July 2, 2006
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Associated Press (05/13/06) Paul, Jim
The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology has become a leading research center over the years, and is now viewed as the nation's model for interdisciplinary research. The facility on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign brings together scientists and researchers from a wide range of academic disciplines to focus on broad areas involving biological intelligence, human-computer intelligent interaction, and molecular and electronic nanostructures. Current projects include the use of imaging technology to determine how the human brain processes sound, and the development of hearing aids that can pick out a voice in a noisy room. "Where else could I go where I would have the opportunity to just walk across the hall and talk with world-class researchers in areas that I need to know about in order to do my research in the best way?" asks Jennifer Cole, a linguist who works with electrical engineers, biologists, and psychologists to understand how humans process language. "How much more convenient could it get?" About 90 percent of Beckman's annual budget of millions of dollars comes from the federal government, corporations, and other private sources. The 110 full-time and part-time faculty at Beckman are joined by several hundred researchers, graduate assistants, and postdoctoral fellows.
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