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[[File:EL facility.jpg|thumb|IAN's Extended Lifespan facility ([[Athena (1)|Athena]] is barely visible at the bottom of the center column).]]The '''Institute for Applied Noematics''', or '''IAN''', was the organization whose efforts ultimately lead to the creation of [[New human|new humans]]. Components of this endeavor included

* Extended Lifespan (EL)—the world's most durable supercomputer,
* the [[Simulation]]—an iterative process designed to create sufficiently advanced AI,
* Talos (originally named Soma)—an android body, and
* the Archive—a repository of human knowledge and culture.
The EL facility eventually became known as simply "[[The Dam]]" to the residents of [[New Jerusalem]].

== Notable members ==
[[Alexandra Drennan]] was the head of the AI division, and she effectively became the leader of the institute as whole by the time humanity went extinct.

Nadya Sarabhai was the Institute Coordinator.

[[Arkady Chernyshevsky]] was the originator of the entire Extended Lifespan project, and he became the head of the Archive in particular.

[[Trevor Donovan]] was in charge of EL hardware but also spent significant time on the Archive. 

Sun Wei-Yang was initially in charge of the Soma project.

== Name ==
The term "noematics" refers to the branch of philosophy that studies the process of thought [[wikt:noematic|[1]]], although the word can also be used to describe the study of religious texts [[wikt:noematics|[2]]].