kynamatrix Research Network is a nonprofit network of researchers dedicated to the scientific understanding and advancement of

interactive communication Interactive communication is an exchange of ideas where both participants, whether human, machine or art form, are active and can have an effect on one another. It is a dynamic, two-way flow of information. Many forms of communication previously t ...

. One of the programs includes a project called "ResearchHDiscovery," launched in April 2007—"Through two-way high-definition communication, research meets discovery." As a proof-of-concept for collaborative one-on-one research using two-way high definition, this project connects multiple universities in the United States enabling researchers to work and innovate in new ways. Participating universities include

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

, MIT Media Lab,

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, and

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

. The experience opens virtual windows between university labs connecting professors, researchers, and colleagues so they can regularly brainstorm, develop and review inter-university graduate programs, and manage relationships with students and advisors. The goal of the project is to increase innovation through collaboration.

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