Nokia Opens Research Center in Silicon Valley
Nokia has opened a new research center, in California's Silicon Valley. To foster open innovation, Nokia also announced a three-year agreement with Stanford University, to develop joint research projects on collaborative mobile computing and applications. Given their close proximity, researchers from Nokia and Stanford will work together using the Stanford campus community as an experimental testing ground for new technologies and services developed by Nokia Research Center.
"Nokia Research Center is at the forefront of developing the next wave of mobile Internet innovations," said Dr. Bob Iannucci, Senior Vice President, Head of Nokia Research Center. "In our search for future disruptive technologies, Silicon Valley provides a unique blend of Internet companies, entrepreneurs and academic institutions offering a distinct environment to foster open innovation and collaboration. To this end, we are excited to establish Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto, and are particularly pleased to be working with Stanford University."
Initially, Nokia Research Center Palo Alto will employ around 35 researchers and plans to expand to upwards of 100 researchers as new projects are established.
Projects will be managed under the direction of the Head of Nokia Research Center Palo Alto, Dr. John P. Shen. Nokia now has major research facilities located in two of the leading U.S. educational and technology markets - Silicon Valley and Cambridge, MA. Nokia Research Center Cambridge is a joint effort with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and represents a long standing successful collaboration. The shared Cambridge facility was opened in April 2006."
Posted to the site on 3rd November 2006
