Collaborative Research: SAVI: iCON: Institute for Cognitive Networking

该项目将建立一个新的虚拟研究所，以促进和维持美国和南非之间的认知无线网络相关研究和教育合作。一个主要的重点是调查与低成本、可靠的无线宽带接入技术相关的基本挑战，这些技术使用动态频谱接入/共享/管理技术，利用频谱（如电视）空白（WS）。通过提供一个保护伞，收集从过去的合作经验中学到的知识，通过相互借鉴来加强正在进行的项目，并通过虚拟和物理会议和活动激发新的项目，该项目将增强从其他全球研究前沿参与者那里吸收研究知识的能力，并将增加发展变革性研究思想的潜力。它还将作为一个会议场所，来自所有利益相关者的个人可以找到可能的合作伙伴，发布公告，并分享与无线研究相关的想法，包括行业组织，联邦机构，政府实验室和学术机构。该研究所的重点是动态频谱接入及相关技术，这是两国的国家优先课题，并将受益于国际合作的科学研究活动。虚拟学院将为创造性的国际合作提供一个环境，利用两国在研究和教育方面的协同效应和资源，加快研究创新的发展速度，培养能够在高度互联的新世界中脱颖而出的人才和劳动力。该研究所的技术重点是无线频谱效率，这在智力上符合两国研究人员的利益，也符合两国的国家优先事项。该研究所采用了许多活动，包括：(a)为参与者提供服务和内容的门户网站，(b)物理和虚拟PI会议，(c)物理和虚拟学生调查员会议，(d)每年的暑期学校和(e)研究生交换。

This project will establish a new virtual institute for promoting and sustaining cognitive wireless networking related research and education collaborations between the U.S. and South Africa. A major emphasis is on the investigation of the fundamental challenges related to low cost, reliable wireless broadband access technologies for traditionally underserved areas using dynamic spectrum access/sharing/management techniques that exploit spectrum (e.g., T.V.) white spaces (WS). By providing an umbrella that gathers the knowledge learned from past collaboration experiences, enhances ongoing projects through cross-fertilization, and spurs new projects through virtual and physical meetings and activities, this project will enhance the capability in absorbing research knowledge from other global players on the forefront of research, and will increase the potential for the development of transformative research ideas. It will also act as a meeting place where individuals from all the stakeholders can locate possible partners, make announcements, and share ideas related to wireless research, including industry organizations, federal agencies, government laboratories and academic institutions. The focus of the institute is on dynamic spectrum access and related technologies, which is a topic of national priority to both countries, and will benefit from collaborative international science research activities.The virtual institute will provide an environment for creative international collaboration that will leverage the synergies and resources for research and education in the two countries in order to accelerate the rate of development of research innovations and the development of talent and work-force capable of excelling in the a new highly interconnected world. The technical focus of the institute, wireless spectrum efficiency, intellectually aligns along the interests of researchers in the two countries, as well as the countries national priorities. The institute employs a number of activities including: (a) a web portal that provides services and content to participants, (b) physical and virtual PI meetings, (c) physical and virtual student investigator meetings, (d) yearly summer schools and (e) graduate student exchange.