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About Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology – a coeducational, privately-endowed research university – is dedicated to advancing knowledge and educating students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute has more than 900 faculty and nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students and is organized into five schools – Architecture and Planning; Engineering; Humanities; Arts and Social Sciences; Management; and Science – and the Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology. The MIT e-Commerce Architecture Program (eCAP) at http://ecitizen.mit.edu, jointly housed at the MIT Media Lab and the MIT Design Lab, hosts this collaboration at MIT. eCap is an initiative to explore the intersection of legal, policy, business, and technology information architectures.

About HID Global

HID Global is a leading supplier and manufacturer in the access control industry, serving customers worldwide with proximity and contactless smart card technologies; central station managed access controllers; secure and custom card solutions; digital identity and photo card management software solutions; and electronic cylinders. Headquartered in Irvine, California, HID Global operates international offices that support more than 100 countries and is a member of ASSA ABLOY Global Technologies Division. To learn more, please visit www.hidcorp.com.