Daystrom Institute The Daystrom Institute , also known as the Daystrom Research Institute , Daystrom Institute of Technology , and Daystrom Technological Institute , was a Federation establishment that existed as early as the 23rd century . It was considered a department within Starfleet . The Institute was named after Doctor Richard Daystrom , who invented the duotronic computer and attempted unsuccessfully 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 ) . ( ; " okudagram s " ) 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 physicist s working at the Institute , Payne and , investigated the spontaneous transformation of tachyon s . 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 distortion s 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 on Galor IV which was affiliated with Starfleet Research . In 2366 , Vice Admiral Anthony Haftel was assigned there . ( ) 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 he killed himself 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 . ( ) " In an alternate future , Leah Brahms had become the director of the Institute . " ( ) 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 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 .