CMU and Uber Announce Strategic Partnership and Advanced Technologies Center
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Uber are announcing today a strategic partnership that includes the creation of the Uber Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh, near the CMU campus. The center will focus on the development of key long-term technologies that advance Uber’s mission of bringing safe, reliable transportation to everyone, everywhere.
The partnership will provide a forum for Uber technology leaders to work closely with CMU faculty, staff, and students — both on campus and at the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) — to do research and development, primarily in the areas of mapping and vehicle safety and autonomy technology.
Read the full article at TechCrunch , Carnegie Mellon University and the Uber blog (February 02, 2015)