Post on 26-Sep-2018
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Andrew Odlyzko, Director
Jim Licari, Industrial Liaisons
Michael Olesen, Facilities and
Programs
http://www.dtc.umn.edu
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
DTC Facilities• $64 Million renovation
• Home to Science and Engineering Library, I.T. Dean’s Office, and a student computing laboratory
• Over 45,000 square feet assigned to the DTC
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Gifts to the DTC
• ADC – Five Chairs and an endowment for graduate student fellowships
• Unisys – Supercomputing equipment
• Ted and Linda Johnson – Established Digital Design Consortium
• 3M – Networking equipment
• IBM – Supercomputing and data storage equipment
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
DTC FundingRecurring funds
• 12 Faculty appointments tied directly to the DTC
• Technical Support for DTC faculty and researchers
• Administrative support for researchers and programs
Other funding sources
• Research grants
• Seed funding for select initiatives• Consortium fees• Affiliates membership fees
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Research Areas and Interactions
Digital Design Storage Systems Recognition& Verification
Graphics & Visualization AI, Robotics, andVision
Networks
Bioinformatics &Computational Biology
Databases, Datamining Signal Processing, Wireless
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Current Programs and InitiativesDigital Technology Center Intelligent Storage Consortium (DISC)
• System level storage architecture
• Consortium is up and running
• Currently two consortium members:
StorageTek
Veritas
BlockStorage Device
File SystemStorage Component
Intelligent Layer
Interconnect
File System User Component
I/O Application
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Current Programs and InitiativesDigital Design Consortium (DDC)
• Application of graphics and visualization tools to design processes
• Developing new tools
• 3D Visualization
• Interactive color designing system
• 2nd DTC consortium initiativeDigital scanner on the
Northrop Mall
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Current Programs and InitiativesGrid Computing
• Uses processing power of student lab PCs for data analysis and visualization
• Researchers from Institute of Technology, Academic Health Center, and Office of Information Technology
• Funded by National Science Foundation
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Current Programs and InitiativesSummer Bioinformatics Institute
• Developing bioinformatics skills and interests in 16 undergraduate interns
• Faculty from Academic Health Center, College of Biological Sciences, and Institute of Technology
• Funded by National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health
• DTC instrumental in obtaining funding
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Current Programs and InitiativesUsability Laboratory
• State-of-the-art facility for real-time evaluations of human-computer interactions
• Partnership between the Office of Information Technology and the Digital Technology Center
• Available to DTC Affiliate Program members
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Current Programs and Initiatives
• High-performance computation and visualization
• Supports over 1,600 U of M researchers
• Resources includes: IBM, SGI, Sun andUnisys Systems
• Professor Donald Truhlar, Director
Supercomputing Institute for Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Current Programs and InitiativesLaboratory for Computational Science and Engineering (LCSE)
• 3D visualization of large-scale data sets
• Home of the PowerWall
• Integrating Unisys supercomputer using Microsoft operating system
• Part of the Grid Computing project
• Professor Paul Woodward, Director
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Partnership Program
Three Levels of Participation
• Affiliates Program
• Consortium Program
• Research Program
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Partnership ProgramAffiliates Program
• General membership
• Yearly meeting to review DTC research and latest trends in digital technology
• Quarterly members E-mail updates
• Reduced fee access to Usability Laboratory
• A $10,000 per year fee
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University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center
Partnership Program
Consortium Program
• Formal agreement/contract
• Intellectual Property (IP) rights
• Participation in DTC seed funding and external grants
• Must be an Affiliates Program member to participate
• Fees vary by Consortium: ~ $50K per year
• Residency Program