1. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA College of Business Technology & Network Services College of Engineering Department of Physics CITI Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

2. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA A proposal has been awarded by the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the CITI program entitled Discovery and Visualization of Geospatial Intelligence for Homeland Security Using Computer Automated Virtual Environment (CAVE) Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Research Clusters Conference at UT Pan American – February 1-4, 2005 HBCU Workshop for Contracting Opportunities Other Agency Participants: EPA, DOI,DOE, DoD, USDA, NASA IT Initiatives Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

3. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Michael A. Stubblefield, Ph.D.CITI Director Pamela F. Brue Program Coordinator Greta G. Flowers, Ph. D.Senior Research Associate Donald Andrews, Ph.D.Program Manager Dean College of Business Habib Mohamadian, Ph.D.Program Manager Dean College of Engineering Stephen McGuireProgram Manager Chairman Department of Physics Huey LawsonProgram Manager Director Technology & Network Services CITI Staff Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

4. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Established to meet the goals of Vision 2020 to transform Louisiana’s economy into a knowledge/technology based environment Three major focus areas: Southern University College of Business Southern University College of Engineering Southern University Department of Physics CITI Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

5. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA College of Business B.S. Degree in E-Business – Approved MBA Ebusiness / Ecommerce 21st Century Classrooms Financial Securities Markets Trading Room College of Engineering High-Tech Classroom High Computing Capacity (Modeling/Simulations –Virtual Environment) Computer-Aided Manufacturing and Prototyping Department of Physics Investigation of electron transport and magnetic properties of materials – Partnership with the NSF LIGO Center CITI Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

6. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA E-Business Undergraduate Degree Program Final approval was granted in January 21, 2004 from the Board of Regents on the undergraduate E-Business program Goal is to attract 175 majors for the undergraduate program Recruitment efforts are being conducted for student enrollment Renovation plans for the E-Business Classrooms are completed MBA Program for E-Business MBA Proposal in E-Business has been approved by the LA Board of Regents. Goal is to attract 100 majors College of Business Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

7. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 21st Century Trading Room Renovation plans for Trading Rooms are completed Trading Rooms are designed to allow students to do online trading with live data feed Trading Rooms equipped with financial trading software and hardware. Data feeds from Bloomberg and e-Signal for simulating the financial trading environment Trading Rooms have the capacity for videoconferencing Seat capacity of approximately 50 College of Business Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

8. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA SAP - (Systems Application and Products in Data Processing) Faculty members participated in SAP training that will increase our understanding of enterprise resource planning (ERP) for use in our E-Business courses. Students being exposed to SAP training College of Business Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

9. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 21st Century Trading Room College of Business Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

10. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA TNS Training Room Technology & Network Services Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology” Internet II University Training Room Work Stations & Projector Screen Instructor’s Station

11. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Smart Board and Monitors Technology & Network Services Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology” Internet II University Video Conference Room Instructor’s Workstation

12. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

13. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Master of Engineering started in Spring 2002 (6 students have graduated) Specialty Areas Environmental Engineering Electronic Materials and Processing Engineering Telecommunications and Computer Network Engineering Materials Science and Engineering Thermal Science and Engineering College of Engineering Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

14. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Classrooms 5 Multimedia-ready, 1 High Tech, 3 traditional, 2 dual-use, and 6 lab/lecture rooms Laboratory Facilities 33 Instructional Labs, 16 Research Labs with State-of-the-Art Equipment Computing Facilities 500 Computers for Faculty & Students Loaded with Engineering Software Packages Courseware Studio Equipped with the Latest Software & Hardware for Professional Preparation of Course Presentation Materials E-Mail & Internet Services Accessible in All Labs, Offices, and Classrooms Enabling Us to Explore the Far Reaches of Cyberspace Interactive Learning Integrating Innovative Techniques into Instruction Such as CAVE (Computer Assisted Virtual Environment) ~ a 3D Virtual Reality System Facilities Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

15. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Cluster Computing: Solve Complex Problems Quickly Laptops: Faculty and Students Have Access to 50 Laptops with Wireless Capabilities Wireless: Complete Wireless Coverage of Pinchback Engineering Building Digital Video: Filmed Lectures and Labs for Later Viewing on LAN, VCR, CD, DVD, or Web Global Programs & File Access Capabilities Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

16. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Class 100 Cleanroom (ME/EE) Telecommunications And Computer Networking Lab (EE/EET) Wireless Lab (EET/EE) Digital Signal Processing Lab (EE/EET) Control System & Mechatronics Lab Upgrade (ME/EE) Power Systems Lab Upgrade (EE/EET) Capabilities Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology”

17. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Resources Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology” The CAVE is a room-sized advanced visualization solution that combines high-resolution DLP™ based stereoscopic projection technology and 3-D computer graphics to create the illusion of complete sense of presence in a virtual environment. The CAVE was the first virtual reality technology in the world to allow multiple users to immerse themselves fully in the same virtual environment at the same time. Spacially Immersive Environment CAVE

18. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Resources Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology” Solid Modeling Using I-DEASFinite Element Analysis CAD Laboratory

19. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Resources Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology” ThermoJet Solid Object Printer Stereo-Lithography Apparatus (SLA) Rapid Prototyping Laboratory

20. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Resources Center for Information Technology Innovation “Transforming Louisiana’s Economy through Information Technology” GIS Laboratory

21. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA WHAT IS LONI?

22. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana Optical Network Initiative Technical infrastructure to include connection to the National LambdaRail Economic Development Engine Change Agent

23. Southern University And A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA National LambdaRail node Optical network resource Grid computing resource Evolving “skinware” resource Technical Infrastructure Louisiana Optical Network Initiative

27. Research Institutions LSU A&M Southern University Baton Rouge U Louisiana Lafayette U New Orleans LSU Health Science Center N.O. LSU Health Science Center S’port Louisiana TECH Tulane

28. Leading & Emerging Regional Optical Networks Minnesota New York + New England region(NEREN) North Carolina (NCLambdaRail) Ohio (Third Frontier Network) Oklahoma (OneNet) Oregon Pacific Northwest (Lariat –supported by NIH) Rhode Island (OSHEAN) SURA Crossroads (southeastern U.S.) Tennessee (OneTN) Texas (LEARN) Utah Virginia (MATP)

29. Arkansas California (CALREN) Colorado (FRGP/BRAN) Connecticut (Conn. Education Network) Florida (Florida LambdaRail) Georgia (Southern Light Rail) Indiana (I-LIGHT) Illinois (I-WIRE) Louisiana (LONI) Maryland, D.C. & northern Virginia (MAX) Michigan Leading & Emerging Regional Optical Networks

30. Southern University @ 40Gbps La Tech University @ 40Gbps University of LA, Lafayette @ 60Gbps Tulane University @ 40Gbps LSU Health Science Center @ 20Gbps University of New Orleans @ 40Gbps LSU Health Science Center @ 20Gbps Louisiana State University @ 40Gbps

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32. LONI!!! Louisiana (Just LONI)

33. Economic Development Research opportunities Spin-off opportunities Minimize lost opportunity costs Positioning for the global economy

34. Change Agent.. Transition from….. The geographic delta was formed by shifts in the speed and direction of the Mississippi River. New, extremely fertile land was deposited as the river responded to geographic barriers – seeking the most direct route to the Gulf of Mexico.

35. Change Agent Transition to…… Today's economic delta is being formed by market forces that dictate the flow of a rising tide of information. This “river” of facts and figures changes course by the nanosecond, carving out “islands of opportunity”.

36. The geographic Mississippi Delta was transformed by low tech and hand power. The economic Mississippi Delta is being transformed by high tech and mind power. LONI is the change agent driving Transitional Convergence. Transitional Convergence

37. High Speed Networks + Distributed Parallel Processing + Innovative Minds = LONI LONI x Applications = Economic Development The LONI Equations :

38. The Louisiana Optical Network Initiative is another example of the fact that : LOUISIANA IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS ! Bottom Line