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California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology

This talk explores the convergence of engineering with biology, physics, and IT, discussing the advancements in wireless access, broadband, embedded processors, sensors, and more. It highlights the potential of a distributed planetary computer and its impact on scalable computing power and storage everywhere.

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California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology

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  1. California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology Invited Talk in the Research Review 2001 Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD San Diego, CA February 23, 2001 www.soe.uiuc.edu/~lsmarr

  2. The Emerging Global Information GridA Mobile Internet Powered by a Planetary Computer • Wireless Access--Anywhere, Anytime • Broadband to the Home and Small Businesses • Vast Increase in Internet End Points • Embedded Processors • Sensors and Actuators • Information Appliances • A Core of Optical Fiber Carrying Parallel Light Waves • Emergence of a Distributed Planetary Computer • Storage everywhere • Scalable computing power

  3. The Perfect Storm:Convergence of Engineering with Biology, Physics, & IT 50x Magnification VCSELaser Human Rhinovirus IBM Quantum Corral Iron Atoms on Copper 400x Magnification 0.1 mm 5 nanometers From MEMS to Nanotech

  4. As Our Bodies Move On-LineBioengineering and Bioinformatics Merge • New Sensors—Israeli Video Pill • Battery, Light, & Video Camera • Images Stored on Hip Device • Next Step—Putting You On-Line! • Key Metabolic and Physical Variables • Wireless Internet Transmission • Model -- Dozens of 25 Processors and 60 Sensors / Actuators Inside of our Cars • Post-Genomic Individualized Medicine • Combine Your Genetic Code & Noninvasive Imaging Techniques, with Your Body’s Data Flow • Use Powerful AI Data Mining Techniques www.givenimaging.com

  5. Can Use of These Technologies Help Us Avoid the Downsides of Prolonged Growth? • Add Wireless Sensor Array • Build GIS Data • Focus on: • Pollution • Water Cycle • Earthquakes • Bridges • Traffic • Policy • Work with the Community to Adapt to Growth UCI Huntington Beach High Tech Coast UCSD Mission Bay San Diego Bay

  6. Complex Problems Require a New Team-Based Research Framework Seible Subramaniam Berman Bitmead Rao Talbot 220 UCSD & UCI Faculty Working in Multidisciplinary Teams With Students, Industry, and the Community www.calit2.net

  7. A Broad Partnership Response from the Private Sector Akamai Boeing Broadcom AMCC CAIMIS Compaq Conexant Copper Mountain Emulex Enterprise Partners VC Entropia Ericsson Global Photon IBM IdeaEdge Ventures Intersil Irvine Sensors Leap Wireless Litton Industries MedExpert Merck Microsoft Mission Ventures NCR Newport Corporation Orincon Panoram Technologies Printronix QUALCOMM Quantum R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical RI SAIC SciFrame Seagate Storage Silicon Wave Sony STMicroelectronics Sun Microsystems TeraBurst Networks Texas Instruments UCSD Healthcare The Unwired Fund WebEx Computers Communications Software Sensors Biomedical Startups Venture Firms $140 M Match From Industry

  8. Elements of the Cal -(IT)2 Industrial Partnerships • Endowed Chairs for Professors • Start-Up Support for Young Faculty • Graduate Student Fellowships • Research and Academic Professionals • Sponsored Research Programs • Equipment Donations for Cal-(IT)2 and Campus • Named Laboratories in new Institute Buildings • Pro Bono Services and Software

  9. The UCSD Cal-(IT)2 BuildingThe Capstone of the Engineering Quad Integrate Cross-Cutting Teams SDSC / Faculty Joint Projects Nanofabrication Clean Rooms Telecommunications Laboratories Advanced Visualization Antenna Farm Occupancy 2004 220,000 Gross SF

  10. The UCSD “Living Laboratory”—Fiber, Wireless, Compute, Data, Software • Commodity Internet, Internet2 • High-speed WAN (OC48+) • Remote Wireless Data Ingestion SDSC • High-speed optical core • 8 Gigabit now • 80 Gigabit in 18 months • 1 Terabit in 36 Months Eng. / Cal-(IT)2 CS Hosp Med Chem • Campus Wireless ½ Mile SIO Source: Phil Papadopoulos, SDSC

  11. Pioneering Web Interfaces to Grid ComputingThe NPACI GridPort Architecture 802.11b Wireless • Interactive Access to: • State of Computer • Job Status • Application Codes SDSC E-10K

  12. Extending the Grid to Planetary Dimensions Using Distributed Computing and Storage AutoDock Application Software Has Been Downloaded to Over 12,000 PCs Nearly 1.5 Million CPU-Hours Computed In Silico Drug Design Art Olson, TSRI

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