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Advanced Research Projects Agency "Human Resources" Research Project, Urbana

(17) It is anticipated that the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) will provide support for a "human resources" research project at the Urbana-Champaign campus in the amount of $2,802,000 over a sixty-three-month period beginning July 1, 1975. Funding for the first year in the amount of $650,000 is anticipated. The research project will be interdisciplinary in character and will involve staff members in the Department of Psychology, the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory ( C E R L ) , and the Institute of Aviation. The research activity will seek to develop better understanding of the functional significance of brain waves, specifically to provide tools for studying the human brain when individuals (e.g., airplane pilots) are working with complex machinery. During the past ten years, members of the Department of Psychology have contributed to the discovery that some aspects of the activity of the human brain in such situations are analogous to complex information-processing procedures. ARPA is interested in the applicability of this work in man-computer communications. In addition to the applied aspect of the research, it may also provide information of significance on the workings of the brain, in particular its involvement in cognitive activity. The University's laboratory for the study of electroccrtical activity, presently a center for research in these phenomena, will be significantly enhanced. The laboratory's capacity to train and support research in this field and to attract outstanding students and staff will be further developed. The Chancellor at the Urbana campus has recommended that the Board approve the University's participation in this project. I concur, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, this recommendation was approved.

Contract for Window Wall Enclosure, Chicago Circle Center

(18) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of a contract in the amount of $83,995 to Wm. J. Scown Building Co., Chicago, the low bidder, to construct a window wall enclosure which will enclose the ground level of the east and west sides of the center section of the low-rise portion of the Chicago Circle Center. Funds for this work are available in the Chicago Circle account.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent. Governor Walker.

Employment of Architects and Engineers, Capital Development Board Projects for Fiscal Year 1975

(19) The Committee on Buildings and Grounds on January 15, 1975, approved the selection of the following firms for employment by the Capital Development Board to provide professional services in the design and construction of the projects indicated: FY 1975 Professional Firms Project Request Recommended Chicago Circle Remodeling Roosevelt Road Building. . . $748 000 Samuel R. Lewis Associates, Chicago