The decision to scale up from two provinces and one hospital in wave 1 to four provinces in wave 2 was part of the initial project design.
RM reviewed the design of the initial project.
EH conceived of the initial project, study design, acquisition of data, initial analysis and write-up as part of MSc.
Of the $145 million being invested in the initial projects, $11.7 million is in direct public subsidy, he said.
The funding and the initial projects extend over three years.
One of Lee's initial projects was the "Decompiculture Kit," a mushroom growing kit that allowed an individual user to selectively breed a strain of mushrooms to consume the user's hair, nail clippings, and dead skin cells.
This summer the Yale Institute for Music Theater, the first joint venture between the schools of music and drama at the university, selected as one of its three initial projects a work in progress, "Pop!," by Maggie-Kate Coleman, 30, a playwright and lyricist, and Anna K. Jacobs, 29, a composer.
Mr. Kheel, who has given tens of thousands of dollars to Mr. Rangel's campaigns over the past decade, had encouraged the congressman to be one of the initial investors in the project.
The area involved in the RFP that Sidewalk Labs will work with the government coalition to develop spans around 800 acres (though 12 acres are specified for the initial project), and is one of the largest underdeveloped urban areas in any North American city, making it a good target for Sidewalk's ambitious vision, which involves building smart cities holistically from the very start.
