WINLAB Team receives NSF Grant for Enabling Next Generation Terrestrial Wireless Network Coexistence with Active and Passive Satellite Systems
Congratulations to Narayan, Ivan, and Michael!
Future smart manufacturing should be flexible, versatile, scalable, modular, and plug-and-play in contrast to the conventional static sequential manufacturing paradigm. This future manufacturing paradigm has stringent requirements of ultra-low latency, highly flexible connectivity, high reliability, and high computing intelligence. However, the current long end-to-end latency, limited flexibility, and the lack of computational intelligence in shop floors impose critical barriers to achieve such a future manufacturing paradigm. The advent of 5G and future 6G (NextG) wireless communication holds the key to overcome these challenging barriers and reshape future manufacturing fundamentally. This project will develop a NextG-enabled manufacturing (NextGEM) research framework, an open-access NextGEM cyberinfrastructure, and use-inspired testbeds to enable and demonstrate transformative manufacturing capabilities. The outcome of this project will not only advance the knowledge base of ultra-low latency manufacturing but also translate the enabling technologies into broad practice. The created knowledge, methods, and tools will transform a wide spectrum of latency-critical manufacturing sectors and other industries with similar challenges to realize significant business values such as improved operation efficiencies, reduced defects, and emerging new business models to drive growth.
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Hang Liu received a new grant from the National Science Foundation titled "ExpandQISE: Track 1: Analog quantum simulation of non-Markovian dynamics of multi-qubit systems". It is a collaboration between Rutgers and the New York Institute of Technology. Our share is $195K. (Total award is $650K for three years.)
A multi-qubit system is used in various quantum technologies, including quantum communication, quantum sensing, quantum cryptography, and quantum simulation. Since any quantum system cannot be fully isolated from the environment, open quantum systems are introduced to model the evolution of a quantum system while considering the interactions between the quantum system and the environment. Depending on the strength and the type of this interaction, there are two types of open quantum systems dynamics - Markovian and non-Markovian, where the non-Markovian dynamics are more accurate. In this research, the project team will advance and promote the research on analog quantum simulation of non-Markovian dynamics of multi-qubit systems. In addition, this research will implement an investment and reward feedback loop for inspiring K-12 students and attracting, retaining, and educating undergraduate, female, and underrepresented minority students by exposing them to this quantum-related research. Further, this project broadens and strengthens the current quantum physics curriculum at the undergraduate level by enhancing existing courses and creating new ones.
More project information can be found here: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2328948&HistoricalAwards=false.
This is the second NSF grant that Hang received in this NSF funding cycle. Congratulations to Hang!
Umer Hassan received an award from National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project “PFI-TT: Immuno-Dx: A Biomedical Platform Technology for Personalized Diagnostics”. This is a 2-year, single PI project with a total budget of $550,000.
The primary objective of this Partnerships for Innovation - Technology Translation (PFI-TT) project is developing a biomedical device capable of detecting and monitoring patient's ability to combat infections. The proposed technology will address the unmet need in emergency department settings of the hospitals where it can be used to monitor patients’ response to therapeutic treatments and identify high-risk patients. A minimal viable prototype (MVP) will be developed from proof-of-concept biosensing technology (called Immuno-Dx), which is centered around monitoring natural ability of blood cells to kill pathogens. Immuno-Dx can have applications in areas (i) to better understand immune system responses of patients to pathogenic infections, (ii) to develop new immunotherapy drugs by pharmaceutical companies, and (iii) to strategize patient treatments by physicians. Biosensing device will be able to provide information regarding patients’ ability to combat infection within 30 min from a drop of whole blood. This PFI-TT project will enable workforce development in spirit with the NSF mission of training next generation of scientists and engineers in technical and entrepreneurial skills, while creating a direct impact on national healthcare and aiding the US economy. The potential outcome of PFI-TT proposal will be the transition of Immuno-Dx technology from PI’s research laboratory to a commercial startup company.
More details on the project can be found at the NSF page https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2329761&HistoricalAwards=false