Critical Emerging Network-Centric Applications

1. Critical Emerging Network-Centric Applications • Tele-control/tele-presence • Defense • Tele-medicine • Remote plane/vehicle/robot control • Distance learning • Real-time network-centric data access • Defense • Emergency response • Disaster recovery

2. Grid computing and communication network Control and monitoring stations Sensor/radar units and on-board processors Critical Emerging Network-Centric Applications (Continued) • Tele-collaboration • Defense • Emergency response • Business • Distance learning • Distributed monitoring and coordination • Defense • Traffic coordination • Environmental monitoring

3. These Emerging Network-Centric Applications Need New and Highly Dependable Network Infrastructures • Need advanced network infrastructure to support • Ultra dependable E2E multimedia network services • High QoS guarantees • Rapid deployment of specialized services by service providers • Coordination of elements across the network to COST-EFFECTIVELY achieve high dependability assurance and disaster tolerance • Need advanced software and systems engineering techniques to enable • Rapid synthesis of customized services for niche applications • Rapid V&V of critical services • Continuous monitoring and dynamic adaptation to cope with large scale network outages, security attacks, etc.

4. Coming of Age for Network-Centric Systems • Tremendous market and application potential • Defense, emergency response, traffic coordination, etc. • Business, healthcare, education, etc., applications • The consortium will • Develop advanced software and systems technology to improve industry’s competitiveness in developing and deploying critical network-centric applications • Provide a forum for establishing a market and an SOA infrastructure for critical services for emerging network-centric applications • Develop advanced education and training with the goal of nurturing highly qualified engineers for developing next-generation network-centric systems

5. A Solid Start • The consortium has become a viable organization in very short time • Strong support and collaboration from industry and government • Strong commitment from university administrations • Strong commitment from consortium researchers and domain experts • The consortium unites experts from multiple areas • Software design, software architecture, testing and analysis, real-time systems, embedded systems, operating systems, networking, security, compilers, … • Our strategy for expansion and growth • Strategic industry partners and alliance • Federal funding • Efficient R&D team

6. We Are Looking for a Few Good Companies! • As strategic partners for technology development and transfer • Form core industry alliance to: • Jump start a market of network-centric components and services • Establish standards for highly dependable network-centric components and services • Develop highly dependable network infrastructure for critical network-centric applications • Overcome the dependability problems of the current Internet • Join hands to advance technology education and training

7. Smart Investment to be a Consortium Member Company • Minimal investment for • An important emerging technology area with significant market potential in networking and telecommunications • Maintaining your company’s competitive edge • A forum to work with your customers, partners, and competitors • Be the first to recruit top-of-the-line technical talents • Partnership for employee education and training in an important emerging area