Computer Communications Research Center

Director: Mark Franklin

Home Page: http://www.ccrc.wustl.edu/ Location: 405F Bryan Hall

Founded in 1979, the Computer and Communications Research Center (CCRC) is an interdepartmental research center which includes faculty and graduate students from both the Computer Science (CS) and Electrical Engineering (EE) Departments. CCRC provides an interdepartmental research environment in the areas of computer and telecommunications systems design. Graduate students (24), faculty (6) and staff (4) are drawn from both the CS and EE Departments. CCRC has substantial computational resources, including over 35 file servers and workstations and a 20 processor SUN SC2000 multiprocessor system. Extensive VLSI, chip, board and system level hardware design and test capabilities are also available.

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'Not your father's computer science class' Grant allows computer science to explore active learning Feb. 23, 2009 -- Computer science faculty at Washington University in St. Louis are exposing their undergraduate students to learning in ways that prepare them for interaction in the real work place. It's not about "staying between the lines," but more about getting out of your seat, moving around and interacting with your classmates. It's called active learning, a learning-laboratory- based tutorial teaching concept.

Partnership reaching students on a national level Research-based undergraduate course expands beyond WUSTL Nov. 25, 2008 -- Elgin Download Washington University in St. Louis is in the spotlight for its pivotal role in the Genomics Education Partnership, a collaborative effort to provide research experience in genomics to undergraduate classrooms across the country. At the helm of this mission is Sarah C.R. Elgin, Ph.D., WUSTL professor of biology and professor of education in Arts & Sciences, as well as professor of biochemistry & molecular biophysics and professor of genetics in the School of Medicine.

Networking, managing information for the military Novel network is proposed for Department of Defense Aug. 6, 2008 -- Image courtesy U.S. Army WUSTL's Patrick Crowley is proposing a novel network for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to manage information better simultaneously in real-time. Patrick Crowley, a WUSTL computer architect, intends to design a new kind of network for the Department of Defense (DoD) to facilitate real-time information in the field so that every foot soldier, commander, tank and transport vehicle is networked. Crowley will use the WUSTL programmable network platform that can scale real-time information sharing over several orders of magnitude, from a handful of interconnected platforms to thousands and tens of thousands. He hopes to facilitate better information sharing in the military.

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Christopher Gill Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering Gill Download Gill received his doctorate from Washington University. He is widely published and holds research interests in real-time, fault-tolerant, secure, and embedded middleware hybrid static/dynamic resource management, adaptive and reflective distributed systems, distributed object computing, real-time ... Expertise: middleware, cybersecurity, changing environments, real-time behavior Direct contact: (314) 935-7538 / cdgill@wustl.edu

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Your PC is also playing FBI role! India Times, Portsmouth Herald News (NH) and 18 others Aug. 19, 2005 -- With uncanny accuracy, computers predict behavior by sifting through mountains of data about customers collected by businesses. Called predictive analytics, this automated crystal-ball gazing has become a $2.3 billion industry in the United States. WUSTL marketing professor Amar Cheema comments.

Center research covers a broad range of topics which fall under the discipline of Computer Engineering and are at the interface between CS and EE.

Research efforts at the Center have focused on the design of novel computer architectures and advanced computer and telecommunications systems. The Center has aimed at bringing together algorithms, computer architecture, and hardware and software components to fully exploit new possibilities in basic digital technology, and in particular the challenges presented by VLSI technology. Research areas rest primarily at the interface between CS and EE. The research is generally applications- driven and current projects include the design of high- performance ATM switches, the design of distributed computing and multimedia systems, investigation into parallel simulation techniques, analysis and design of load balancing, synchronization and latency hiding techniques for distributed computing systems, evaluation of distributed checkpointing techniques, load and traffic control analysis and algorithm design for large telecommunications networks, and related issues.

CCRC has a history of successfully undertaking government (e.g., NSF, ONR, DOD, ARPA) sponsored research in a variety of areas. Current funding derives mainly from NSF, ARPA, and from our Industrial Partnership Program (IPP) whose members include Ascom Timeplex, Bellcore, Goldstar, Italtel, NEC America, NTT, and SynOptics.

CCRC also has an educational component. Most of the faculty teach courses in the computer engineering and telecommuications areas. About two dozen graduate students also participate in research activities, Finally, CCRC is the home for two degree programs:

1. COMPUTER ENGINEERING: This undergraduate degree program is administered through CCRC. Undergraduates proceeding through this program take courses in CS and EE and are prepared to deal with both hardware and software issues associated with computer engineering. On completion of the program students receive a B.S. in Computer Engineering.

2. NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM: This graduate program is administered through CCRC. Graduates participating in this program take hardware, systems and software courses in EE and CS which prepare them work in the field of networking and communications. On completion of the program students receive a M.S. in either C.S. or E.E.