Alexandria Research Institute
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Virginia Tech's Advanced Research Institute (formerly the Alexandria Research Institute) is a Virginia Tech enterprise located in the National Capital region. It provides a platform for Virginia Tech's engineering and computer science researchers to interact with counterparts in academia, government and industry around the Washington Capital region and also serves as a gateway to the R&D base at the main campus in Blacksburg. Currently, ARI is involved with research in computer networking, data visualization, fiber-optics, wireless & telecommunications, satellite systems, digital library, medical informatics, energy and the environment and more.

ARI complements its research activities with teaching by providing a base for graduate students (both MS and PhD) in engineering and computer science. ARI also hosts seminars, workshops and lectures by its faculty as well as government program managers, industry researchers and overseas visitors.