Project
Aura
Distraction-free
Ubiquitous Computing
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Carnegie
Mellon University
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The Aura Consortium is a collection of companies
that partner with Carnegie Mellon in creating Aura. The membership fees paid
by the companies fund the research and development efforts in Aura. In return,
consortium members receive royalty-free rights to commercialize Aura
technology.
Member
benefits
- Royalty-free rights to commercialize Aura technology.
- Collaborative research & development opportunities
with Aura researchers
- Invitation to Aura retreats to hear about the latest research
results, to offer suggestions on future research steps, and to interact with
faculty and students.
- One-day private workshop annually for each company to discuss
company-specific technical issues related to Aura.
- Invitation to place one company employee on site at Carnegie
Mellon to represent company interests and be closely involved in Aura research.
- Ability to deploy prototype hardware and software under
NDA at Carnegie Mellon to gain early feedback from usage in Aura.
- Early access to technical reports and research publications
from Aura.
- Access to students for summer internships and permanent
employment.
Who might be
interested?
We envision a wide range of potential consortium members.
Here are some examples:
- Wearable and handheld hardware vendors
- Heads-up display vendors
- Wireless technology vendors
- "Smart room" technology vendors
- Open Source software vendors
- Storage systems vendors
- Technology investment groups
What does it
cost?
The membership fee is $500K per year, with a 3-year commitment.
How do I get
more details?
Contact Professor
M. Satyanarayanan at Carnegie Mellon University by phone at (412)-268-3743,
or by email at satya@cs.cmu.edu.
Last edited by Satya on 09/21/2000