Photo courtesy of Justin Reuter Center for Dynamic Data Analytics (CDDA) An NSF Supported Industry / University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) Vision and Mission
CDDA Mission Mission of our CDDA Industry/University Consortium IUCRC: Conduct integrative, multi-disciplinary research to analyze and visualize massive, complex, multidimensional and multiscale dynamic data that transform Chaos into Knowledge apply to many industrial sectors: e.g., healthcare, security, search and entertainment.
CDDA Mission The Center s goal is to create a partnership between academia, industry to address CDDA relevant and important open problems : Continuously evolve an understanding of the technology needs of the public sector through direct contact with industry professionals and use of field data. Identify basic research themes that have a clear relationship with industry and the needs of the public sector. Educate public sector science and technology decision makers about the emerging importance of Dynamic Data Analytics (DDA) so that the U.S. is able to leverage its intellectual capital to stay competitive and improve the quality of life and security for the U.S. population. Produce highly trained graduate students with advanced coursework in the pertinent technologies and hands-on exposure to DDA systems.
What is an NSF I/UCRC? Industry / University Cooperative Research Center Consortium of universities AND industrial partners Conducts relevant research in an emerging field Industry members select the projects Dynamic Data Analytics is a prime candidate NSF covers some university overhead, leaving more $$ for research Tried and True intellectual property agreement and organization NSF provides an external evaluator of progress and relevance Prior Examples: Tele-communications - Quality of Service switching Power management - working on power grid problems Center for Information Protection working on Cyber-security Bioenergy Research and Development renewal energy See http://www.eng.nsf.gov/iucrc/directory/start.htm for complete list
Why an NSF I/UCRC? Industry / University Cooperative Research Center Crossing the Chasm Bridges the divide between university research and products Vehicle for technology transfer Combines university research, corporate leaders, public sector users Particularly Relevant for Healthcare, Computer, Security, Search and Entertainment Broad market needs Federal Funding and Private Funding exists Many New and undeveloped markets that must be explored Member companies can recognize a 37-to-1 return of research dollars (Member-reported average across all I/UCRC s)
Broad Scope of R&D Proactive technologies: Healthcare: patient records, multiscale patient monitoring, patient alert systems, assisted living, Computer: Cloud computing, data communication and storage, Security: airport and port security automation, sensor networks, driver safety, Search: efficient and scalable search, search on dynamic data, distributed and multisensor based search, Decision making in multisensor and distributed systems, Entertainment multiscale display of large amounts of data, transmission of data Emergency response: Search, Rescue, Incident command, Medical interventions, Environmental applications, Hazard monitoring, IT. Training and education: integration and reduction of training, distance learning, simulations and interactive training
Cross Discipline R&D Computer Science Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Wireless Networks, Human-Computer Interaction, Power and Energy, Sensor Fusion, Bioinformatics, Biometrics, Security, Computer graphics, Visualization, Machine learning, Logic programming Engineering Computer, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, Biomedical, Technology & Society. Biology, Healthcare
Rutgers Niche Bioinformatics and Biomedical Patient treatment Biological and Clinical data analysis and mining Business Scalable mining methods Scalable Visual Search, Monitoring/Surveillance Systems Behavior analysis, crowd monitoring, multisensor fusion, learning, scalable learning and mining methods Distributed Robotics Distributed learning, cooperative tasks, environmental applications Programming Languages and Architectures Distributed systems languages and architectures, low power systems Entertainment Computational modeling, special effects modeling.
Collaboration Opportunities Software and hardware Sensor and camera networks Data mining of video sequences Healthcare Applications Biometrics, Crowd Monitoring Business Mining Applications Visual Analytics Accessibility Technologies Cloud Computing Languages and Architecture
Organization Chart NSF Administration and Evaluation NSF,Directors, Deans IAB Chair Center Director Rutgers Center Director Stony Brook Proposed External Evaluator Industrial Advisory Board (elect chair) Monitors Research Program Rutgers Research Program Stony Brook
How Does it Work? Member Company joins as Member Pays $35,000 /year Pool for funded seed projects Shared analysis of a particular market Shared cost of Public Sector Advisory Committee Membership on Industrial Advisory Board (rank projects of interest to member) Membership on Standards Committee Receives annual resume book of CDDA students Receives pre-publication reports of all projects and nonexclusive access to all IP Identifies topics of interest with faculty members Can submit broader proposal at Fall Meeting 9-12 months, $45-150K Ranking and Review at Fall Meeting Public Sector Advisory Committee makes recommendations based on market Industrial Advisory Board votes and makes awards Companies can provide additional funds to cover extended research Attends Spring Symposium Poster session of progress 2 free, unlimited discounted seats at yearly tutorial First right to project opportunities Additional research, contracts, etc. can be executed at any time
Top 10 Reasons to Join 1. Pooling money improves ROI in new technology 2. Industry controls the generation and choice of research topics 3. Access to leading researchers at Rutgers, Stony Brook, and other institutions 4. Research is vetted by members of the public safety sector for likelihood of adoption and commercialization 5. Royalty-free licenses to technology generated through the Center 6. Resume book and access to graduates who are already exposed to needs of DDA industry 7. Strategic networking and cooperation with other industries and complementary companies 8. Center promotes industry standards; members have direct role 9. Yearly tutorials from research leaders 10. Center, demos, and activities enhance the reputation and visibility of members