iSLI is a research institute

Research institute

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 for knowledge transfer

Knowledge transfer

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 in electronic computing enabling technologies

Enabling technology

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. The Institute is not linked primarily to a single application market or sector. The institute was founded in 1998 and was located in Livingston

Livingston, Scotland

Livingston is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It is the fourth post-WWII new town to be built in Scotland, designated in 1962. It is about 15 miles west of Edinburgh and 30 miles east of Glasgow, and is bordered by the towns of Broxburn to the northeast and Bathgate to the northwest.Livingston...

, Scotland

Scotland

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, UK

United Kingdom

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 until 2009, when it moved to Heriot-Watt University Technology Park.

The Institute is a collaborative venture involving the computer science and electronic and electrical engineering departments of the universities of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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, Glasgow

University of Glasgow

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, Strathclyde

University of Strathclyde

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, and Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University

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Its aim is to support the development of electronics systems design worldwide and to encourage the exploration of new technologies through research. Primary source of funding is from Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Enterprise

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, Scotland’s economic development agency.