Calit2: a SoCal UC Infrastructure for Innovation Welcoming Talk Visit to Calit2 by The Trusteeship April 24, 2010 Dr. Larry Smarr Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology Harry E. Gruber Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD Twitter: lsmarr
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Calit2:a SoCal UC Infrastructure for Innovation
Welcoming Talk
Visit to Calit2 by The Trusteeship
April 24, 2010
Dr. Larry Smarr
Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
Harry E. Gruber Professor,
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD
Twitter: lsmarr
Calit2 Continues to Pursue Its Initial Mission:
Envisioning How the Extension of Innovative Telecommunications and Information Technologies
Throughout the Physical World will Transform Critical Applications
Important to the California Economy and its Citizens’ Quality Of Life.
Calit2 is a University of California “Institutional Innovation” Experiment on How to Invent
a Persistent Collaborative Research and Education Environment that Provides Insight into How the UC, a Major Research University, Might Evolve in the Future.
Calit2 Review Report: p.1
Two Calit2 Buildings Provide New Laboratories for “Living in the Future”
• Over 1000 Researchers in Two Buildings– Linked via Dedicated Optical Networks
UC Irvinewww.calit2.net
Preparing for a World in Which Distance is Eliminated…
$100M From State for New Facilities
Calit2 Industrial Partners Team with Academic Research and Education
• Funding Joint Research Projects• Using Calit2 Facilities• Providing Equipment to Calit2 Projects• Joining on Federal Grants• Joint Support of Centers (CWC, CITA, CNS…)• Commercialization of Faculty/Staff/Student Research• Sending Staff to Live at Calit2• Supporting Graduate/Undergraduate Fellows• Granting Access to Industry Facilities• Endowing Chaired Professorships• Co-Sponsoring Workshops/Conferences• Hosting Seminars or Lectures
Worked WithOver 200
CompaniesSince June 2006
Nanotrope
Separation SystemsTechnology
Industrial Partners Using Calit2@UCSD Cleanrooms
Plus >75 Faculty!
Calit2 Has a Broad Portfolio of Grants:Federal, State, Foundations
• Criteria for Grant Affiliation:– Administered by Calit2– Calit2 Provides Cost-Share– Calit2 Provides Staff– Calit2 Space Used– Calit2 SPAWAR Master Agreement Used– Federal Grants Enabled by Calit2’s Nano3
Nearly 400Grants
Since June 2006
Industry Partners with Calit2 on Federal Grants
• Long Beach, CA Company Original Subcontractor and Co-PI
• Multiple Equipment Donations• Test-Bed Usage for Prototyping
and Evaluation• Internships and Training for
Students Leading to Employment
• Close Alliance with First Responders, to Meet their Specific Needs
Calit2@UCI Engages40+ Companies
22 Government Agencies6 Universities
27 Investigators 70+ students
Calit2 Has Sought to Increase the Entrepreneurial Culture on Both Campuses
Calit2 Has Facilitated Deep Interactions With the Digital Arts
“Researchers Look to Create a Synthesis of Art and Science
for the 21st Century”
By John MarkoffNYTimes November 5, 2005
Ruth West, UCSD “Ecce Homology”
Bill Tomlinson, Lynn Carpenter UCI “EcoRaft”
SPECFLIC 1.0 – A Speculative Distributed Social Cinema by Adrienne Jenik
Calit2 is Creating a Ten Year Strategic Plan
Using Campuses asLiving Laboratories for the Greener Future