Daystrom Institute
The Daystrom Institute, also known as the Daystrom Institute of Advanced Robotics, Daystrom Research Institute, Daystrom Institute of Technology, and Daystrom Technological Institute (デイストローム先端ロボット工学研究所, or Deisutorōmu sentan robotto kōgakukenkyūsho, in the Japanese language), was a Federation establishment that existed as early as the 23rd century and was based in Okinawa, Japan. (; ) It was considered a department within Starfleet. The Institute was named after Doctor Richard Daystrom, who invented the duotronic computer and unsuccessfully attempted to create the first multitronic computer. The institute employed both Starfleet personnel and civilians who were scientific and research specialists in their fields of study. The movement of Starfleet personnel in and out of this organization was governed by the Starfleet Transfer Regulations. The institute was divided into divisions (for example, the Cybernetics Division). (;  okudagrams)

History 
The Daystrom Institute existed in 2256. At this point, it housed a classified database that potentially contained information on more lifeforms than the Federation database. ()

The Institute published two periodicals, the Journal of Daystrom Institute and the Daystrom Institute Journal. On stardate 41039, two physicists working at the Institute, Payne and , investigated the spontaneous transformation of tachyons. Their findings supported the hypothesis that tachyon propagation can be described by hybrid-classical interpretations of sub-quantum mechanics. ( display graphic)

In 2364, the Institute was developing a tomographic imaging scanner capable of multiphasic resolution. By 2370, this device was standard equipment aboard the . ()

The Institute had several colleges including the Daystrom Institute of Technology, which was located on Mars. It was attended by Leah Brahms, who earned a Doctor of Theoretical Physics and wrote the thesis "Higher Order Warp Field Propulsion Applications". Upon graduation, as a research assistant for the Institute, she developed protocols for measuring higher order subspace distortions and wrote articles for Scientific Tasmanian. After working at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards for several years, she became a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Institute of Technology. ( display graphic) 

Commander Bruce Maddox held the Associate Chair of Robotics at the Daystrom Technological Institute in the mid-24th century. ()

There was a Daystrom annex affiliated with Starfleet Research on Galor IV, to which Vice Admiral Haftel was assigned in 2366. ()

The Institute also included the Daystrom Institute Archaeological Council. Vash was offered a post at the Institute by Professor Woo after she returned from her journeys with Q in 2369. ()

Seconds before committing suicide by piloting his shuttlecraft into Epsilon 119, Gideon Seyetik asked Benjamin Sisko to send his obituary to the Daystrom Institute for publication. ()

In 2378, when The Doctor's holomatrix was in danger of decompiling, he requested that Captain Janeway donate his mobile emitter to the Institute for study. ()

An area of the Daystrom Institute was dedicated to Self-Aware Megalomaniacal Computer Storage, where evil computers could be safely contained and studied by roboticists. In 2381, Ensigns Brad Boimler and Beckett Mariner of the  delivered AGIMUS to this facility. ()

In an alternate future, Leah Brahms had become the director of the Institute. ()

In the late 24th century, synthetic androids that were ultimately responsible for the attack on Mars were created at the Daystrom Institute's Division of Advanced Synthetic Research. The ban on the creation of synthetic lifeforms following this attack resulted in a hollowing out of the Division's staff, who were thereafter limited to theoretical and simulation-based work. Dr. Agnes Jurati was one of the few researchers remaining in this division. ()

Dahj Asha was accepted as a research fellow at the Daystrom Institute in artificial intelligence and quantum consciousness, an event she celebrated with her boyfriend prior to being attacked by Romulan assassins. ()

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See also 
 Daystrom Conference Room

Background information 
The identity of this Institute as a department was derived from the regulations that were seen in the extended version of "The Measure Of A Man".

Information on Payne-Miller's experiment was mentioned in the new text that replaced the original text in the remastered episode "Redemption II".

It was suggested in "All Good Things..." that the Daystrom Institute might be located on Rigel III or at least in the Rigel system, as Leah Brahms, the new director in the alternate future, was living on that planet with her family.

Two letters for Jean-Luc Picard from this institute had letterheads imprinted "Daystrom Institute for Advanced Studies". It is suggested in one of the letters that the Daystrom Institute formed the Committee for Quadcentenial (sic) for celebrating the Apollo 11 moon landing in 2369. These letters were prepared for the Picard family album, but did not make it on screen.

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