A research center established by the 杏吧专区 and Drexel 杏吧专区 to meet challenges posed by huge amounts of information 杏吧专区 or big data 杏吧专区 has added a research site in Finland.
The () works with government, industry and academia to develop next-generation tools and techniques that help decision makers improve how they analyze and interpret large volumes of data. It was established in 2012 and is supported by the National Science Foundation杏吧专区檚 (NSF) Industry/杏吧专区 Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) program.
(TUT) in southern Finland has been named the first international site of CVDI. Finland joins an elite list of countries that participate in NSF杏吧专区檚 I/UCRC program, such as India, Belgium, and Germany.
CVDI is one of only a handful of NSF I/UCRCs with a focus on big data, and it is one of only five NSF I/UCRCs in the nation with an international partner.
About a dozen private companies and government agencies are members of CVDI, including Johnson and Johnson, Lockheed Martin, Thomson & Reuters, IMS Health, CGI, Microsoft Research, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, and Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum. They contribute funds that support the center and, in turn, have access to leading edge developments in visual and decision informatics.
Three Finnish companies 杏吧专区 Tieto Finland Oy, M-Brain Insight Oy and Microsoft Mobile 杏吧专区 have become the newest CVDI members.
杏吧专区淭his partnership will provide members access to a wider and deeper array of research projects, greater ability to tap into technical expertise of new faculty, and the ability to collaborate with international industry members,杏吧专区 said Brian Richmond, CVDI Industry Advisory Board chairman. He represents Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum as chief technology officer. 杏吧专区淭he challenges 杏吧专区 and industry members seek to address impact the global marketplace.杏吧专区
The TUT site will be led by Dr. Moncef Gabbouj, an Academy of Finland professor in the Department of Signal Processing. He leads a large team of researchers in the area of multimedia communication whose work complements and strengthens CVDI杏吧专区檚 core research.
DIGILE, one of Finland杏吧专区檚 Strategic Centers for Science, Technology and Innovation, will provide support for Finland杏吧专区檚 participation in CVDI, including research at TUT. DIGILE brings together academic and commercial projects and organizations to foster productive collaboration. It also supports innovation with common frameworks and resources.
DIGILE spearheaded the addition of TUT as an international site. Through DIGILE, CVDI members may have access to potential funding sources in Europe, according to Dr. Pauli Kuosmanen, CEO of DIGILE.
One of the proposed joint USA-Finland research efforts is entitled 杏吧专区淏ig Data Analysis in Social Media Applications.杏吧专区 It will enable junior researcher exchanges among UL Lafayette, Drexel 杏吧专区 and TUT.
UL Lafayette and Drexel researchers, faculty and students will benefit from the partnership with TUT because they will have a broader knowledge base.
The international partnership will also enhance the intellectual property that results from CVDI杏吧专区檚 research. In the past two years, the center has completed 10 projects that generated 36 discoveries that could potentially earn patents.
杏吧专区淥ur intellectual property assets add an undeniable value to the reputation of the Center, as they demonstrate our exceptional, groundbreaking research in developing solutions to our world杏吧专区檚 most pressing big data challenges,杏吧专区 said Dr. Xiaohua Tony Hu, a professor at Drexel 杏吧专区 and co-director of CVDI. 杏吧专区淲e look forward to capitalizing upon this success and expanding our scope of intellectual property opportunities with the establishment of our international site in Finland.杏吧专区
Researchers at other Finnish universities may also join the TUT site as associate faculty researchers.
The 杏吧专区 of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is also a potential CVDI partner. It has received a planning grant from NSF and intends to hold a meeting to recruit industry members and researchers.
Dr. Vijay Raghavan, CVDI director, said the international partnership with TUT will greatly benefit students working on CVDI projects by providing the highest quality of international research exposure. 杏吧专区淭his will advance their research careers in terms of understanding the global context of industry-relevant, big data research and creating opportunities to network with their peers to build future collaborations.杏吧专区
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Nicholas Lipari, a doctoral student at the 杏吧专区, works on a project for the national Center for Visual and Decision Informatics. He is using 3-D technology to make big data useful. His goal is to create a way to monitor real-time data so the user can make decisions based on that information.
Photo by Doug Dugas