Ames Research Center

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NASA field center research facility

Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
NASA Ames Research Center	38
Ames Research Center canonical	3
NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division	3
Ames Aeronautical Laboratory	2
NASA Ames Research Center (nearby at Moffett Field)	2
Ames Research Center campus	1
Arc Jet Complex	1
NASA Ames Exploration Center (visitor center)	1
NASA Ames Research Center (mission management)	1
NASA Ames Research Center campus	1
NASA Ames Research Center facilities	1
NASA Ames Research Center main facilities	1
NASA facilities in California	1
Silicon Valley campus at NASA Ames Research Center	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T298 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ames Research Center
Context triple: [Douglas Engelbart, employer, Ames Research Center]

A. Lincoln Laboratory
Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
B. Stanford Research Institute
Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
C. National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency that funds and promotes fundamental research and education in all non-medical fields of science and engineering.
D. Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
E. Office of Naval Research
The Office of Naval Research is a U.S. government agency that coordinates, executes, and promotes science and technology programs for the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ames Research Center
Target entity description: Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.

A. Lincoln Laboratory
Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
B. Stanford Research Institute
Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
C. National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency that funds and promotes fundamental research and education in all non-medical fields of science and engineering.
D. Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
E. Office of Naval Research
The Office of Naval Research is a U.S. government agency that coordinates, executes, and promotes science and technology programs for the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA field center ⓘ research facility ⓘ
affiliatedWith	NASA Ames Exploration Center (visitor center) ⓘ linked to: Ames Research Center
contributedTo	Apollo program heat shield testing ⓘ Kepler space telescope data analysis ⓘ Mars Science Laboratory entry, descent, and landing modeling ⓘ Orion spacecraft thermal protection system development ⓘ SOFIA airborne observatory operations ⓘ Space Shuttle thermal protection system research ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
employs	engineers ⓘ scientists ⓘ technicians ⓘ
establishedIn	1939 ⓘ
focusesOn	advanced computing ⓘ aeronautics research ⓘ air traffic management ⓘ astrobiology ⓘ entry, descent, and landing technologies ⓘ robotics ⓘ small spacecraft technologies ⓘ space exploration ⓘ supercomputing ⓘ thermal protection systems ⓘ
formerName	Ames Aeronautical Laboratory ⓘ linked to: Ames Research Center
hasFacility	Ames Research Center 40-by-80-Foot Wind Tunnel ⓘ Ames Research Center 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel ⓘ Arc Jet Complex ⓘ linked to: Ames Research Center NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division ⓘ linked to: Ames Research Center Pleiades supercomputer ⓘ Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel ⓘ Vertical Motion Simulator ⓘ
hasProgram	Kepler mission science operations ⓘ Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission support ⓘ NASA Astrobiology Institute (historical headquarters) ⓘ SOFIA science operations ⓘ
locatedIn	Moffett Field, California ⓘ Santa Clara County, California ⓘ linked to: Santa Clara County Silicon Valley ⓘ
namedAfter	Joseph Sweetman Ames ⓘ
near	Mountain View, California ⓘ linked to: Mountain View Sunnyvale, California ⓘ linked to: Sunnyvale
operatedBy	National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ linked to: NASA
ownedBy	National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ linked to: NASA
partOf	NASA ⓘ
region	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
specializesIn	air traffic management research ⓘ computational fluid dynamics ⓘ human factors research ⓘ simulation and modeling ⓘ

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