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Corporation for National Research Initiatives® (CNRI) is a not-for-profit organization formed to undertake, foster, and promote research in the public interest. Activities center around strategic development of network-based information technologies, providing leadership and funding for information infrastructure research and development.

CNRI engages in system and technology demonstration projects in order to further the design and implementation of selected infrastructure components for new computing- and communications-based applications. Current projects include the Handle System for assigning, managing, and resolving persistent identifiers for digital objects and other Internet resources, MEMS and Nanotechnology Exchange, research in spoken dialogue systems, and other activities supporting research in digital libraries and networked information technologies.

 
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News & Notes

Interview with Bob Kahn. Coping With Serendipity: The Future of ICT. Video of Martyn Warwick's interview with Dr. Robert Kahn at ITU Telecom World '11, Geneva, Switzerland, 24-27 October 2011.

CNRI has posted a Position Announcement for a Research Programmer for Digital Object Architecture and Handle System research efforts, September 13, 2011.

CNRI is pleased to announce the release of Version 7.0 of the HANDLE.NET software, December 1, 2010.

An international coalition announced the launch of an Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) that uses CNRI's Handle System and DO Registry technologies. Press Release, October 27, 2010.

 
   
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