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Tata Consultancy Services Limited ( TCS) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company headquartered in Mumbai. [7] [8] It is a part of the Tata Group and operates in 150 locations across 46 countries. [9] In March 2024, it was reported that TCS had more than 601,546 employees worldwide.
The MIT Center for Information Systems Research ( CISR) is a research center at the MIT Sloan School of Management founded in 1974. MIT CISR's research focuses on the use of information technology and management in complex organizations. Its mission is to "develop concepts and frameworks to help executives address the IT-related challenges of ...
SIPB was founded in 1969 by Bob Frankston, Gary Gut, David Burmaster, and Ed Fox. [1] [2] [3] At the time, computers in universities were still expensive resources reserved for funded research projects. Through an arrangement with the MIT administration, SIPB administered student accounts on university-owned computers.
Library portal. A library portal is an interface to access library resources and services through a single access and management point for users: for example, by combining the circulation and catalog functions of an integrated library system (ILS) with additional tools and facilities. [1]
Library technical services are the ongoing maintenance activities of a library's collection, including the three broad areas of collection development, cataloging, and processing. [1] Technical services are the infrastructure that enable the user's experience of many library services and are typically performed "behind the scenes."
Athena, a graphical control element library. Project Athena was a joint project of MIT, Digital Equipment Corporation, and IBM to produce a campus-wide distributed computing environment for educational use. [1] It was launched in 1983, and research and development ran until June 30, 1991. As of 2023, Athena is still in production use at MIT.
The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.
Henry M. Paynter (B.S. civil engineering 1944, M.S. mathematics and science 1949, ScD hydroelectric engineering 1951, all MIT) – inventor of bond graphs. Nicholas A. Peppas – professor of engineering, University of Texas at Austin, pioneer in drug delivery, biomaterials, hydrogels and nanobiotechnology.