1. NSF-Sponsored Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement (FAU Site) Status Report, May 2010

2. Industry/University Cooperative Research Center 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/

3. Information, Communication, and Computing, 12 Centers in USA Center for Autonomic Computing (CAC) Center for Autonomic Computing (CAC) University of Florida, University of Arizona, Rutgers University Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR) Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR) West Virginia University, University of Arizona Center for Information Protection (CIP) Center for Information Protection (CIP) Iowa State University, University of California - Davis - Planned Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement 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) 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) 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) 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) Advanced Space Technologies Research and Engineering Center (ASTREC) University of Florida and North Carolina State University

4. Model of the I/UCRC 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) Universities (FIU + FAU) Industry partner 1 Industry partner 3 Industry partner 2 Industry partner 4 NSF

5. Current FAU Members (Total Commitment: $515K) LexisNexis ($20K +$300K equipment) Jansyl Technologies ($5K) Treasure Coast Health Associates ($180K) Relli Technologies ($25K) First Lightwave ($185K)

6. Potential Members Research in Motion ($25K) ProntoProgress ($70K) FIU has 12 industry members with ~$340K memberships

7. Originally Proposed Research Project TitleLeading faculty Video Copy DetectionHari Kalva Highly Efficient Video CodingHari 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 RFIDsAnkur Agarwal The Development of an Interactive Visualization and Evaluation System (iVESTA) for Drive Test Data Abhijit Pandya Overlay Semantic Networks for the Mobile User Ionut Cardei

8. I/UCRC Center – Example Fundamental Research Proposal NSF $200,000 (44.5% FAU overhead) Treasure Coast Health Assoc. $200,000 (10% FAU overhead) PROJECT: Cloud Computing Based Patient-Centric Global Medical Information System LexisNexis Super Computer+ $20,000 (10% FAU overhead)

9. Global Medical Information System

10. I/UCRC Center Collaborative Research Project (NSF CORBI) 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

11. CORBI Project - Objectives 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.

12. Proposal to MTC Members Example: 15 companies  Total budget $75,000 Initiate 2-3 joint projects of interests for all companies Company 2 Company n Company 3Company 4 Company 5 Company 1 I/U CRC FAU Memberships: $5,000

13. I/UCRC Reports 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