Wednesday, February 21, 2007

More on Sigex by Silvia Baldin

The SigEx Ventures investment fund provides pre-funding for all projects presented to the Foundry. Dedicated fundraisers will be hired in the Foundry to support the constant fundraising process around Enhanced Communications projects.

By providing Distance Learning, the Foundry will enable multi-Foundry collaboration, access to course material not available locally and services to other locations on courses provided in the Foundry.

Professional services is a consistent activity of the Foundry to address immediate customer needs and project deployment needs. Candidates will be recruited from within the Foundry for these groups.

Research is an essential part of making progress on Enhanced Communications. Patents and publications are generated on a regular basis and collaboration with existing scientific labs as well as PhD programs is promoted.