Comments on: The Bank of America Deal: MIT Media Lab Opens Doors to More Sponsor Involvement in Research Direction

By: s.ganesh

s.ganesh — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:19:33 +0000

i am international affiliate member of american psychological association. age 45 male highly qualified indiviual s marquis member . psychology i wish to research in psychology in america. research sponscer is financial support . from indiviuals america. i wish to fincancial from american thank you s.ganesh apa member affiliate

By: rod

rod — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:44:06 +0000

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By: Ray Garcia

Ray Garcia — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:54:41 +0000

This seems and a good advance on the possibilities of corporations and universities collaborating on mutual interest without compromizing either’s position on IP. The Media Lab and Bank of America have struck a reasonable balance in creating what seems to be a new model for corporate and university partnership.

Thus far hiring researchers to work on areas that are not in line with thier intellectual pursuits general results in less that stellar performance. Forcing corporations to fund open ended research without any clear commercial objective is equally problematic. The solve this one needs to find problems that are of interest to corporation and are large voids in the research. This aligns all interest on both the theoretical and practical opportunities to advance and understanding of a particular problem.

I hope other corporation and universities watch and learn from what MIT MediaLab and Bank of America are doing. With this new model they have taken the first step towards creating the future of banking.