Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Clemson University Fall Semester, 1999.
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The Wire The Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2009-2010 Investments by C. Tycho Howle of Atlanta and an anonymous private sector partner, along with a state match, total $4 million to support an endowed chair position in the Cyber-Institute Center of Economic Excellence (CoEE) at Clemson University. The center’s primary focus will be to develop novel software-based approaches and new computational capabilities to solve complex societal issues and meet complex human and business needs. The endowed chair holder will be the academic leader of the center and hold the title “hf Flagship Endowed Chair in Human Centered Computing in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.” The holder of the endowed chair in human-centered computing will be a catalyst for bringing together an interdisciplinary research team involving a wide range of computing applications in engineering, physics, biology, psychology, sociology and many other fields. This multidisciplinary team will develop software-based approaches and computational capabilities to build new tools and methods to gain a better perspective on their research. For example, when a computer combines a map with the data from thousands of sensors measuring ocean currents and temperatures around the globe, a collection of numbers can become a stunning visualization that helps us understand shifting climate patterns. “This new center will facilitate Private gifts from telecommunication companies Comporium and PalmettoNet of South Carolina, along with a state match, have raised $4 million to establish an Op- toelectronics Research Center of Econom- ic Excellence in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. The field of optoelec- tronics focuses on improving the devices, systems and protocols used in high-speed communication networks. The new Center of Economic Excel- lence will be supported by the PalmettoNet Endowed Chair in Optoelectronics and the Comporium Fund for Excellence in Opto- electronics. It will be the nexus for a com- munity of scholars and entrepreneurs with shared interests and expertise in optoelec- tronics research, which is the study of the interaction of light with electronic devices using photons and electrons. The center will strengthen the research program in the Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET). “Optoelectronics are everywhere,” said Clemson President James F. Barker. “They are found in lasers, television and computer screens and in communication, medical and defense systems. To see this technology advanced at Clemson Univer- sity is an honor and we are very grateful to Comporium, PalmettoNet and the state of South Carolina.” The center will be led by the Palmet- toNet Endowed Chair in Optoelectronics. This generous funding will help create an internationally reputable program that will enable Clemson to recruit a world-class faculty leader to the state of South Caro- lina to lead the research in this burgeon- ing area of technology. The center will be located in a cluster area of optoelectronics companies and this center should further the creation of high tech jobs in the state. Comporium of Rock Hill and Palmet- toNet of Columbia invested $1 million each to support the research and educational activities of the center. That money will be matched by the state for a $4 million total investment. The South Carolina General Assembly in 2002 established the Centers of Eco- nomic Excellence Program, which is fund- ed by South Carolina Education Lottery proceeds. The program has created 12 Centers of Economic Excellence at Clem- son and awarded the Optoelectronics Center of Economic Excellence at Clem- son in 2008 with $2 million to be matched in private funds. State of SC, donors fund Optoelectronics Center Endowed chair in Cyber-Institute Center established R. Vernon Williams, president and CEO of PalmettoNet (far right); and Bryant G. Barnes, president and CEO of Compo- rium (center right) present CoES Dean Esin Gulari and Clem- son President James F. Barker with a check to fund the Center of Economic Excellence in Optoelectronics. continued on 4
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Investments by C. Tycho Howle of Atlanta and an anonymous private sector partner, along with a state match, total $4 million to support an endowed chair position in the Cyber-Institute Center of Economic Excellence (CoEE) at Clemson University.
The center’s primary focus will be to develop novel software-based approaches and new computational capabilities to solve complex societal issues and meet complex human and business needs. The endowed chair holder will be the academic leader of the center and hold the title “hf Flagship Endowed Chair in Human Centered Computing in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.”
The holder of the endowed chair in human-centered computing will be a catalyst for bringing together an interdisciplinary research team involving a wide range of computing applications in engineering, physics, biology, psychology, sociology and many other fields.
This multidisciplinary team will develop software-based approaches and computational capabilities to build new tools and methods to gain a better perspective on their research. For example, when a computer combines a map with the data from thousands of sensors measuring ocean currents and temperatures around the globe, a collection of numbers can become a stunning visualization that helps us understand shifting climate patterns.
“This new center will facilitate
Private gifts from telecommunication companies Comporium and PalmettoNet of South Carolina, along with a state match, have raised $4 million to establish an Op-toelectronics Research Center of Econom-ic Excellence in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. The field of optoelec-tronics focuses on improving the devices, systems and protocols used in high-speed communication networks.
The new Center of Economic Excel-lence will be supported by the PalmettoNet Endowed Chair in Optoelectronics and the Comporium Fund for Excellence in Opto-electronics. It will be the nexus for a com-munity of scholars and entrepreneurs with shared interests and expertise in optoelec-tronics research, which is the study of the interaction of light with electronic devices using photons and electrons. The center will strengthen the research program in the Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET).
“Optoelectronics are everywhere,” said Clemson President James F. Barker. “They are found in lasers, television and computer screens and in communication, medical and defense systems. To see this technology advanced at Clemson Univer-sity is an honor and we are very grateful to Comporium, PalmettoNet and the state of
South Carolina.”The center will be led by the Palmet-
toNet Endowed Chair in Optoelectronics. This generous funding will help create an internationally reputable program that will enable Clemson to recruit a world-class faculty leader to the state of South Caro-lina to lead the research in this burgeon-ing area of technology. The center will be located in a cluster area of optoelectronics companies and this center should further the creation of high tech jobs in the state.
Comporium of Rock Hill and Palmet-toNet of Columbia invested $1 million each to support the research and educational activities of the center. That money will be matched by the state for a $4 million total investment.
The South Carolina General Assembly in 2002 established the Centers of Eco-nomic Excellence Program, which is fund-ed by South Carolina Education Lottery proceeds. The program has created 12 Centers of Economic Excellence at Clem-son and awarded the Optoelectronics Center of Economic Excellence at Clem-son in 2008 with $2 million to be matched in private funds.
State of SC, donors fund Optoelectronics Center
Endowed chair in Cyber-Institute Center established
R. Vernon Williams, president and CEO of PalmettoNet (far right); and Bryant G. Barnes, president and CEO of Compo-rium (center right) present CoES Dean Esin Gulari and Clem-son President James F. Barker with a check to fund the Center of Economic Excellence in Optoelectronics.
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