Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Net-Centric Software and Systems Center at Missouri University of Science and Technology

密苏里科技大学（MUST）计划加入名为“以网络为中心的软件和系统中心”的产学研合作研究中心（I/UCRC），该中心目前是一个由北德克萨斯大学（牵头机构）、德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校和亚利桑那州立大学组成的多所大学中心。MUST申请资金，以成为Sanjay Madria教授领导下的网络中心软件和系统中心的网站。这笔计划拨款的资金将主要用于组织一次产学研会议，以帮助向工业界推销拟议的场地。拟建的站点将为该中心带来态势感知协同计算能力。规划会议上的初步研究项目将涉及传感器数据融合、安全和可信数据聚合、软件代码优化和云计算等领域。因此，MUST的研究小组将为当前的以网络为中心的研究重点带来几个互补的研究能力。在拟议的地点进行的研究成果将提高科学界和工业界成员在以网络为中心的计算和无线技术领域的知识。利用现有的项目和设施，科技大学将支持和扩大其努力，并寻求将其教育课程开发的新范例整合起来。此外，还详细制定了从代表性不足的群体中招收学生的计划。

PROGRAM DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATION IIP 1156098 Missouri University of Science and Technology Madria Missouri University of Science and Technology (MUST) is planning to join the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC)entitled "Center for Net Centric Software and Systems" which currently is a multi- university center comprised of the University of North Texas (lead institution), the University of Texas at Dallas, and Arizona State University. MUST requests funding for becoming a site of the Center for Net Centric Software and Systems, under the leadership of Professor Sanjay Madria. The funds from this planning grant will be used primarily to organize an industry-university meeting that will help market the proposed site to industry. The proposed site will bring capabilities in situational-aware collaborative computing to the center. Initial research projects at the planning meeting will be in areas such as sensor data fusion, secure and trusted data aggregation, software code optimization and cloud computing. The research group at MUST will, therefore, bring several complementary research capabilities to the current Net Centric research thrusts. Research findings at the proposed site will enhance knowledge of scientific community and industrial members in the area of Net-centric computing and wireless technologies. Utilizing existing programs and facilities, MUST will support and extend its efforts and seek to integrate new paradigms developed in its educational curriculum. Plans are also detailed for outreach to recruit students from underrepresented groups.