Nomura-SRI Innovation Center, Cowart leads a team that equips corporate innovators to create technology-driven change.
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QED-C executive director named to the Quantum 100
Celia Merzbacher, executive director of the SRI-managed Quantum Economic Development Consortium, has been recognized for her role in strengthening the global quantum ecosystem.
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New engines of technology-driven growth
Leveraging proven lab-to-market expertise, SRI is helping collaborators from Japan to New Jersey strengthen their science and technology ecosystems.
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Podcast: Designing and scaling the next generation of educational innovations
SRI’s Kerry Friedman and Adrienne Woods join Digital Promise’s Rebecca Griffiths to discuss new findings on the design and adoption of impactful products and programs.
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Vaalia Health: Causal AI for precision healthcare
With healthcare shifting toward at-home solutions, Vaalia Health is building on SRI’s AI innovations to make sure that efficient care is also effective care.
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Ashish Gehani named 2025 SRI Fellow
Senior principal computer scientist recognized for contributions in cybersecurity and trustworthy systems.
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Major NIH study helps families manage sleep and screentime
SRI Fellow Fiona Baker: Longitudinal research like the SRI-supported ABCD study is crucial for understanding how modern life shapes developing brains.
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SRI and Global Innovation Labs deliver deep tech solutions to regional markets
The strategic partnership represents the next-gen approach to bridging science with rapid go-to-market strategies.
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Achieving the potential of autonomous drones
Leveraging SRI navigation technology, Entropy Robotics aims to create safe, resilient autonomous platforms for defense, livestock management, disaster recovery, and much more.
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Can AI help us find valuable minerals?
SRI’s machine learning-based geospatial analytics platform, already adopted by the USGS, is poised to make waves in the mining industry.
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Building a lab-to-market pipeline for education
The SRI-led LEARN Network demonstrates how we can get the best evidence-based educational programs to classrooms and students.
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LLM risks from A to Z
A new paper from SRI and Brazil’s Instituto Eldorado delivers a comprehensive update on the security risks to large language models.
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SRI teams with Kalekona Radiotheranostics to deliver breakthrough therapies aimed at diagnosing and treating pancreatic cancer and glioblastoma
SRI’s FOX Three peptide platform to deliver precision radionuclide therapy targeted at hard-to-treat tumors.
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SRI multi-party team selected as an awardee by ARPA-H to develop at-home screening for ≥30 types of cancers
The POSEIDON program aims to save millions of lives by detecting cancer early.
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Encryption where it counts
Confidencial, an SRI spinout, is breaking new ground in helping industry and government clients secure highly sensitive data.
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PARC Forum: The future of trust
Mitchell Baker and Mariano-Florentino “Tino” Cuéllar discuss the global imperative of safe, human-first AI.
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