Gifts & Grants
Cisco Research Grant October, 2007
Proposal for Advanced Networking Infrastructure Projects for Computing and Collaboration
with Andy Elble (ITS), Xiaojun Cao (NSSA).
(CRC-RFP999-RIT submitted 6/07; awarded 10/07; white paper).
For development of an advanced network infrastructure for computing and
collaboration based on 10 GigE technologies. Targeted focus areas are
uncompressed HD video over IP, high speed connectivity between distributed
research data storage sites and computational nodes, and low-latency,
high throughput interconnects for HPC clusters.
Grant value $78,000 cash plus equipment worth $393,220.
[for equipment list see proposal above]
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Academic Equipment Grant April, 2006
Building and Deploying a Sunâbased Access Grid node
(proposal submitted 12/05; awarded 4/06).
For Access Grid deployment across three buildings of the Imaging Science Center
for the purpose of formally connections, informal connections, and research and
development of this and related technologies and for studying the social
context of the use of collaboration tools, including user interface design,
human-computer interaction, and ergonomics. Grant value $14,400.
Three Sun Ultra40 Workstations
Dual single core AMD Opterons, 2 GB RAM
Quad PCI-Express display cards
Five 19" LCD Displays
Microsoft Research May, 2006
For ConferenceXP deployment in the Golisano College of Computer and Information Sciences
for the purpose of seminar dissemination, conferences, and event broadcasts, and evaluation of the
collaboration technology. Grant value $9,000.
Two Dell XPS 600 Workstations
Dual Xeons, 2 GB RAM
Quad PCI-Express display cards
Two 20" LCD Displays
Two Winnov 4-input video digitizer cards
Two ClearOne Chat50 echo-cancelling Microphones
RIT Capital Equipment Grant
For the CyberPortals Project and Collaboration Venues Project to set up five Access Grid nodes in
CASCI, CIS, MCSL, and the IT Collaboratory. $86,000. (allocated 2/07)
The National Science Foundation for student wages [NSF grant: Speech to Text Systems: Comparative Analysis of Text Generation and Display Methods. Award Number:
HDR-0622854]
Proposals
Microsoft Research Proposal for a Center for Advanced Collaboration Technology
with Jon Schull (IT), Ila Parsnis (NTID), Joeanne Humbert (ETC). $300,000. (submitted 12/06; not awarded)
NSF CI-Team Grant Proposal with New Jersey Institute of Technology, with Jon Schull (IT),
Steve Jacobs (IT). (submitted 6/6/06; not awarded)
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