CERI Science Director, Dr. Nancy Cooke, said, “The Cognitive Engineering Research Institute is excited to join this vibrant and innovative group of scientists, engineers, academics and technologists and looks forward to many fruitful collaborations.”

Pete Palmer, director of the EDGE Innovation Network, said, “The EDGE provides a new military and government acquisition paradigm by using both physical and virtual environments where EDGE members and users can collaborate and innovate together to deliver gap-filling capabilities in months rather than years.”

Sponsored by General Dynamics C4 Systems, there are seven EDGE Innovation Centers worldwide and over 200 EDGE members. Recent new members include Simulation and Training Systems, Inc., Orlando, Fla.; Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, Mass.; Abrams Learning and Information Systems, Arlington, Va.; Cognitive Engineering Research Institute, Mesa, Ariz.; and Sporian Microsystems, Inc., Lafayette, Colo. More information can be found online at www.edge-innovation.com.