130 likes | 258 Views
The First Year of Cal-(IT) 2. Report to The University of California Regents UCSF San Francisco, CA March 13, 2002. Dr. Larry Smarr Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technologies Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
E N D
The First Year of Cal-(IT)2 Report to The University of California Regents UCSF San Francisco, CA March 13, 2002 Dr. Larry Smarr Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technologies Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD
The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology UCI High Tech Coast UCSD
Two New Cal-(IT)2 Buildings Designed in 2001 Bioengineering • Will Create New Laboratory Facilities • Clean Rooms for Nanotech and BioMEMS • Computer Arts Virtual Reality • Wireless and Optical Networking • Interdisciplinary Teams UC Irvine UC San Diego
Building “Living Laboratories” • Extend Research Outside of Building • Using the Internet to Create Laboratories • Students, Faculty, and Industry • In Partnership with Surrounding Communities
Using Students to Invent the Futureof Widespread Use of Wireless Pocket PCs • Year- Long “Living Laboratory” Experiment 2001-02 • Computer Science & Engineering Undergraduates • 500+ Wireless-Enabled HP Pocket PCs at UC San Diego • 50 Compaq Pocket PCs at UC Irvine • UCSD Sixth College Will be “Born Wireless” Fall 2002 • Linking to the Preuss School at UCSD UC Irvine UC San Diego Cal-(IT)2 Team: Bill Griswold, Gabriele Wienhausen, UCSD; Rajesh Gupta, UCI
Internet Video Conferencing Is Now Possible Anywhere on Campus • UCSD Is a Qualcomm Cellular Internet Test Site Student on Campus Mobile Robot From CVRR Lab Video Student in Lab
Attacking Traffic Congestion with Industry and State Government • Campus Partnering for Implementation • UC Irvine’s Institution of Transportation Studies • UCSD Computer Vision and Robotics Research • Caltrans ATMS Testbed + Cal-(IT)2 = ZEVNET • 50 Toyota Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) • Add GPS Tracking, Wireless Communications “Living Laboratory” Source: Will Recker, UCI
Creating Environmental SensorNets • Air and Water Pollution Sensor Development • Lead is Michael Sailor, UCSD Chemistry • Partnering with SensorNet Startups • Santa Margarita Ecological Preserve • 4000 Acres • Wildlife Monitoring • Rapid Prototyping Site • Linked by NSF’s HPWREN
Broadband Networking Enables New Cyber Arts • Internet Linked Pianos • UCSD/UCI Computer Gaming Initiative • Humans Interacting with Virtual Realities UC Irvine UC San Diego
Developing RegionalUltra High Speed Internet Laboratories • Driven by Data-Intensive Applications • Real Time Seismic • Emergency Response • Medical Imaging • Linked UCSD and SDSU • Dedication March 4, 2002 Linking Control Rooms Cox, Panoram, SAIC, SGI, IBM, TeraBurst Networks SD Telecom Council
Next Step– California Must Have a State-Wide Experimental Optical Network • The Institutes are Creating a Joint Plan • Led by Cal-(IT)2 & CITRIS • Involving QB3 and CNSI • Leveraging Today’s CENIC Investment • Provides California Internet Connectivity • K-12 and Universities • Necessary for Data-Intensive Science • Widely Available to Many Disciplines • California is Not the Leader Today!
NIH Has Funded the First National-Scale Data Repository for Brain Images UCSD is IT and Telecomm Integration Center Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) NIH Plans to Expand to Other Organs and Many Laboratories New BIRN Proposal Led by UCI and UCSD Focus on Schizophrenia National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure
Cal-(IT)2 Industrial PartnersLeverage Federal Funds • World’s Most Powerful Dedicated Oceanographic Computer • 512 Intel Processors • Dedicated December 2001 • Nine Months Start to Finish • Simulates Global Climate Change • IBM Cal-(IT)2 Industrial Partner • NSF and NRO Federal Funds • Scripps Institution of Oceanography