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Fiscal 1994 Project Portfolio Report
Emil Sarpa, Manager
emil.sarpa@Eng.Sun.COM
Overall Objective
To contribute to Sun's competitive advantage through collaborative research
and joint investigations that result in the exchange of technology and
knowledge between the academic and scientific research communities and
Sun's product groups.
Description
Collaborative Research is the joint investigation between Sun and an external
organization with significant and continuous interaction. CR is important to Sun because participation can extend our internal
engineering resources and lead to the early introduction of technically
advanced products. The ingredients for successful collaborative research
include: technical sponsors in both engineering and research
groups; resources; a workstation loaner pool to seed new activities; and defined deliverables and performance criteria.
To help Sun engineering and external groups in establishing collaborative
research activities, we:
- Identify external and internal projects
- Identify appropriate technical sponsors
- Assist the technical sponsor in developing milestones and deliverables
- Negotiate agreements
- Administer delivery of resources
- Coordinate with sales/marketing
- Evaluate progress
- Manage the process and assist in disseminating results to a wide audience at Sun
Accomplishments
Current university collaborations sponsored by various Sun organizations include:
University of Washington, Brown University, SuperComputer Research Center
at the University of Maryland, Lawrence Berkeley Labs at the University of
California Berkeley, University College London, MIT, Technion (Israel), Seoul
National University, University of Arizona, Georgia Technology University,
Institute for Research on Learning Palo Alto, University of Geneva, and Stanford University.
Collaborative projects include:
Three-Dimensional Interactive Graphics, ATM Research, Teleconferencing and
Multimedia, Pen-Based Computing, Human Interface Research, Video-Based
Learning/Training, Speech Recognition, and Internet Delivery.
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