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For many years now there has been a market for 24-hour-a-day news stations, sports stations, and music stations. And now with the internet and the World Wide Web, constant access to virtually any subject matter is but a URL away.or many years now there has been a market for 24-hour-a-day news stations, sports stations, and music stations. And now with the internet and the World Wide Web, constant access to virtually any subject matter is but a URL away.
But what about All-MIT-Knowledge, All-the-Time? With the internet and the new Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) Knowledgebase, you can now spend 24-hours a day, 365 days-a-year exploring the wide variety of Institute resources.
The KnowledgeBase (KB) is a comprehensive on-line searchable database of current information about faculty and research staff associated with each MIT department, laboratory, and center. It can be used as its own separate "data tank" to find out what's going on at MIT. The KnowledgeBase is available to both the MIT community as well as to all members of the MIT Industrial Liaison Program in the U.S. and abroad through the ILP Website.
In the past, the ILP has published periodic guides to the broad spectrum of interests (MIT Expertise) and research projects (Research at MIT) under way at the Institute. These published handbooks were circulated to the faculty, and were made available to members of the ILP and other organizations interested in building mutually-beneficial relationships with MIT. But as with all printed material, updating or correcting information was both time-consuming and costly; and occurred far less frequently than one would desire.
Now the information gathered for these guides is not only available electronically on the Web, but is also searchable and instantaneously updatable!
The fundamental goal of the KnowledgeBase is to capture and store information on cutting-edge technology and research being performed at the Institute. Currently, research projects, biographies of faculty/staff, collegia and consortia, research groups, patents and related interest stories are all being collected to eventually become part of this database. It is important that this information is up-to-date, accurate, and as comprehensive as possible.
KnowledgeBase Quick Facts
Accessing the KnowledgeBase
Keep in mind that the KnowledgeBase contains data that can be verified and updated by faculty and research staff at any time to ensure accuracy and timeliness. The information is easily accessible to Corporate Relations/ILP and the MIT community through an internal "mit-only" web site.
There are three ways to submit updated research information; interdepartmental (campus) mail, e-mail (klingensmith@ilp.mit.edu) or the new on-line site at http://cr.mit.edu/ilp/mit_only/knowledgebase/faculty.taf. This on-line service is available only through the *.mit.edu domain. See below for how to update records on-line.
Click on the following links for specific information about the KnowledgeBase.
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