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CITRIS began by
emphasizing the applications first, and there were a number of reasons
for this:
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(1)The first 25 years of ICT have been about
developing technologies; as mentioned earlier, our faculty believe the ICT
revolution has just begun—the next 25 years will be marked by maximum
impact in the application of these and to-be-developed technologies
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(2)Developing fundamental technologies is what our
faculty do and do well and left alone they will continue to do that, and such
work is critical. “Bio-Info-Nano” are the topics of the day and our faculty
will continue to write competitive proposals and secure funding in these
areas. However, balancing that activity with some “force” that emphasizes
applications will make the most positive difference to our culture and
direction.
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(3)Using an application emphasis is the most
effective way to break down the barriers between areas like bio, ICT, and
nano/new materials and get them to work together on real grand challenge
(or even more mundane) problems that require collaboration.
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(4)Coming from the application area, we will
naturally think about important market and business-related factors like
new channels, support and distribution models, how to finance the
technologies and its distribution, government regulations, etc. We believe
such issues are increasingly important in enabling and proliferating these
new developments quickly and effectively.
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