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Nokia Launches Swiss Research Centre    

The Scandinavian equipment vendor, Nokia, and the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology 
in Lausanne and Zurich (EPFL and ETH Zurich) have announced a joint long-term research 
programme that will focus on helping people benefit from a world where they are connected 
to each other, to the internet and also to information from the surrounding physical world. 
The new laboratory will open in the Lausanne campus in June 2008.

Significance: The joint venture will allow Nokia to explore examples of the fusion of the 
digital and physical worlds as a key objective in mobility. "ETH Zurich welcomes the 
joint research efforts of its strong partners, and views the collaboration as an opportunity 
to devise new and innovative solutions for what has become known as the internet of things," 
commented Peter Chen, ETH Zurich's vice-president. 







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Nokia Launches Research Program With Swiss Tech Institutes 
 
Tuesday April 8th, 2008 / 9h41 

 
Edited Press Release 

STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Nokia and the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology in Lausanne and 
Zurich Tuesday announced the establishment of a joint long-term research program. 
Nokia said Nokia Research Center will open a laboratory in Lausanne in June creating a community 
linking researchers from Nokia and the Institutes of Technology. 
It said this type of open model of collaboration has already been successful for Nokia Research 
Center elsewhere. 
Nokia's collaboration with the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne and the Eidgenossische 
Technische Hochschule Zurich will focus on helping people benefit from a world where they are 
connected to each other, to the Internet and also to information from the surrounding physical 
world. 

Access to the "Internet of Things" from a mobile device will allow people to collect information 
from their physical environment, filter it based on their location or preferences and share 
with their friends or communities. 

Nokia said the initial joint research agenda will focus on pervasive communications. 
This includes exploring new interaction experiences and technologies utilizing all the 
human senses; services and applications based on the user's context, such as location, 
and personal preferences, e.g., information provided by sensors within a mobile device 
or in the surrounding world; Internet services and technologies - enriching the Internet 
experience on mobile devices. 
The opening of the new laboratory will take place on the campus in Lausanne on June 5. 
 
 
Tuesday April 8th, 2008 / 9h41 Source : Dowjones Business News