HCAC Industy Presentation 1017

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• Introduction
• HCAC Overview and Activities
• HCAC Vision

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Anywhere, Anytime Communications
High-Speed Internet
Mobile Multimedia
Wireless Connectivity
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EE Education and Research
Staff and Support
Facilities
Students
Engineering Talent
EE Department
Funding
Publications, Patents, IP
Faculty
Clients Students, Industry, Government
EE is rapidly changing.
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EE Research Activities

• Broad range of research activities
• Government (more than 5M) NSF, NASA, DARPA..
• Industry (more than 700K) Boeing, TRW, LSI
  Logic, NEC.
• Strengths
• Tradition in communications and networking
• 1970 ARPA funded project in EE had critical
  impact on development of Internet. Alohanet
  first wireless packet data network!!!
• Growing strengths in devices and components
• Current NSF group funded project in wireless
  millimeter networks.

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Digital Divide

• Silicon Valley (Stanford University, UC Berkeley)
• Other examples Silicon Forest (Seattle), Silicon
  Hills (Austin), Route 128 (Boston). All have
  strong Universities nearby with excellent
  engineering programs.
• With increase in computational power of computers
  there has been a shift to communications.
  Many University communications centers developed
  in last several years. Example UCSD Wireless
  Communication Center.

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Mission Statement
HCAC is a multidisciplinary research center
bringing people together to work on broadband and
wireless communications.

• Provide students with a rich and diversified
  education.
• Provide infrastructure for joint collaborative
  communications research.
• Promote entrepreneurial activities and help
  develop information technology industry in
  Hawaii.

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Center Organization
Center Industrial Board Local Companies
Mainland Companies Foreign Companies
Hawaii Center for Advanced Communications
Members
A. Bullock J. Chiao S. Lin V. Malhotra G.
Sasaki V. Syrmos G. Uehara J. Yee
Center Council
Director (interim) A. Kuh
Executive Board
M. DeLisio M. Fossorier W. Shiroma
W. Chen J. Spilker
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Partnerships
Federal Govt.
Basic research NSF, ONR, NASA Applied research
ONR, ARL, DARPA Continuing education Exchange
program
HCAC Faculty Members Staff, Students, Visitors
Provide trained workforce Applied
research Continuing education Exchange program
Industry
Hawaii State Govt. 1M /1st year
Boost enrollment Help Hawaiis high tech industry
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Activities

• Education (Boost enrollment)
• Industry (Industrial Partners Program, Special
  Advisory Meeting)
• Research (Industry and federal support)
• Infrastructure

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Education

• Provide multidisciplinary education to prepare
  students for careers in telecommunications.
• Work to establish educational programs with
  industry (life-long learning, Coop, distance
  learning).
• Information Technology Alliance (Engineering,
  Computer Science, Business, Education).
• Work with industry to reverse Hawaii brain drain.

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HCAC Alumni 1999-2000 graduates

• Mainland companies
• Telecommunication and semiconductor companies
  (Alcatel, Agilent, Fujitsu, LSI Logic, Lucent,
  Motorola, Nokia, Nortel, Quantum, Texas
  Instruments).
• Aerospace and defense (Lincoln Labs, Raytheon,
  Space Systems Loral, TRW)
• Startups (Link Air Communications, Netreon, WFI
  Wireless Facilities, Zaffire)
• Local Companies
• Adtech, Oceanit, PMRF, STI

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Industrial Partners Program

• Donor Benefits annual research report,
  information center, seminar series.
• Affiliate Benefits donor benefits, student
  internships, graduate student coop/ internships,
  company visits, key contact.
• Partner Benefits affiliate benefits, visiting
  researchers, UH courses, member of Center
  Industrial Board (advise direction of HCAC).
• Founding Partners Partners for five years.

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Industry Relationships

• NEC signed up at partner level.
• Orincon signed up at affiliate level.
• Verbal commitments Adtech, Oceanit, Space
  Systems Loral.
• Potential local companies STI, Verizon, Oceanic
  Cable.
• Potential mainland companies Boeing, TRW, LSI
  Logic, Cisco.

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Industry Relationship Summary

• Key benefits student access, information access,
  continuing education programs.
• Industrial partners program is first step in
  developing strong HCAC/ industry relationship.
• Through key contacts targeted research can be
  developed between industry and contacts.

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Research in the Physical Layer

• Devices
• Electronic (Malhotra)
• Microelectromechanical MEMS (Chiao)
• Photonic (Bullock)
• Circuits
• Analog, Digital, Mixed Signal (Uehara)
• Microwave and Millimeter Wave (Chiao, DeLisio,
  Shiroma)
• Subsystems
• Antennas (Chiao, DeLisio, Shiroma)
• Quasi-optical (Chiao, DeLisio, Shiroma)
• Optical (Bullock, Chiao)

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Communications and NetworkingResearch

• Communications
• Error Control Coding (Fossorier, Host-Madsen,
  Lin)
• Signal Processing (Fossorier, Host-Madsen, Kuh)
• Networks
• Wireless Networks (Kuh, Syrmos, Yee)
• Optical Networks (Chiao, Sasaki)

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Digital Military CommunicationsDeveloping novel
communication networks for future combat systems

• Requirements Rapid deployment, dynamic network
  topologies, seamless interoperability, dynamic
  bandwidth allocations, broadband video
  applications, security, mobility, power
  consumption
• Novel Hardware
• Secure Communications Systems
• Mobile Wireless Networks

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Infrastructure

• Organization (Interim Director, Center Council)
• Recruitment
• Director
• Faculty (Bullock, Host-Madsen)
• Administrative support
• Disbursement of funds
• New members and staff
• Internal seed and equipment proposals
• Publicity (brochure, website)

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Tasks for 2000-2001

• Find permanent director and administrative
  support.
• Recruiting and retention of HCAC faculty.
• Boost graduate and undergraduate enrollment.
• Secure funding from industry and federal
  government (congressional funds).
• Set up infrastructure to maximize likelihood for
  achieving HCAC goals.

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Long Term Vision

• Top notch academic research center
• Quality faculty (technical and administrative
  leaders).
• Attract quality students and visitors, boost
  enrollment.
• Cutting edge basic and applied research.
• Close industry relationship
• Assist Hawaii in development of high tech
  industry

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