A joint venture communications research centre between Nokia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will investigate the implications of the Semantic Web for mobile Internet applications.
Research being undertaken will look at system approaches for speech activation and more secure Internet access. Research will range from “developing the underlying computer architecture to extending the concept of the Semantic Web”, said Nokia.
Semantic Web applications are more sophisticated user-preference and context aware.
Called the Nokia Research Center Cambridge and based in Massachusetts, it is a collaboration with MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) which in tends to develop next generation communications technologies which will be available in the marketplace in five to ten years.
“Not just novelties, but technologies that will see mass market demand from consumers and enterprises,” said Dr. Bob Iannucci, head of Nokia Research Center.
The centre will have approximately 20 researchers from MIT and 20 researchers from Nokia.
“Because of Nokia's leadership in the mobile communications market we have confidence that our joint research will likely be deployed throughout the world, ultimately having a positive impact on the daily lives of hundreds of millions of people,” said Professor Rodney Brooks, director of the MIT CSAIL Lab.
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