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\newcommand{\bigitem}[2]{\item{#1\begin{small}\begin{itemize}#2\end{itemize}\end{small}}} \begin{document} \title{{\color{red} Center for Science of Information: \\ Call for Industrial Partnerships}} \author{Wojciech Szpankowski, Computer Sciences, Purdue University} \date{} \maketitle \thispagestyle{empty} % Outline \stitle{Center for Science of Information} \begin{itemize} \item Funded as a Science and Technology Center by the {\bf National Science Foundation} \item Participating institutions include {\bf Bryn Mawr, Howard, MIT, Princeton, Purdue, Stanford, Berkeley, UC-San Diego, and UIUC.} \end{itemize} \stitle{Center for Science of Information: Mission} \vspace*{2.0in} {\em The Mission of the Center for Science of Information is to develop principles and human resources guiding the extraction, manipulation, and exchange of information, integrating space, time, structure, and semantics.} \stitle{Center for Science of Information: Vision and Goals} \begin{itemize} \item The Information Revolution started in 1948, with the publication of ``A Mathematical Theory of Communication''. \item In this seminal work, Shannon information quantifies the {\bf extent to which a recipient of data can reduce its statistical uncertainty}. ``{\bf semantic aspects of communication are irrelevant} ...'' it was noted. \end{itemize} \stitle{Center for Science of Information: Vision and Goals} \begin{itemize} \item Classical Information Theory needs to be fundamentally redefined to meet new challenges posed by {\bf large datasets, complex abstractions, and diverse applications} (modern communication, knowledge engineering, social and physical sciences, etc.). \item We need to extend traditional formalisms for information to include {\bf structure, time, space, and semantics}. \item Various aspects of information, including {\bf dynamical information, physical information, representation-invariant information, limited resources, complexity, and cooperation and dependency} must be explicitly handled. \end{itemize} \stitle{Center for Science of Information: Project Team} \noindent The project team is composed of 30 coPIs/ Senior Personnel. The team includes \begin{itemize} \item {\bf Eight members of National Academies (NAS/NAE)} -- Cover, Lynch, Flajolet, Fung, Rivest, Rivest, Shor, Verdu. \item {\bf A Turing award winner} (the highest distinction in Computer Sciences) -- Rivest. \item {\bf Two Shannon award winners} (the highest distinction in Information Theory) -- Cover and Verdu. \item {\bf Two recipients of the Nevanlinna Prize} (awarded every 4 years at the International Congress of Mathematicians, for outstanding contributions in Mathematical Aspects of Information Sciences) -- Sudan and Shor. \item {\bf A Humboldt Fellow} -- Szpankowski. \end{itemize} \stitle{Industrial Partners Program} \noindent Involving industry in fundamental ways in all aspects of research and development, with a view to: \begin{itemize} \item Defining {\bf research avenues} of particular interest to industry. \item {\bf Transition Center research products to industry} in a timely manner. \item {\bf IP development}. \item Provide mechanisms for {\bf targeted research investment} by industry. \item {\bf Personnel exchanges} (scholar in residence from Industrial Labs, faculty sabbaticals, etc.). \item {\bf Human resource development}. \end{itemize} \stitle{Industrial Partners Program} \noindent Multi-tiered program: \begin{itemize} \item Corporate Members \item Small-Company Members \item Government Labs \item Non-Profit Organizations \end{itemize} \stitle{Corporate Members Benefits} \begin{itemize} \item Attendance at annual research review meetings/retreats to review recent, not yet published, research results. \item Attendance at NSF-organized annual meetings of all the STC Centers. \item Each Corporate Member will have electronic access to copies of all Consortium publications, including theses and papers appearing in peer reviewed literature, as they are submitted. \item First-hand interaction/ access to the Consortium student/ researcher pool, a potential source of technical collaborators as well as interns and future employees. \end{itemize} \stitle{Corporate Members Benefits: Research and Intellectual Property} \begin{itemize} \item Corporate Members will have the opportunity to participate in the discussion and provide advice about proposed research topics of the Consortium through representation on the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB). \item The right to use, by Corporate Member for its internal research and evaluation, all reports, data, and information made available by the Consortium, so long as Confidential Information is suitably protected. \item Early access to intellectual property developed by the Consortium as a result of the Core Projects. \item The opportunity to support Sponsored Projects with the Academic Partner(s) after mutual agreement. \end{itemize} \stitle{Corporate Members: What the Center Brings?} \begin{itemize} \item Access to considerable intellectual resources \item Access to well-qualified students and researchers \item Access to intellectual property \item Shaping the Centers research agenda \item Externship and researchers in residence programs \item Access to highly qualified and diverse research pool \end{itemize} \stitle{Corporate Members: What the Members Bring to the Center?} \begin{itemize} \item Complementary expertise \item Infrastructure (operational infrastructure), data (ranging from life sciences data to traffic traces from network infrastructure), and perspective. \item Avenues for Channeling IP to the Market \item Opportunities for Center Personnel. \end{itemize} \stitle{Corporate Members} \noindent For more information (including Draft Consortia Aggrements), please contact: \\ \noindent Prof. Wojciech Szpankowski \\ Director, Center for Science of Information \\ 305, N. University Street \\ West Lafayette, IN 47906 \\ \noindent {\tt spa@cs.purdue.edu} \\ {\tt http://www.cs.purdue.edu/}\\ {\tt http://soihub.org}. \end{document}