Cal-(IT)2: A Bold Public-Private Partnership
University of California Experiment
UCSD Chancellor’s CEO Breakfast
March 23, 2004
Faculty Club, UC San Diego
Dr. Larry Smarr
Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and
Information Technologies
Harry E. Gruber Professor,
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD
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Where is Telecommunications Research Performed?
A Historic Shift
70%
U.S. Industry
Percent Of The Papers Published
IEEE Transactions On Communications
Non-U.S. Universities 85%
U.S.
Universities
Source: Bob Lucky, Telcordia/SAIC
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Cal-(IT)2--An Integrated Approach
the Future of the Internet
UC San Diego & UC Irvine Faculty
Working in Multidisciplinary Teams
With Students, Industry, and the Community
www.calit2.net
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California Institute for Telecommunications and
Information Technology Has Experienced Leadership
Founding Director, NCSA
Chief Scientist, AT&T Labs
Director, UCSD
Center for
Wireless
Communications
Director, Institute of
Materials Research
& Engineering, Singapore
Manager, Information Services, SDSC
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Broad Academic Participation in Cal-(IT)2
e.g. – the UCSD Division in ’03-’04
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102 Unique Faculty from 23 Departments
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Jacobs School-ECE, CSE, BioEng, MAE, SE
Cal-(IT)² (ORU), IGPP, IR/PS, 6th College
Math, Physics, Bio, Chem/Biochem, GeoSci
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CogSci, Communication, Econ, Psychology
Medicine, Neuroethology, Neuroscience,
Visual Arts, Music
94 Graduate Students (Fellowships and
Graduate Student Research Support)
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Jacobs School--BioEng, CSE, ECE, MAE
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Math, Physics, Mat Sci
Econ, IR/PS,
History, Literature, Music, Political Science, •
Visual Arts
20 Undergraduate Students
45 Receiving Funding
Directly Through Cal-(IT)²
Industrial Sponsored
Research Projects
33 Supervising Cal-(IT)²
Graduate Fellowship
Recipients
16 Supervising Cal-(IT)²
Undergraduate Summer
Scholarships
17 Receiving Matching
Funds From Cal-(IT)²
13 Self-identifying Research
Projects As Related To The
Cal-(IT)² Mission
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Two New Cal-(IT)2 Buildings
Are Under Construction
Bioengineering • Will Create New Laboratory Facilities
UC Irvine
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Interdisciplinary Teams
Wireless and Optical Networking
Computer Arts Virtual Reality
Clean Rooms for Nanotech and BioMEMS
UC San Diego
See www.calit2.net for Live VideoCams
State of California
Provided $100M Capital
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State of California Required a 2:1 Match
From Industry, Feds, Campus, Private
$40,000,000
Actual Fed
Proposed Fed
$30M Campus
Garamendi Funds
35,000,000
30,000,000
25,000,000
20,000,000
Industrial Funds
$85M So Far
80% of Initial Funds Held In!
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Total Federal Grants So Far$160M
- Double Our Predicted Amount!
Bottom Line—Cal-(IT)2
Far Exceeded Required Match
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Innovation Driven by Cal-(IT)2 Industrial Partners
Teaming with Academic Research and Education
• Our Partners Are:
– Funding Faculty Research Projects
– Supporting Graduate/Undergraduate Fellows
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Qualcomm – 50
Ericcson – 27
Conexant / Intersil / SkyWorks / MindSpeed -- 14
AMCC -- 4
Joining on Federal Grants
Providing Access to Living Labs Equipment
Endowing Chaired Professorships
Co-Sponsoring Workshops/Conferences
Hosting Seminars or Lectures
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The OptIPuter Project –
Removing Bandwidth as an Obstacle In Data Intensive Sciences
• NSF Large Information Technology Research Proposal
– Cal-(IT)2 and UIC Lead Campuses—Larry Smarr PI
– USC, SDSU, NW, Texas A&M, Univ. Amsterdam Partnering Campuses
• Industrial Partners Provide Equipment and Researchers
– IBM, Sun, Telcordia/SAIC, Chiaro Networks, Calient, Glimmerglass
• $13.5 Million Over Five Years
• Optical IP Streams From Lab Clusters to Large Data Objects
NIH Biomedical Informatics
Research Network
NSF EarthScope
and ORION
http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/gallery.html
siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/library/gallery/shoot1/index.shtml
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Cal-(IT)2 Has Enabled Formation of
Academic / Industrial Collaboration Research Teams
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Ericsson
– $ 6.2 Million Total Including UC Discovery Match
– 17 UCSD Professors, 17 Students, 4 Post-docs
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Multi-Antenna Wireless Communications Systems
Linear Power Amplifiers for 3G Applications
Adaptive Systems
CDMA Systems
AMCC
– $ 2.3 Million Total Including UC Discovery Match
– 5 UCSD Professors, 7 Students, 1.5 Post-Docs
– Multi-Terabit Optical Networks: Characterization, Modeling and Coding
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Conexant / Intersil / SkyWorks / MindSpeed
– $ 1.9 Million Total Including UC Discovery Match
– 7 UCSD, UCI Professors, 9 Students
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Advanced CMOS Analog System Design
Transmit Diversity and Beam Forming Methods for Wireless Communications
Improved OFDM RF Transceiver Components for Wireless LAN Applications
Power Management for Communication Devices
Multi-Frame Video Enhancement Algorithm
Orincon
– $ 1 Million
– 5 UCSD Professors, 4 Students, One Post-Doc
– WISE: World Information Security Environment
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New Industrial Clusters Developed Recently:
Nissan, Volkswagen, Ford, Toyota
• Sponsored Research
– $ 3.9 million total including UC Discovery match
– 5 Professors (ECE, CSE, CogSci, Psychology), 13 students
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Human Centered Intelligent Driver Support Systems
Vision Based Occupant Posture Analysis for Safe Airbag Deployment:
Software Service Design for Automotive Infotronics
Advanced Engineering Methods for Networked Automotive Software
• Donated Infrastructure
– Infiniti Q45
– VW Passat
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New Centers Are Forming:
UCSD Center for Networked Systems
Andrew A. Chien, Director (CSE)
http://cns.ucsd.edu/
In Serious Discussions with:
AT&T, Alcatel, HP, Sony Online
New Technologies
Networked
Systems
New Applications
15+ Great
Researchers!
New Technologies and
Frameworks
Measurement, Modeling,
and Analysis
Technologies and Frameworks for Robust, Secure,
and Open Networked Systems
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UC Irvine Integrated Nanoscale Research Facility –
Cal-(IT)2 Materials and Devices Collaboration with Industry
• Collaborations with Industry
– Joint Research With Faculty
– Shared Facility Available For
Industry Use
• Working with UCI OTA to
Facilitate Tech Transfer
• Industry and VC Interest in
Technologies Developed at INRF
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Research Funding
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Federal agencies
Industry partners
State funding
Private foundations
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Only Three Years From Research to Market
New Broadband Cellular Internet Technology
• First US Taste of 3G Cellular Internet
– UCSD Jacobs School Antenna
Installed
Dec 2000
– Three Years Before Commercial Rollout
• Linking to 802.11 Mobile “Bubble”
– Tested on Campus CyberShuttle
• Verizon Introduces in San Diego
Rooftop Qualcomm
1xEV Access Point
Verizon
Rollout
Fall 2003
CyberShuttle March 2002
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www.calit2.net/news/2002/4-2-bbus.html
High Resolution, Low Jitter Video Diagnosis Tool
Cal-(IT)2, Qualcomm, Path 1, & UCSD Stroke Center
End-to-End Quality of Service Management
Video Delivered Over Broadband Cellular Internet
to Specialists Viewing Station
(Standard Laptop With Cellular Modems)
Current Coverage 10 Mi. Around Campus
Prototype Led to a $5-million, 5-Year Grant from the
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke
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Homeland Security Has Become
a Major Focus for Cal-(IT)2
SuperHD
StreamingVideo
100-MegaPixel
Tiled Display
Augmented
Reality
Situation Room Envisioned Two Years From Now
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Source: Jason Leigh, EVL,
UIC—Cal-(IT)2
Partner
NSF Award: Responding to Unexpected Events
A Classic “One-Institute, Two-Campus” Grant
• Five-Year $12.5 Million Large ITR Award-Started Oct 1
– Twenty-Five Researchers and Professors
– UCI PI: Sharad Mehrotra
– UCSD PI: Ramesh Rao
– Univ. Maryland, Univ. Of Illinois, BYU, Univ. Colorado, ImageCat
– Community and Industrial Partners
– City of Los Angeles, Irvine and San Diego Police
– Ericsson, HNS, HP, Intersil, Parity, SAIC, SBC, Symbol, Qualcomm
– Living Laboratory in San Diego Gas Lamp District
• Goal
– Transform Ability of Responding Units to Gather, Manage,
Use & Disseminate Information During an Emergency
– To Reduce Response Latency and Cascades of Crisis
Through IT Innovations, Saving Lives And Property
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Wireless Internet Information System for Medical
Response in Disasters (WIISARD)
• First Responder Wireless Location Aware Systems For
Nuclear, Chemical & Radiologic Attacks
– Total NIH Award: $4.1 Million.
– Duration 10/03 To 10/06
WIISARD Drill
3/16/04
Leslie Lenert, PI,
UCSD SOM
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Cal-(IT)2 Collaboration
Can Extend Corporate Vision—Example #1
• Original Focus:
– “Plug And Play” WiFi
Hotspots Powered By
Cellular Internet Backhaul
– Derived From Cal-(IT)2
CyberShuttle Architecture
Entrée Wireless
• New Vision:
– Mobile WiFi “Bubbles” for First
Responder Command Posts
• New Systems:
– MANPACK: Self-contained Battery
Powered Rugged Units for Mobile
WiFi Access to Web
– Specifications Developed With
WIISARD Team Based On MassCasualty Scenarios
• New Opportunities:
– Prototypes Testing With First
Responders Within WIISARD Drills
– Collaborative Design Of Advanced
Multi-mode, Always Best Connected,
Model of Connectivity Necessary for
Disaster Operations
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Source: Leslie Lenert, M.D., UCSD SOM
Cal-(IT)2 Collaboration
Can Extend Corporate Vision—Example #2
• Original Focus
– Indoor Location-Aware
Systems Using WiFi
Technologies
• Initial Market:
– Healthcare
• Initial Application:
– High-Value Asset
Tracking
– Infusion Pumps, Wheel
Chairs, etc.
• New Vision: Mass Casualty
Preparedness
– Navy/DARPA Contract for Mass
Casualty Tracking within Military
Hospitals
– WiFi Tags For Victims At Disaster
Sites (WIISARD)
• New Systems
– Wireless Pulse-Ox Patient Tracking
System (WIISARD) Integrated with
AwarePoint Product
• New Opportunities
– WIISARD Team Facilitates Testing of
Prototypes of Flagship Asset
Tracking System at VA Hospital
– Collaborative Development of Clinical
Systems
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Source: Leslie Lenert, M.D., UCSD SOM
Cal-(IT)2 and Emerging Industries:
Gaming is a Defining Cultural Form of the 21st Century
• Cal-(IT)2 Corridor is a Leading
• We Bring Innovative,
Game Development Region
Multi-Disciplinary
Expertise to Push Forward • Creating an Experimental Game
the Technological and
Lab within Cal-(IT)2@UCSD
Expressive Fronts
• Industrial Engagements Include:
• Visualization Provides
Early Testbeds for Future
Forms Of Gaming,
• Which In Turn Creates
New Opportunities Of
Visualization Research
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Sammy Studios
Sony R&D
Sony Interactive
Rockstar
NDL Inc.
Havok
Criterion/Renderware
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Exorarium--A Collaboration Between
Author David Brin and Artist Sheldon Brown
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Computer Gaming Is Providing
The Conceptual, Technical
and Aesthetic Foundations
for Future Cultural Forms
Multi-User Museum and
On-Line Gaming Experience
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Federal Grants
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New
Industrial Grants
Major Events
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