Syracuse, NY : February 05, 2002 — Terakeet Corporation announced today the signing of Dr. Jerome Friedman to its advisory board. Dr. Friedman, a high-energy physicist at MIT, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990. "Dr. Friedman brings to Terakeet a wealth of experience and intelligence," said Terakeet CTO Ben Ransford, "and Terakeet will look to him for guidance as we strive to make drastic changes in the space of voice application technology."

Friedman earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1956, where he continued working as a post-doc at UChicago's Nuclear Emulsion Laboratory. In 1957, Dr. Friedman joined Robert Hofstadter's group at the High Energy Physics Laboratory at Stanford University.

In 1980, Dr. Friedman became Director of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT, then served as head of the Physics department from 1983 to 1988. Over the years, Friedman has served on a number of program and scientific policy advisory committees at various accelerators. Dr. Friedman also was a member of the Board of the University Research Association for six years, serving as Vice President for three years. Friedman is currently a member of the High Energy Advisory Panel for the U.S. Department of Energy.

To read more about Dr. Jerome Friedman, visit his autobiography on the Nobel Foundation's web site.