Research Lab Strategy:
Envisioning, Financing, & Orchestrating
Research @ MIT
IAP 2003 ~ 1/17/03
Joost Bonsen
jpbonsen@alum.mit.edu
http://web.media.mit.edu/~jpbonsen/
MIT Research Lab Strategy Triad
Envisioning
Financing
Orchestrating
Why “Strategy”?
• Because aspire to both understand &
improve how research is undertaken
• Particularly interested in how the few
influence the many to accomplish bold
goals
– Lab Group
– Center & Department
– Institution-wide
Topics Covered Include –
University Research Agendae, Sponsor
Relations, Faculty Reinvention, Lab Founding, Lab Mergers &
Splits, Hiring & Tenure Decisions, Major Research Initiatives, Lab
Culture & Community
• Where we are?
• Where we’ve been?
• Where we’re going?
MIT Institutional Context
• Hundreds of Labs
• Research Volume
• Periods of Growth & Stability
Hundreds of Research Labs
Acoustics and Vibration Laboratory
Actinide Research Group
Active Materials and Structures Laboratory (AMSL)
Aero-Environmental Research Laboratory
Aeronautical Systems Laboratory
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
Age Lab
Alewife Project
Alliance for Global Sustainability
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI Lab)
Artificial Muscle Project (AI Lab)
Auto-ID Center
Bates Linear Accelerator
BioInstrumentation Laboratory
Biopolymers Laboratory
Biotechnology Process Engineering Center (BPEC)
Building Technology Program
d'Arbeloff Laboratory for Information Systems and Technology
Design Technology
MIT-Japan Program
Division of Comparative Medicine
Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Draper Laboratory
Jonathan King Lab
Droplet Based Manufacturing Laboratory
JP NET Project
Earth Resources Laboratory
eBusiness@MIT
Edgerton Center
Electroceramics Group
Electron Microprobe Laboratory
Energy Laboratory
Engineering Systems Division
Environment Health and Safety
MIT Enterprise Forum
Entrepreneurship Center
Environmental Technology & Public Policy Program
Ethics Center for Engineering and Science
Experimental Petrology Laboratory
e-WORLD at MIT
MIT Cadlab
Center for Advanced Educational Services (CAES)
Flight Transportation Laboratory
Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES)
Fluid Dynamics Research Laboratory
Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS)
Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
Center for Biological and Computational Learning
Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
Center for Biomedical Engineering
Center for Cancer Research
Garrity Lab
Center for Computational Research in Economics and Management
Gas Turbine Laboratory
Center for Coordination Science (CCS)
Geodesy and Geodynamics Laboratory
Center for eBusiness@MIT
Germany Program
Center for Educational Computing Initiatives (CECI)
Global Airline Industry Program
Center for Electromagnetic Theory and Applications
Global System for Substainable Development
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR)
Guarente Lab
Center for Entrepreneurship
Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS)
Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems
Laboratory For Energy and the Environment (LFEE)
Laboratory for Experimental and Computational
Micromechanics (LEXCOM)
Laboratory for Financial Engineering
Laboratory for Human and Machine Haptics
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS)
Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Larch
Leaders for Manufacturing Program
Lean Aerospace Initiative
Leg Lab
Libraries
Lincoln Laboratory
Management of Technology Program
Man Vehicle Laboratory
Marine Hydrodynamics Lab
Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium
Materials Processing Center
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Media In Transition
Media Laboratory
Mellon-MIT Inter-University Program on NGOs and Forced
Migration
Microphotonics Center
Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL)
Microwave Subnode
MIT/AGS Consortium on Environmental Challenges
MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography
Mobile Robotics Group (AI Lab)
Multiscale Computing Project at LCS
Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Haystack Observatory
Center for Environmental Initiatives
Health Sciences and Technology
Center for Global Change Science
House_n: The MIT Home of the Future Project
Center for Information Systems Research
Human Genomics Laboratory
Center for Innovation in Product Development
Human-Machine Systems Laboratory
Center for International Studies
Humanoid Robotics Project (The Cog Shop)
Center for Learning and Memory
Hurricane Lab
Center for Magnetic Resonance
NanoMechanical Technology Laboratory
Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology
Image and Meaning Initiative
NanoStructures Laboratory
Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Impact and Crashworthiness Laboratory
Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory
Center for Real Estate
Industrial Liaison Program
Nonlinear Systems Laboratory
Center for Reflective Community Practice
Industrial Performance Center
Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
Center for Space Research
NuMesh Group at LCS
Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development Information Systems
Infrastructure
Systems Development
Ocean Engineering Fabrication Laboratory
Center for the Study of Diversity in Science, Technology and
Medicine (CSD)
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Operations Research Center
Center for Theoretical Physics
Intelligent Transportation
Systems
Program
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Center for
Transportation
Studies
Research Volume
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$750 M/year @ MIT, Lincoln, Whitehead
1000 patents in portfolio
~400 disclosures/year
~100-150 patents/year granted
~50-100 licenses/year
12-24 companies/year founded
Thousands of publications/year
Dozens of MIT-related Nobelists (total)
– http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/nobels.html
http://web.mit.edu/tlo/www/fy01.html
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http://web.mit.edu/ir/pop/index.html
Follow the Money
http://web.mit.edu/ir/financial/financial_images/operating_expenses.jpg
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Financials
2001
http://web.mit.edu/facts/financial-data.html
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Research Sponsorship
70% Government,
20% Industry
2001
2000
http://web.mit.edu/facts/research-at-mit.html
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http://web.mit.edu/ir/financial/re/
Legacy of Institutional
Leadership
•
•
•
•
Founding Vision
Organizational Strength
New Tech
Schools Structure
– Strong Science
• SHASS & Sloan
• Rad Lab  RLE
How is MIT Organized?
• Administration vs Academic
• Schools & Departments
• Centers, Labs, Programs
• Faculty Groups
• Alliances, Consortia, etc
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Key Organizational Drivers
• Schools & Departments – Disciplinary
Hiring, Promotion & Educational
Administration, Degrees Granted
• Centers & Labs – Interdisciplinary
Research Collaborations, Spatial
Organization & Sponsorship
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Matrix of Schools vs Centers
Eng
Sci
AI/LCS
EECS,
MechE
Math
Cancer
ChemE
Biology,
Chem
Media
EECS
IPC
eBiz
BCS
Arch
SocSci Sloan
MAS
Music
Mkting
Urban
Econ,
PolySci
Strategy,
Finance
MAS
Mkting,
MTI, Fin
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http://web.media.mit.edu/~jpbonsen/MIT-Emerging-Technology-Matrix.htm
http://web.mit.edu/deshpandecenter/
Financial Projections
Capacity per Student
Fundraising
Campaigns
are
Crucial
Shift from Federal to
Private Support
Corporate & Individual
University Finances
Infrastructure
http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/www/
http://web.mit.edu/evolving/
http://web.mit.edu/evolving/projects/cogsci/index.html
Building 20: Magical Incubator
20
1996
Stata
Center
~450,000 ft-sq
http://web.mit.edu/buildings/statacenter/
The New Sloan (so far)
AI Lab as Example
• Periods of growth and stability
• Big Labs ~$10-30M/year
• Faculty $ Research Volumes widely
distributed
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY
RESEARCH VOLUME
FY75-FY00
$14 ,000 ,000
$12 ,000 ,000
$10 ,000 ,000
$8,000,000
$6,000,000
$4,000,000
$2,000,000
$0
f y75
f y76
f y77
f y78
f y79
Source: Rod Brooks
f y80
f y81
f y82
f y83
f y84
f y85
f y86
f y87
f y88
f y89
f y90
f y91
f y92
f y93
f y94
f y95
f y96
f y97
f y98
f y99 FY 00
PRIMARY & SECONDARY RESEARCH VOLUME
BY DEPARTMENT/LABORATORY/CENTER
FY 2000
$30 ,000 ,000
$25 ,000 ,000
$20 ,000 ,000
$15 ,000 ,000
$10 ,000 ,000
$5,000,000
$0
LNS
PFC
RLE
Source: Rod Brooks
BIO
ML
CSR
LCS
AA
EAPS
AIL
CHEM
CCR
ME
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY
RESEARCH VOLUME CONTRIBUTORS
FY 2000
$2,500,000
$2,000,000
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
$50 0,00 0
$0
RAB
HES
WELG
TK
Source: Rod Brooks
WD
TP
GJS
GAP
BK
LPK
RD
JKS
HH
PAV
IM
OF
LAS
TD
EH A
Funding Profiles
• 35% industrial funding
• ~$1.8M in reserve
• NTT is five years
– $1M directly in research funding to AI Lab
– + first year fellowships
• Oxygen is five years
– $1.6M directly in research funding to AI Lab
– + some salary support
– Nokia, Philips, Acer, Delta, Hewlett-Packard + NTT
Source: Rod Brooks
• Compaq, Merrill-Lynch, Samsung, Sapient
Faculty Profiles
• Four (or five) untenured faculty within
the Lab
• Faculty slots open in EECS – i.e. at
Departmental level
Source: Rod Brooks
Space
• May get some transition space before move
into the Stata Center
– possibly in Tech Square
• Stata Center move repeatedly rescheduled
• Planning space layout is very politically
charged
Source: Rod Brooks
Possible AI Lab Spaces
• bio labs
• vision labs that need controlled lighting
• controlled lighting vision lab -- fully enclosed, no
windows
• holodeck space -- fully enclosed, no windows
• humanoid robotics lab
• motion capture vision lab - multiple cameras, people
moving about
• instrumented rooms
• surgical lab (controlled lighting)
• human subject gait and motor control
(manipulandum)
• biorobotics
Source:
Rod Brooks lab
• medical vision lab
• sound lab
Opportunities
New building 
New physical layout 
New intellectual layout 
What lab spatial, logistical & intellectual
recombinations?
3 Basic Scenarios
1. More of same
2. Thoughtful shifts & modest
recombinations
3. Radical restructuring
Why Merge Labs?
• Operational Efficiency
• Concerted Fundraising & Grantcrafting
• Aligning Related Research Areas
Space Use Aspirations
•
•
•
•
Efficiency of co-location
Serendipity of easy mixing
Capacity for recombination
Supporting actual research
Important Operational
Intangibles
•
•
•
•
•
•
GSB / GSL
Dangerous Ideas
Big lectures
Small seminars
Faculty lunches
Group meetings
Inspiring Faculty Reinvention
• Totally new research themes or modest
shifts?
• Differentiating selves from others
• Top global expertise
• Frequency ~ once or twice/decade
Unifying Research Themes
•
•
•
•
Living Machines
Conceptualizing Complexity
Genomic Semantics
Cellular Robotics
…
Blunt Worries
• LCS seems internally disorganized, why
should AI merge?
• AI Lab is about the right size, why
merge?
• The “LCS” & “AI Lab” brands are great,
why kill these?
“Deep Structure”
Leadership
Formal Structure
Incentives/Political Structure
Culture/Individual Mental Models
Is there a Fundamental
Tradeoff?
Functional
focus
Customer focus?
Product focus?
Geographic
focus
1. Research
– Compelling Questions
– Faculty Strengths
– Focused Centers
2. Education
– Rigorous Classes
– Degree Programs
– Professional Tracks
3. Extracurriculars /
Community
– Student Clubs
– Strategic Conferences
– Startup Companies
Mapping
MIT’s
Triad of
Activities
to this Sloan
Matrix
http://web.mit.edu/committees/sll/tf.html
MIT’s n-Dimensional “IdeaSpace”
Themes
Activities
Innovation,
Leadership,
Globally
Research,
Education,
Extracurriculars
Timing
Short, Medium,
Long-Term
IT, BioTech,
TinyTech,
Complex Systems
Developmental Innovations
Technologies
Phase
Ideation 
Incorporation 
Escalation
Quant, MgtSci,
BehPolSci
Econ
Industry
Firm
Group
Individual
Levels
Disciplines
Short,
Undergrad,
Masters,
ExecEd,
PhD
Programs
MIT Activities x Emerging Technologies
Themes
Activities
Innovation,
Leadership,
Globally
Research,
Education,
Extracurriculars
Timing
Short, Medium,
Long-Term
IT, BioTech,
TinyTech,
Complex Systems
Developmental Innovations
Technologies
Phase
Ideation 
Incorporation 
Escalation
Quant, MgtSci,
BehPolSci
Econ
Industry
Firm
Group
Individual
Levels
Disciplines
Short,
Undergrad,
Masters,
ExecEd,
PhD
Programs
MIT Matrix
1.
Info
2.
Bio
MIT
Research
LCS/AI,
Media,
eBiz,
Mkting
POPI,
CBE,
Whitehd
, McGrn
Academic
Courses
1, 6, 18, HST,
MAS
BE, 6, 7
Extracurriculars
MIT Alum
Startups
MediaTe BioTinyTech
ch
Strategy
Akamai, Amgen,
Dir’ctHit Biogen
Gen’tec
3.
Tiny
4.
5.
Compl’x Develop’l
MTL,
CEEPR,
ISN,
Sloan, AGS
MicroPht,
MPC
Digital
Nations, TDP,
Globalization,
MISTI
3, 5, 6, 7,
8, 16
SDM, 6, 13,
14, 15, 16,
17, 21
1, 4, 5, 6, 7,
11, 15, 17
Consulting
SEID, ATF
Surface- HP,
Lgx, eink, Raytheon
Angstr’m
AfricaOnline,
Evergreen
Solar
http://web.media.mit.edu/~davet/notes/emerging-tech-mit.html
Richly Interwoven MIT Themes
1. InfoTech
2. BioTech
4. Complex
Systems
3. TinyTech
5. Developmental
Innovations
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MIT Activity x Timing of Experience
Themes
Activities
Innovation,
Leadership,
Globally
Research,
Education,
Extracurriculars
Timing
Short, Medium,
Long-Term
IT, BioTech,
TinyTech,
Complex Systems
Developmental Innovations
Technologies
Phase
Ideation 
Incorporation 
Escalation
Quant, MgtSci,
BehPolSci
Econ
Industry
Firm
Group
Individual
Levels
Disciplines
Short,
Undergrad,
Masters,
ExecEd,
PhD
Programs
Mapping Sloan Actions to Timing of
the Total Student Experience
Research
Thesis
Research Seminars
Knowledge
Updates
ExecEd
Modules
Community of
Practice
Education
Core
Extracurriculars
Infrastructure
Track Electives
Emerging Technology Awareness
Social Space
ExecEd Facilities
On-Campus Facilities
Reunions
Support
Career Development
Application
Matriculation
First
Semester
Formative
Semester(s)
Final
Semester
Graduation
Alum
Sloan Strategic Themes x Disciplines
Themes
Activities
Innovation,
Leadership,
Globally
Research,
Education,
Extracurriculars
Timing
Short, Medium,
Long-Term
IT, BioTech,
TinyTech,
Complex Systems
Developmental Innovations
Technologies
Phase
Ideation 
Incorporation 
Escalation
Quant, MgtSci,
BehPolSci
Econ
Industry
Firm
Group
Individual
Levels
Disciplines
Short,
Undergrad,
Masters,
ExecEd,
PhD
Programs
MIT Sloan
Unifying Strategic Themes
Unifying Strategic Themes
Global
Development
Effective
Leadership
Transformative
Innovations
Finance,
Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci,
Functional
Disciplines
Behavioral &
Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
Classic MIT Sloan Disciplinary Strengths
MIT Sloan
Classic Disciplinary Strengths
Global
Development
Entrepreneurial
Effectiveness
Transformative
Innovations
Finance,
Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci,
Functional
Disciplines
Behavioral &
Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
Classic MIT Sloan Disciplinary Strengths
MIT Sloan Matrix
Unifying Strategic Themes
MIT Sloan Capabilities
Global
Development
Sloan
Matrix
Effective
Leadership
Transformative
Innovations
Finance,
Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci,
Functional
Disciplines
Behavioral &
Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
Classic MIT Sloan Disciplinary Strengths
Unifying Strategic Themes
Sloan Matrix
Global International
Development Mgt
Effective Financial
Leadership Engineering,
Management
Transformative
Innovations
Innovation
Leadership
Venture
Finance
Finance,
Accounting, &
Economics
Global Value
Chains,
TechMaps
Entrepreneurial
Policy
Business
Dynamics
Tech-Biz
Ventures
Virtual
Customer
Tech
Strategy
Manag’nt Sci,
Functional
Disciplines
Behavioral &
Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
Global
Classic MIT Sloan Disciplinary Strengths
Sloan Disciplines x Levels of Analysis
Themes
Innovation,
Leadership,
Globally
Activities
Research,
Education,
Extracurriculars
Timing
Phase
Ideation 
Incorporation 
Escalation
Short, Medium,
Long-Term
Quant, MgtSci,
BehPolSci
IT, BioTech,
TinyTech,
Complex Systems
Developmental Innovations
Technologies
Econ
Industry
Firm
Group
Individual
Levels
Disciplines
Short,
Undergrad,
Masters,
ExecEd,
PhD
Programs
Faculty Interests @ Levels of
Analysis
Economy
Economic
Growth
Global
Supply Chains
Global
Strategy
Geography
Sector
Market
Differentiation
Technology
Roadmaps
Technology
Strategy
Market/
Tech
Firm
Venture
Capital
Business
Dynamics
Entrepreneurial
Culture
Organization
Group
Valuing
IP
MarketingEngineering Links
Group
Dynamics
Trader
Psychology
Buyer
Decision-Making
Inventor
Ethos
Individual
Theme
Idea
Levels x Discipline
Finance,
Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci,
Functional
Disciplines
Behavioral &
Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
Economy
Economic
Growth
Global
Supply Chains
Global
Strategy
Geography
Sector
Market
Differentiation
Technology
Roadmaps
Technology
Strategy
Market/
Tech
Firm
Venture
Capital
Business
Dynamics
Entrepreneurial
Culture
Organization
Group
Valuing
IP
MarketingEngineering Links
Group
Dynamics
Trader
Psychology
Buyer
Decision-Making
Inventor
Ethos
Individual
Theme
Idea
Innovation Observatories:
At Various Levels of Analysis…
Economy
Sector
Firm
Group
Individual
Geography
Technology Roadmap
Technology Venture
Observatory
OpenSource
Initiative
Virtual Customer
Initiative
Emerging Tech-Biz
Live Cases
Market/Tech
Organization
Theme
Idea
Innovation Observatories:
Further Possibilities
Economy
Sector
Firm
Group
Global Development
Observatory
Technology Roadmap
Venture Capital
Observatory
Technology Venture
OpenSource
Observatory
Initiative
Creative Communities Observatory
Virtual Customer
Initiative
Social Network
Observatory
Emerging Tech-Biz
Live Cases
Decision Neuropsychology Lab
Individual
Geography
Market/Tech
Organization
Theme
Idea
Sloan Disciplines x Phase of Venture
Themes
Activities
Innovation,
Leadership,
Globally
Research,
Education,
Extracurriculars
Timing
Short, Medium,
Long-Term
IT, BioTech,
TinyTech,
Complex Systems
Developmental Innovations
Technologies
Phase
Ideation 
Incorporation 
Escalation
Quant, MgtSci,
BehPolSci
Econ
Industry
Firm
Group
Individual
Levels
Disciplines
Short,
Undergrad,
Masters,
ExecEd,
PhD
Programs
Mapping Faculty in Disciplines to
Phases of Venture Development
Strategy
MTIE
Org/HR
Finance
Marketing
Operat’ns
Prod Dev
Ideation
Invention
Incorporation
Investments
Sales
Profitability
Escalation
Sloan Disciplines x Emerging Tech
Themes
Activities
Innovation,
Leadership,
Globally
Research,
Education,
Extracurriculars
Timing
Short, Medium,
Long-Term
IT, BioTech,
TinyTech,
Complex Systems
Developmental Innovations
Technologies
Phase
Ideation 
Incorporation 
Escalation
Quant, MgtSci,
BehPolSci
Econ
Industry
Firm
Group
Individual
Levels
Disciplines
Short,
Undergrad,
Masters,
ExecEd,
PhD
Programs
Mapping Sloan Faculty to MIT’s
Emerging Strategic Tech Sectors
1. Info
Tech
Strategy
MTIE
Org/HR
Finance
Marketing
Operat’ns
Prod Dev
2. Bio
Tech
3. Tiny
Tech
4. Comp’x 5. Develop’t
Systems
Innovations
MIT Activities x Degree Programs
Themes
Activities
Innovation,
Leadership,
Globally
Research,
Education,
Extracurriculars
Timing
Short, Medium,
Long-Term
IT, BioTech,
TinyTech,
Complex Systems
Developmental Innovations
Technologies
Phase
Ideation 
Incorporation 
Escalation
Quant, MgtSci,
BehPolSci
Econ
Industry
Firm
Group
Individual
Levels
Disciplines
Short,
Undergrad,
Masters,
ExecEd,
PhD
Programs
Undergraduate Students
Total Undergraduate Enrollment
4,300
First-year
Undeclared Second-year
Special Undergraduate Student
1,055
11
8
Architecture and Planning
Engineering
68
2,011
Humanities and Social Science
142
Management
220
Science
785
Graduate Students
Total Graduate Enrollment
5,672
Master
Architecture and Planning
Doctoral
Special
358
184
11
1,408
1,096
50
21
290
4
788
119
14
31
935
8
Whitaker College
5
276
10
CAES
-
-
64
Engineering
Humanities and Social Science
Management
Science
MIT’s n-Dimensional “IdeaSpace”
Themes
Activities
Innovation,
Leadership,
Globally
Research,
Education,
Extracurriculars
Timing
Short, Medium,
Long-Term
IT, BioTech,
TinyTech,
Complex Systems
Developmental Innovations
Technologies
Phase
Ideation 
Incorporation 
Escalation
Quant, MgtSci,
BehPolSci
Econ
Industry
Firm
Group
Individual
Levels
Disciplines
Short,
Undergrad,
Masters,
ExecEd,
PhD
Programs
Core Sloan Themes
Leadership
Effective
Organizations,
Culture-Crafting
Entre- & Intrapreneurial
Leadership
Technology
Entrepreneurship &
Strategy Dynamics
Dynamic,
Networked
Organizations
Innovation
Transformative
Innovations,
Emerging Hard &
Soft Technologies,
Disruptive
Challenges
Developmental
Innovations,
MicroFinance
Global Business
Strategy, Accelerating
International
Development
Global
Emerging Sloan Initiatives
Leadership
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Center
Sloan
Innovation
Institute
Leadership
Initiative
Global Development &
Corporate Citizenship
Global
Executive Education Platforms
Leadership
Leading Emerging
Technology Ventures
Leading Change,
Corporate Renewal
Leading Innovative
Global Enterprises
Global Technology
& Developmental
Entrepreneurship
Global
Innovation
Driving the
Innovation
Process
Transforming
Organizations: IT
Strategy &
Organizational
Architecture
Lab Foundings
• Faculty Research Groups till WWII
• Radiation Lab “RadLab”
• Research Lab for Electronics (RLE)
RLE  Project Mac  LCS & AI  LAICS
Servomech  LIDS  Lincoln  MITRE
Lab Recombinations &
Reinventions
• Media Lab
NIF  TTT  CBA
News in the Future
Things That Think
Cars? Toys? Food? Tags? Printing? Healthcare?
News in the Future
Things That Think
CI
TOT
Penny Tags Printed PC
SIGs
News in the Future
Things That Think
CI
TOT
Penny Tags Printed PC
News in the Future
Things That Think
CI
TOT
Penny Tags Printed PC
Penny PC
IPID
Silicon Biology
Personal Fabrication
News in the Future
Things That Think
CI
Center for
Bits and Atoms
from atomic nuclei
to global networks
TOT
Nanofab, Biofab, Macrofab
Penny Tags Printed PC
Penny PC
IPID
Silicon Biology
Personal Fabrication
How To Make (Almost) Anything
The Nature of Mathematical Modeling
The Physics of Information Technology
Silicon Biology
Quantum Computing
Informal Cross-Disciplinary
Links
• Science & Engineering Business Club
– Technology &
Entrepreneurship Forum
• MIT TechLink
– Campus-Wide Graduate
& Alum Connections
EE
MBA
MatSci ChemE
Joint
Sloan-MIT
Lectures
MIT-Related Companies
~ US$250 Billion in Market Valuation
Cross-Disciplinary Initiatives &
Emerging Research Themes
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Systems Biotechnology
Neurotechnology
Developmental Innovations
Pervasive Computing
Systems Biotechnology
“Campus-wide activity that links
biology, computer science and
engineering in a multi-disciplinary
approach”
http://csbi.mit.edu/
Systems Biotechnology:
Engineering Inspiration from Biology
• Ribosomes
• Flagellar
Motors
• Muscles
• …
http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/molecules/pdb10_1.html
http://www.rae.org/revev6.html
http://www.kapili.com/f/art/filament1.gif
http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/biophysics/Intro.html
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/tk/ce/flagella-s.gif
http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookAnimalTS.html
Brain & Cognitive Sciences;
Increasingly, Neurotechnology
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Martinos Imaging Center
Picower Center for Learning & Memory
BCS Department
RLE, AI Lab…
Patrick McGovern & Lore Harp McGovern
http://idg.com/www/docs.nsf/docs/McGoverns?OpenDocument&region=WW
Neurotechnology:
Decision, Emotion, & Habit Analysis
Affective Computing
Psychophysiology of
Real-time Trading
http://lfe.mit.edu/media/snow04-08-02.htm
http://affect.media.mit.edu/AC_research/images/AC_system_sketch2.jpg
http://web.mit.edu/alo/www/Papers/repin.pdf
Emerging
Research
Theme Example
• Undergrad research
opportunities
• Multi-school faculty
• New categories of
sponsors
http://courses.media.mit.edu/2002fall/de/UROP/
• Broader MIT
Research Initiative
Developmental Innovations:
Penny Diagnostics
• Disease
• Contamination
• Analogous to pH or
Litmus paper
• Telediagnostics
http://gn.www.media.mit.edu/resenv/telemed/
http://www.media.mit.edu/nanoscale/research/sensors.html
Pervasive Computing:
Project Oxygen
• Human
Centered
Computing
• Acer, Delta,
HP, NTT,
Nokia,
Philips, darpa
http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/
Collaboration Drives
Revitalization
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Oxygen collaboration
LCS & AI Links
Faculty Research Agendae
Shared Infrastructure
Organizational Strategy
Strategy Lattice
Mission &
Vision
Enduring Over Long Term
Strategic
From Quarterly to Yearly
Tactical
Operational
Everyday
Actions
From Weekly to
Quarterly
Connecting Momentby-Moment to
Weekly And Monthly
Strategy Lattice
Overall
Vision
Everyday
Action
Organizational Levers
Talent
Incentives
Culture
Structure
Leadership
Source: Rebecca Henderson & Bob Gibbons
Get the Levers To Deeply
Embrace the Lattice
Talent
Actions
Culture
Operations
x
Incentives
Structure
Leadership
Tactics
Strategy
Vision
Organizing within MIT Context
• MIT Triad
– Research
– Education
– Extracurriculars a.k.a. Community
• Our Demographics and “Competition”