Intel Corp. to fund social computing research center
Intel Corp. to fund social computing research center
- June 27, 2012
- The Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) for Social Computing, co-led by anthropology professor Bill Maurer, is featured in Science Business June 27, 2012
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From Science Business:
Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California will support a new research center on
social computing, hosted by University of California at Irvine. The $12.5 million
project is the seventh of the company’s Intel Science and Technology Centers (ISTCs)
and includes partnerships with researchers at Cornell University, Georgia Tech, Indiana
University, and New York University. ISTC-Social as the new center is called, will
explore information technology and digital media as social and cultural phenomena.
Studies are expected to cover the intersection of people’s digital and social lives,
including new opportunities brought about by the use of networked, mobile, and cloud
computing. University of California at Irvine will host ISTC-Social.
For the full story, please visit http://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=10118.
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