PARC Innovation Areas

Innovation Areas

Biomedical Systems & Bioinformatics
rare cell detection ∙ glucose monitoring ∙ flow cytometry ∙ nanocalorimetry ∙ mass spectra analysis

MEMS, Microfluidics, & Piezo Materials
StressedMetal™ MEMS structures ∙ lab-on-a-chip systems ∙ particle manipulation ∙ piezo devices

By revealing and applying insights about what people actually do, PARC ethnographers help companies stay ahead of the competition.

PARC's Cleantech research program harnesses deep, multidisciplinary competencies to address industry problems that are too complex to solve within a single domain of expertise.

Cleantech
solar energy ∙ clean water ∙ adaptive energy ∙ carbon-free fuels

Nanotechnology
nanowires ∙ self-assembly ∙ atomic structure modeling

Enterprise & "Web 2.0" Knowledge Systems
augmented social cognition & collective intelligence ∙ social software system design and evaluation ∙ social network analysis

Natural Language Processing
natural language search ∙ text analytics ∙ machine translation ∙ question-answering systems

Ethnography
opportunity discovery & concept development ∙ workscapes, practices, and process innovation ∙ user-centered design ∙ capability transfer

Networking
ad-hoc wireless networking ∙ content-centric networking

Human Information Interaction/ HCI
information visualization & analytics ∙ semantic analysis ∙ collaborative workspaces & sensemaking

Optoelectronics & Optical Systems
semiconductor laser diodes ∙ LEDs & UV emitters ∙ optical detection ∙ non-imaging & scanning optics

Intelligent Control & Autonomous Systems
model-based planning/scheduling ∙ model-based diagnosis ∙ adaptive & distributed control ∙ embedded systems/ sensor networks ∙ robotics/ automation hardware

Printing (non-paper applications)
industrial inkjet ∙ controlled droplet dispensing ∙ direct printing techniques for novel uses

Intelligent Image Recognition
computer vision ∙ document classification ∙ image analysis ∙ pen-based user interfaces

Security & Privacy
usable security ∙ access & inference control ∙ digital content protection ∙ intelligent redaction ∙ privacy monitoring

Large-Area Electronics
organic, a-Si, and poly-Si TFT ∙ digital lithography ∙ flexible substrates ∙ R2R processing

Ubiquitous Computing
mobile interaction ∙ activity inferencing & user behavior modeling ∙ context-aware & intent-aware computing ∙ recommendation systems

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