IUCRC Planning Grant VCU: Center for Wireless Innovation towards Secure, Pervasive, Efficient and Resilient Next G Networks (WISPER)

IUCRC 规划拨款 VCU：实现安全、普遍、高效和有弹性的下一代网络 (WISPER) 的无线创新中心

• 批准号: 2209902
• 负责人: Erdem Topsakal
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: Virginia Commonwealth University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2209902&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IUCRC; Planning; Grant; VCU; Center

The proposed Center for Wireless Innovation towards Secure, Pervasive, Efficient, and Resilient Next Generation Networks (WISPER) will coordinate academia, industry, and government to pioneer transformative next generation (NextG) wireless technologies for key industry verticals. Our missions include: (1) growing the U.S. innovation capacity in the next-generation wireless networks; (2) catalyzing breakthrough pre-competitive research for enabling NextG wireless communications; (3) contributing to the emerging North American vision for the next generation wireless networks; (4) providing guidance to standardization bodies and cooperation partners; and (5) producing a workforce prepared to tackle complex next-generation wireless challenges. WISPER will focus on developing transformative wireless innovations. Areas of research include but are not limited to: (1) Forensics exploration and implementation in Cyber-Physical NextG systems by considering performance, efficiency, resilience, and security and privacy; (2) deep integration of artificial intelligence in wireless networks; (3) infrared free-space NextG networks; (4) development of advanced secure systems based on EM characterization of mmWave 5G and 6G systems ; (5) demonstration of NextG wireless networks in diversified industrial applications; and (6) development of an industry-guided workforce development program in the context of next-generation wireless networks. The proposed WISPER Center will contribute significantly to the country's future communication infrastructure, with broader impacts on diversity and inclusion, workforce development, and technology transfer. A Diversity & Inclusion Committee will be formed to review the current diversity and inclusion profile and develop specific measures and plans for inspiring the participation of underrepresented groups. WISPER will prepare students to become proficient in NextG techniques, leading to transformative changes in the state of wireless workforce preparedness. WISPER will enable seamless integration of the center's new discoveries into NextG wireless systems, accelerating technology transfer, enhancing the competence of the industrial members, and contributing to the Nation’s leadership in NextG technologies. All data, software, and artifacts produced in this project will be archived and preserved, according to standard institutional security and privacy practices and policies, for at least five years.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

拟议的安全、普遍、高效和弹性的下一代网络无线创新中心 (WISPER) 将协调学术界、行业和政府，为关键行业垂直领域开创变革性的下一代 (NextG) 无线技术。 ) 提高美国在下一代无线网络方面的创新能力；(2) 促进突破性的竞争前研究，以实现 NextG 无线通信；(3) 为新兴的北美下一代愿景做出贡献下一代无线网络；(4) 为标准化机构和合作伙伴提供指导；(5) 培养一支准备应对复杂的下一代无线挑战的人才队伍，其研究领域包括但不限于。 (1) 考虑性能、效率、弹性以及安全性和隐私性，在网络物理 NextG 系统中进行取证探索和实施；(2) 无线网络中人工智能的深度集成；(3) 红外自由空间 NextG 网络； (四)发展基于毫米波 5G 和 6G 系统电磁特性的先进安全系统；(5) 在多样化工业应用中演示 NextG 无线网络；(6) 在下一代无线网络背景下制定行业引导的劳动力发展计划；拟议的 WISPER 中心将为国家未来的通信基础设施做出重大贡献，对多样性和包容性、劳动力发展和技术转让产生更广泛的影响。鼓励代表性不足群体参与的措施和计划将使学生精通 NextG 技术，从而导致无线劳动力准备状态发生变革。WISPER 将使该中心的新发现无缝集成到 NextG 无线系统中，从而加速。技术转让，提高行业成员的能力，并为国家在 NextG 技术方面的领导地位做出贡献。该项目中产生的所有数据、软件和工件都将根据标准机构安全和隐私惯例进行存档和保存。和政策，至少五年。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。