Abstract :
The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, located on the campus of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, was conceived in 1983, when two groups of campus administrators and professors were asked by Theodore L. Brown, then vice chancellor for research, to come up with a plan to facilitate research on the Illinois campus. The whole institute had been structured to focus on three related research areas: molecular and electronic nanostructures, biological intelligence, and human-computer intelligent interaction. These three main research themes are outlined
Keywords :
artificial intelligence; brain; legged locomotion; molecular electronics; nanotechnology; research and development management; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology; Illinois University; Urbana-Champaign; biological intelligence; electronic nanostructures; human-computer intelligent interaction; mobile robots; molecular nanostructures; research; Biology computing; Bridges; Chemical engineering; Chemical technology; Chemistry; Instruments; Laboratories; Poles and towers; Seminars; Space technology;
