University of Kansas A KTEC Center of Excellence 1 Victor S. Frost Director, Information & Telecommunication Technology Center Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science An Introduction to the Information & Telecommunication Technology Center ITTC Technology Review May 2003

University of Kansas A KTEC Center of Excellence 2 ITTC - Mission and Vision Mission –To create the fundamental knowledge and technologies required to realize the convergence of computing, communications, and sensors for the expansion of our economy and the improvement of the quality of life; FOCUS on RESEARCH –To educate the next generation of technology leaders that will drive this convergence; FOCUS on STUDENTS –To transfer the knowledge and technology to industry that will enable this convergence. FOCUS on ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT Vision –Our vision is to be a global leader in and catalyst for the unification of computing, communications, and sensor technologies while being a strategic partner for their commercialization.

University of Kansas A KTEC Center of Excellence 3 What is Information & Telecommunication Technology? Voice, Data, Video, Multimedia, Image, Electronic Transactions, Resource Discovery Healthcare, Bioinformatics, Government Services, Business, Environmental Monitoring, Education, Life-Long Learning High Speed Networks, Switching Systems, Advanced Signaling Systems Sensors, Fiber Transmission Systems, Wireless Networks, Cable Systems, Satellite Systems, Twisted Pair, Copper Loops, Broadcast, Cellular Applications Services Bitways

University of Kansas A KTEC Center of Excellence 4 Communications academic emphasis and research programs established in 1983, radar and remote sensing emphasis in 1964 Students from EE, CS, CoE, Math, Physics, Journalism, Education 31 faculty, 17 staff researchers, 6 Center staff Current student population ~ 145 –~ 19 Ph.D., ~98 M.S., ~28 B.S. ITTC Overview

University of Kansas A KTEC Center of Excellence 5 Unique Facilities SprintUnique high-speed networking laboratory including a fiber connection to the Sprint long-distance fiber network Lightwave laboratory, including 16 wavelength systems, OC-192 and 40 Gb/s test equipment Outdoor Antenna Range Connection to Sunflower Broadband’s Network Networking laboratory, including ATM and IP Wide Area Networks Wireless laboratory and digital signal processing with high frequency capabilities Cluster of over 94 Linux CPUs Radar and microwave equipment with up to 40 GHz capabilities Extensive computing facilities - ~500 computers and 1.5 TB of storage

University of Kansas A KTEC Center of Excellence 6 ITTC R/D&C Organization

University of Kansas A KTEC Center of Excellence 7 ITTC Expenditures

University of Kansas A KTEC Center of Excellence 8 Some of the Research Facilities at the University of Kansas Information & Telecommunications Technology Center Adaptive Computing Wireless & DSP Lightwave & Optics Networking & Systems Remote Sensing

University of Kansas A KTEC Center of Excellence 9 Some of the Research Facilities at the University of Kansas Information & Telecommunications Technology Center 2.4 Gb/s Fiber Terminal 25 Mb/s Wireless System 20 Gb/s WDM Lightwave System 40 Gb/s WDM Lightwave System Internet Backbone IP Router

University of Kansas A KTEC Center of Excellence 10 Agenda 8:30 – 8:45 Welcome (Stuart Bell, Dean, School of Engineering) An Introduction to the Information & Telecommunication Technology Center (Victor Frost) 8:45 – 9:00 University/Industry and Technology Transfer (Tim Johnson) 9: :30 Session 1: Bioinformatics + Data Mining of Blood Incident Databases (Costas Tsatsoulis) + VitalSeek (Susan Gauch) + Data Mining in Bioinformatics (Jerzy W. Grzymala-Busse) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-11:45 Session 2: Radar/Lightwave Communications + Ice Thickness Measurements Over Antarctica and Overview of PRISM (Pannirselvam Kanagaratnam) + Lightwave Communication systems Research (Chris Allen) 11:45 – 12:30 Poster session 12:30-1:15 Lunch (In Nichols Hall Atrium)

University of Kansas A KTEC Center of Excellence 11 Agenda 1:15-2:45 Session 3: Wireless/Networking + Bluetooth Interoperability Testing at ITC(Leon Searl) + National Radio Networking Research Testbed (Gary Minden) + QoS Scheduling in Cable and Broadband Wireless Networks (Mohammed Hawa) 2:45-3:00 Break 3:00- 4:00 Session 4: Real-Time Systems/e-Learning + Current Research Efforts in Real-Time and Embedded Systems (Doug Niehaus) + e-Learning Design Laboratory (John Gauch) 4:00 – 5:00 Session 5: Security + Center for Information Protection (Hossein Saiedian) + Secure System Specification (Perry Alexander) 5:00 Lab Tours