Research Partnerships
Some of the research organizations with which iCAIR undertakes cooperative research and development of large-scale projects are described here.
Advanced Internet Research Group, Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam
The Advanced Internet Research Group (AIR) at the University van Amsterdam (UvA) has undertaken multiple research projects related to developing new services and technology for the Internet, including Quality of Service (QoS), policy and security architectures for Grid applications, and infrastructure middleware. These research activities include participating in standardization organizations, including the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the related long-term research organization Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). AIR is particularly active in the Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Architecture Research group. The AIR group participates in multiple research and development projects on the national, European, and international research networks. Learn more about AIR
Argonne National Laboratory Mathematics and Computer Science Division
The MCS Division of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is a large multiprogram laboratory operated by the University of Chicago for the Department of Energy. ANL's mission is basic and applied research that supports the development of energy-related technologies. In support of that mission, ANL has developed one of the world's most advanced capabilities for advanced and high-performance computing, especially in the area of parallel processing, GRID development, e.g., Globus, advanced applications for advanced networks, and advanced networking. The Mathematics and Computer Science Division (MCS) was one of the developers of the pioneering I-WAY project in 1995. Learn more about MCS.
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) was designed as a new type of organization to address large-scale societal issues by forming partnerships among multidisciplinary research teams in new ways. Calit2 takes ideas beyond theory and puts them into practice to try to accelerate innovation. Universities traditionally focus on education and research. Calit2 extends that focus to include the development and deployment of prototype infrastructure for testing new solutions in a real-world context. Learn more about Calit2.
CERN
CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which is the world's largest particle physics center. It is located on the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva. CERN is a laboratory where scientists collaborate in partnership to study the fundamental particles that comprise the universe and the forces that unite them. CERN provides the large-scale instruments and accelerators that enable these particles to be studied. These instruments accelerate particles to almost the speed of light and detectors to make the particles visible. Most of the resulting data is distributed worldwide. To accomplish its mission, CERN, which is where the web was invented) requires leading-edge information technology and communications networks. Learn more about CERN.
Department of Energy
The mission of the Energy Department is to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions. Learn more about the Department of Energy.
Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago
The Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has been active in a wide range of advanced infrastructure research and development design initiatives, including many directed at developing new types of networking for advanced science applications, including innovative visualization. EVL developed a series of important new 3-D VR visualization technologies, including the CAVE (Cave Automated Virtual Environment), a room-sized, multi-person, high-resolution environment with audio and video features, the Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environment, and the Smart Amplified Group Environment. EVL has also created an ImmersaDesk, a smaller, drafting table-sized version of the CAVE, and the PowerWall. These technologies are being used for new network-based applications across multiple disciplines. Learn more about EVL.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)is a Department of Energy-funded facility operated by a consortium of universities that advances the understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy by providing leadership and resources for qualified researchers to conduct basic research at the frontiers of high energy physics and related disciplines. High-energy physics research requires the generation, distribution, and analysis of more data than any other single activity. Consequently, FNAL is involved in multiple activities that are designing and developing new techniques for managing such large-scale volumes of data, especially data related to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva. Learn more about the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) is a research institute investigating new methods for managing knowledge and information infrastructure. KISTI was formed by the merger of the Korea Institute of Industry and Technology Information (KINITI) and the Korea Research and Development Information Center (KORDIC). KISTI is assisting in the design of a National Science and Technology Innovation System. The institute works with partners worldwide. Learn more about KISTI.
Metropolitan Research and Education Network
The Metropolitan Research and Education Network (MREN) is an advanced regional high-performance digital network. Designed in 1993 and operational in 1994, MREN's mission is to provide advanced networking for advanced applications, primarily for data-intensive science. MREN was developed by a consortium of universities, national laboratories, and a major communications corporation, in part to develop concepts that would lead to the design and development of a next-generation Internet. Designed as an advanced network for advanced applications, MREN became a model for next-generation internet. MREN pioneered such concepts as "GigaPOP"s, regional aggregation points that provide a wide range of value-added network benefits. MREN designed and implemented the world's first GigaPOP and developed innovative techniques for programmable distributed computer networking. Currently, the partnership includes major midwest research universities, three national laboratories (Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and the National Computational Science Alliance, NCSA), multiple state networks, several national agency networks, including DREN and NREN, and an international network consortium, including CANARIE. MREN allows for flexibility because it provides for AUP-free transit. MREN has many partnerships and is interconnected with national networks and international networks through the StarLight Consortium. Learn more about MREN.
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
The National Computational Science Alliance (NCSA), with core facilities at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, is a nationwide consortium devoted to state-of-the-art information technology research in support of science. NCSA has established national research teams to explore advanced enabling network technologies and application technologies that have been made available for broader applications through regional technology. Learn more about NCSA.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is devoted to supporting the nation's largest organization of scientists and engineers who are dedicated to investigating the Earth, solar system, and Universe. The mission of the Goddard Space Flight Center is to expand knowledge of the Earth and its environment, the solar system and the universe through observations from space. To accomplish that mission, the Center undertakes many projects related to designing leading-edge technology and communication systems in support of its science and engineering activities. Learn more about the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) was established as a newly formed research organization that combined 15 previously established research institutes reporting to the former Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (the former AIST) in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and another related ministry. AIST is Japan's largest public research organization, with many research facilities devoted to a wide range of topics, including many related to communications. Learn more about AIST.
National Institute of Informatics
The National Institute of Informatics (NII) under the Inter-University Research Institute Corporation Research Organization of Information and Systems is the only academic research institute in Japan dedicated to creating future value in informatics, a new academic field. From the basic theory of informatics to cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, big data, the internet of things, and information security, NII carries out long-term basic research as well as practical studies that attempt to address current social issues. Furthermore, NII is undertaking diverse services, including the development and operation of the Science Information NETwork (SINET) and other essential academic information infrastructures used by the entire academic community in Japan for research and education. It also provides academic content and service platforms and improves research data infrastructure. NII is committed to services based on leading-edge technologies through mutual feedback of knowledge obtained from those services and from academic studies. Learn more about the National Institute of Informatics.
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) promotes the full spectrum of research and development in ICT, from basic to applied research, with an integrated perspective and thus promotes the advancement of Japan as an intellectual nation that leads the international community. NICT forms close ties with the academic and business communities in Japan as well as with research institutes overseas and returns its R&D findings to society in a broad range of fields. Learn more about NICT.
National Science Foundation
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories. The National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate (NSF CISE) has been a crucial force in the development of the Internet since the early days of the development of NSFNet, the national backbone network that evolved into today's Internet. The NSF provides funding for many basic research efforts related to advanced networking technology development. The NSF also supports many areas of applied network research. Learn more about the National Science Foundation.
Renaissance Computing Institute
The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) is a leader in data science and an essential catalyst for data-driven discoveries. RENCI develops and deploys data science cyberinfrastructure that helps researchers in academia, government, and business use data to drive discoveries, innovate, make informed decisions, and motivate economic development. RENCI has been a laboratory fostering data science expertise, advancing software development tools and techniques, developing effective cross-disciplinary and cross-sector engagement strategies, and establishing sustainable business models for software and services. Its work is directed at stimulating long-term investments that will help position North Carolina and its universities as major forces in advancing data science research and education and the use of data for the public good. Learn more about the Renaissance Computing Institute. Learn more about RENCI.
StarLight Consortium
The StarLight Consortium manages the StarLight International/National Communications Exchange Facility, the next generation STAR TAP (Science Technology and Research Transit Access Point), which is an international advance exchange facility for global advanced networks supporting federal, state, and international research networking. StarLight has been designed to support large-scale global eScience based on Grid computing and advanced applications related to next-generation optical networking. Located at Northwestern University, StarLight was designed and developed in partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, with funding from the National Science Foundation.
San Diego Supercomputing Center
Established in 1985, the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) provides specialized instrumentation to enable international science and engineering discoveries through computational science and high-performance computing. Currently, SDSC is developing cyberinfrastructure as strategic resources for science, industry, and academia, specializing in data management, grid computing, bioinformatics, geoinformatics, and high-end computing, as well as other science and engineering disciplines. Learn more about the San Diego Supercomputing Center.
Widely Integrated Distributed Environment
The Widely Integrated Distributed Environment (WIDE) is a research project organized by a consortium that includes industry, public institutes, and academia. Several hundred researchers and engineers from more than a hundred private companies and more than forty universities are participating in this project. The WIDE project operates the nationwide research and education testbed, which is connected with many other R&D testbeds around the world, and its communications exchange is one of the largest IXes in Japan. Learn more about WIDE.