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President Obama recently unveiled a national Climate Action Plan to “cut carbon pollution, protect our country from the impacts of climate change, and lead the world in a coordinated assault on a changing climate.” A key plan component is directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work with states and businesses to reduce carbon pollution…

Rayburn House Office Building – November 19, 2019 Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) Executive Director, Dr. Joe Broz (far left), participated in a quantum information science panel discussion for Congressional Staff.  Dr. Arthur Hermann (second from the left) with the Hudson Institute and head of the Quantum Alliance Initiative organized the panel, entitled “A Discussion…

Ravenswood Solutions, a subsidiary of SRI International, has won a $555M contract to provide an indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for support to the Army National Guard’s (ARNG) eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) program. The single award contract will have a potential value of $555 million and will provide planning, operations, and sustainment for…

SRI International was awarded an additional five years of funding by the Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of Education to continue leading the Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (the DaSy Center). IDEA stands for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which addresses the provision of services to young children with…

Did you know? More than one of every five students have, or are at risk for, an emotional or behavioral disorder, such as depression or ADHD. Additionally, research suggests many students may also face certain stressors, trauma or other problems in their daily lives, which can adversely affect a student’s learning, ability to focus on…

As the immune system’s equivalent of guided missiles, T-cells offer a seemingly ideal approach to disease management. They actively locate diseased cells and, after arriving at their target, exert a therapeutic effect proportionate to the disease burden. Unfortunately, many diseases such as cancer, autoimmune disorders and viral infections have immunological roots, and have become proficient…

The “Mother of All Demos” on December 9, 1968 was a truly seminal event.  Doug Engelbart and his SRI team introduced to the world forms of human-computer interaction that are now ubiquitous: a screen divided into windows, typing integrated with a pointing device, hypertext, shared-screen teleconferencing.  While these innovations have had enormous impact, they are…

When you hear someone talk about the Internet of Things (IoT), you may be thinking about toys and smart lightbulbs. The concept of IoT includes many more application areas, including manufacturing, energy, finance, health care, transportation and other things that we depend on for our everyday lives and wellbeing. People need to be able to…

Many in the education community celebrate the potential of technology to help prepare students for the future. But realizing that potential depends on how educational technology tools are used, an area in which gaps persist on average between high-poverty schools and their better-resourced peers. An important goal is to introduce new technologies in ways that…

By Prasad Akella, Founder and CEO, Drishti The next time you come to a meeting at SRI International’s headquarters, arrive early. Linger in front of the glass-enclosed exhibit that lines the lobby’s left wall. It contains descriptions and artifacts from SRI’s storied history, arranged thematically from the 40’s to today. You’ll learn about everything from radar…

SRI is proud to welcome all the attendees of the annual Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Mad Scientist Conference to SRI headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley. The theme of this year’s conference, “Bio Convergence and the Soldier 2050,” will address emerging and future scientific advances and technology developments to improve capabilities and…