Sfpc and Associates Inc.

Nuveen Investments, founded in 1988, markets, distributes and develops investment products and services for the customers. The products offered by the company include closed-end and exchange-traded funds, individually managed accounts and mutual funds. It has various subsidiaries, including Rittenhouse, NWQ and Symphony. The company offers four investment solutions through its subsidiaries that include growth equities, value equities, and fixed-income and market-neutral alternative investments. It operates through a network of distributors, including investment firms, broker, dealers, commercial banks, insurance providers, financial planners, accountants, consultants and investment advisors. The company also provides managed account services and asset management solutions to institutional investors. Nuveen Investments is headquartered in Chicago, and has offices in New York, California and Pennsylvania.

Established in 1978, Knowledge Systems Institute is a graduate school of computer and information sciences. It organizes the annual international conference on software engineering and knowledge engineering (SEKE), among others. Located in Skokie, Ill., the school also houses the editorial office of the International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. Knowledge Systems Institute's library contains book titles as well as numerous computer industry journals. It has association with Acer Technologies, AT&T, Naperville and Chen Associates.