NSF-Sponsored Industry/University
Cooperative Research Center
for Advanced Knowledge
Enablement (FAU Site)
Status Report, May 2010
Industry/University
Cooperative Research Center
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FIU Center Created in March 2008
FAU Site Created in August 2009
From NSF page: “The I/UCRC program develops
long-term partnerships among industry, academe,
and government”
“Through innovative education of talented graduate
and undergraduate students, the I/UCRCs are
providing the next generation of scientists and
engineers with a broad, industrially oriented
perspective on engineering research and practice”.
Currently there are 42 I/UCRCs in USA
http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/iucrc/
Information, Communication, and
Computing, 12 Centers in USA
Center for Autonomic Computing (CAC)
University of Florida, University of Arizona, Rutgers University
Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR)
West Virginia University, University of Arizona
Center for Information Protection (CIP)
Iowa State University, University of California - Davis - Planned
Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement
Florida International University, Florida Atlantic University
Center for Embedded Systems - Planned
Arizona State University, University of California - Irvine, Southers Illinois University - Carbondale, Southern Methodist University,
University of North Texas, University of Texas - Dallas, State University of New York - Stony Brook, University of Texas - San Antonio
Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems (CERCS)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Ohio State University
Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research
University of Maryland - Baltimore County, Georgia Tech, University of California - San Diego
I/UCRC for Intelligent Storage - Planned
University of Minnesota, University of California Santa Cruz
High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing (CHREC)
University of Florida, The George Washington University, Virginia Tech University, Brigham Young University
Center for Software for Ultra Large Systems - Planned
University of Virginia, Michigan State University, Vanderbilt University, University of South Dakota
Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology (WICAT)
Polytechnic University, University of Virginia, Auburn University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Advanced Space Technologies Research and Engineering Center (ASTREC)
University of Florida and North Carolina State University
Model of the I/UCRC
Industry
partner 1
Industry
partner 3
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Industry
partner 2
Universities
(FIU + FAU)
Industry
partner 4
NSF
Industry partners pay the memberships ($5K to $50K+++ per year)
NSF sponsors the Center ($60K to $200K per university per year)
Industry Advisory Board selects the research projects
Industry members select the products for commercialization – no
royalties
Expectations: $750K from NSF + $7.5M from Industry (5 years)
Similar to MIT Media Lab model (but different)
Current FAU Members
(Total Commitment: $515K)
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LexisNexis ($20K +$300K equipment)
Jansyl Technologies ($5K)
Treasure Coast Health Associates
($180K)
Relli Technologies ($25K)
First Lightwave ($185K)
Potential Members
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Research in Motion ($25K)
ProntoProgress ($70K)
FIU has 12 industry members with
~$340K memberships
Originally Proposed Research
Project Title
Leading faculty
Video Copy Detection
Hari Kalva
Highly Efficient Video Coding
Hari Kalva
iPortal: Software Maintenance & Evolution of
a Web Ordering System
Shihong Huang
Interactive System for Visualization,
Navigation, and Retrieval of Video Data
Borko Furht
Application Mapping on an Embedded
System
Ankur Agarwal
Application Development with RFIDs
Ankur Agarwal
The Development of an Interactive
Visualization and Evaluation System
(iVESTA) for Drive Test Data
Abhijit Pandya
Overlay Semantic Networks for the Mobile Ionut Cardei
User
I/UCRC Center – Example
Fundamental Research Proposal
NSF
$200,000
(44.5% FAU overhead)
PROJECT:
Cloud Computing Based
Patient-Centric Global
Medical Information System
Treasure Coast
Health Assoc.
$200,000
(10% FAU overhead)
LexisNexis
Super Computer+
$20,000
(10% FAU overhead)
Global Medical
Information System
I/UCRC Center
Collaborative Research Project
(NSF CORBI)
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University of Maryland, FIU and FAU
A Multi-Center Distributed Cloud
Computing Collaborative Feasibility
Study to Provide Massive 3D
Visualization Services for Climate Data
on Demand
Total: $100K, approved in May 2010
CORBI Project - Objectives
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UMBC, FIU and FAU proposed to
implement, test and complete the installation
of a distributed cloud computing system
based on the open Apache Hadoop
architecture operating under the open Sun
Grid Engine
FAU proposed to complete testing the
feasibility of executing the autostereoscopic
displays either multiple views or a single
view and the 3D depth map on the
CHMPR/CAKE cloud.
Proposal to MTC Members
Company 3
Company 4
Company 2
Memberships: $5,000
Company 5
Company 1
I/U CRC
FAU
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Company n
Example: 15 companies  Total budget
$75,000
Initiate 2-3 joint projects of interests for all
companies
I/UCRC Reports
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NSF Report for the FAU Site completed and
submitted to NSF, May 2010
Evaluator Report for CAKE (Dr. Vida
Scarpello) submitted to NSF, May 2010
FAU Institutional Certification completed and
submitted, May 2010
Next joint IAB meeting, May 27