[3] David Roux lived in Lewiston, Maine, in his youth, but found success outside the state, becoming a technology entrepreneur and investor and co-founder of Silver Lake.
[4] However, Roux wanted to do more to promote the technology sector in Maine and began looking to partner with an existing university to increase research and education opportunities in the state.
He termed this the "Maine Model" for how to replicate the successes of major technology hubs without the same kind of educational and financial capital found in those places.
[9] In contrast to Northeastern's other regional campuses in Seattle and Burlington, Massachusetts, which primarily focus either on graduate education or advanced research, the Roux Institute engages in both.
Enrolled students study the data and automation capabilities of machine intelligence and combine it with human reasoning and intuitive decision-making.
[18] The approved site plan calls for a 238,000 square foot academic building, a parking garage and a child care facility.
The existing pier is being raised higher and bike storage is being planned to occupy the first floor of the former B&M Baked Beans factory, which will accommodate office space.
[21] Inside Higher Ed's Lindsay McKenzie wrote that Maine's public universities "perhaps surprisingly" welcomed the announcement of the Roux Institute.