In May of 2013, we reported that the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) of Japan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), facilitating a partnership on research in networking technology and systems enabling future Internet/new-generation networks.  The first round of awards through the Japan-U.S. Network Opportunity (JUNO) program have been announced. From the Press Release: The seven awards aim to explore fundamental aspects of next-generation computer networks, investigating how to scale these networks to support trillions of network-connected devices and objects. 2014 JUNO Awards Virtual Mobile Cloud Network for Realizing Scalable, Real-Time Cyber Physical Systems Principal Investigator: Dipankar Raychaudhuri; Co-Principal Investigator: Ivan Seskar, Yanyong […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is pleased to announce a Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 12:00 pm (EST) titled Designing Embedded Phenomena:Technologies for Making Believe and Building Understanding.  This lecture is sponsored by the Cyberlearning: Transforming Education Working Group as part of the new Distinguished Lecture Series titled Designing Disruptive Learning Technologies, which will showcase cyberlearning projects funded across NSF’s programs that focus on imaginative ways that technology can be used to change the way we help people learn.. Professor Tom Moher of the University of Illinois at Chicago, will showcase his designs for using “embedded phenomena” to bring the field into […]