HPCC Systems Engineering Summit Presentation - Collaborative Research with FAU and LexisNexis
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Florida Atlantic University (FAU) aims to create an entrepreneurial university model by collaborating with industry partners to redefine engineering education and foster innovation. This involves establishing interdisciplinary programs and non-traditional arrangements, such as industry-university cooperative research centers, to address evolving client needs in areas like big data and cloud computing. The initiative has successfully funded numerous research projects while partnering with various companies to develop cutting-edge technologies and educational opportunities.
HPCC Systems Engineering Summit Presentation - Collaborative Research with FAU and LexisNexis
- 1. Creating Entrepreneurial University LexisNexis/FAU Success Story Borko Furht Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida Atlanta, October 7, 2014
- 2. Successful Companies Google, Apple, Amazon Apple’s ecosystem – redefined mobile systems and entertainment Two personalities of Amazon Redefined computing with cloud computing Google redefined search on the Internet and much more …
- 3. Successful Companies LexisNexis Risk Solutions LexisNexis Risk Solutions re-defined data analytics and big data LexisNexis is a leader in providing essential information to help customers across industry and government assess, predict and manage risk Combining cutting-edge technology, unique data and advanced scoring analytics, LexisNexis provides products and services that address evolving client needs in the risk sector while upholding the highest standards of security and privacy
- 4. We Redefined Engineering Education By creating Entrepreneurial University Following technology trends Big Data Cloud Computing Social Networks 3D Technologies Augmented Reality Mobile Systems and Applications High-Performance Computing Creating new, interdisciplinary programs Master Program in Information Technology and Management Master Program in Media, Technology, and Entertainment Master Program in Bioengineering Offering New, “Hot” Courses Data Intensive Computing iPhone Programming Android Programming Social Networks Game Programming Computer Animation Graphics Programming Cloud Computing Video and Multimedia
- 5. Our Model of The Entrepreneurial University Drastic reduction of industry research funding = opportunities for universities To become incubators of entrepreneurship and innovation, universities must practice entrepreneurship This “re-conceptualization” calls for new, non-traditional arrangements NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Advanced Knowledge Enablement (CAKE) Collaboration with FAU R&D Park Strong and active Industry Advisory Board Industry-University laboratories
- 6. Model of the I/UCRC Industry partners pay the memberships ($5K to $50K++ per year) NSF sponsors the Center ($50K to $200K per university per year) Industry Advisory Board selects the research projects Industry members select the products for commercialization – no royalties Similar to MIT Media Lab model Universities (FIU + FAU) Industry partner 1 Industry partner 3 Industry partner 2 Industry partner 4 NSF
- 7. NSF-Sponsored I/UCRC Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement FAU SITE with 29 total industry members) FAU Industry Members LexisNexis ProntoProgress Wigime, Inc. Relli Technologies SmartVCR, LLC ILS Technology Avocent/Emerson Corp. Jansyl Technologies Tecore Networks Aware Technology Adventure Automation LastBestChance, LLC Hillers Electrical Engineering Tecore Wireless Systems Soren Technology Mobile Help Motorola Mobility (Google) Video Semantics Omega Optics Plangent Technology JM Family (25K) VideaStream M.R. Research Personics Labs C-Capture Florida Solar Energy Bridging Nations Foundation NOA, Inc. Wireless Sensor, LLC 30+ research projects funded with total $1.8M in cash plus $2.8M in software and equipment from industry members and $700K from NSF
- 8. IAB Meeting Next Meeting: October 23 and 24 Flavio and Edin will actively participate
- 9. Joint University/Industry Labs 9 Research Labs 6 Instructional Labs
- 11. Collaboration with Companies in FAU Research Park 27 companies with 900 high-tech jobs Incubator with 24 start-up companies
- 12. Collaboration with UN “Education for All” Forum at UN (May 16) - Building Public-Private partnerships for Education through Science, Technology, and Innovation
- 13. Developing Machine Learning Algorithms on HPCC/ECL Platform LexisNexis Project Project objective: to extend HPCC/ECL to perform classification and regression using a wider range of machine learning algorithms Research Team at FAU: Dr. Taghi Khoshgoftaar, PI, PhD Students: Victor Herrera and Maryam Najafabadi
- 14. Distributed Cloud Computing Study to Provide 3D Visualization Services for Climate Data on Demand NSF- sponsored project, jointly with FIU and University of Maryland New visualization techniques to provide 3-D temperature profiles Compendium of Industry-Nominated Technology Breakthroughs of NSF I/RCRs
- 15. Automating Asset Management in Datacenters Capture Rack ID + Asset image with iPad Identify asset from image and compare with the entry in the database + Raise alarm if servers are misplaced Overlay realtime server health on iPad • Use image processing to identify the type, make, and model of assets on a rack and compare with database entries • An application on an iPad to automate and simplify asset tracking • Industry partner Avocent/Emerson
- 16. Augmented Reality Methods for Hearing Augmentation Master thesis, Julie Carimignani iHear includes speech recognition and face detection OpenEars: Open source speech recognition Five thousand words dictionary Face Detection OpenCV Face Detection
- 17. Identification of Sleeping Drivers Drowsiness causes 7% of all road accidents and may to blame a full 18% of fatal collisions Eye-tracking technology iPhone application that detects that the eye is closed for longer than a user-defined interval – it sounds an alarm. Industry partner: LastBestChance, LLC
- 18. Algorithms for 3D Image Reconstruction and Segmentation Analyze a large dataset of microscopic imagery and remove structures that are not part of the 3D calyx of Head Challenge of the project is to model the knowledge of the domain expert, who is capable to identify and manually eliminate unwanted structures, into an innovative software image processing algorithm Industry Partner: Max Planck Florida Institute
- 19. Smart Building Design NSF Center with industry partners ILS Technology and Aware Technology Using sensors and available measurements develop algorithms for power optimization and building management
- 20. I/UCRC Next Five Years Serve as extended research/development arm for industry members Work with current members and attract new members Prepare and submit joint research proposals (with industry partners) to government agencies Produce joint publications, presentations, and books Produce joint patents and IPs Assist in commercialization of the developed products and software