The Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation (ACIMS) is devoted to research and instruction that
advance the use of modeling and simulation as means to integrate disparate partial solution elements into
coherent global solutions to multidisciplinary problems. To do this, the Center advances the concepts, tools,
and methodology of modeling and simulation so that it can make the enormous computation power available today
applicable to emerging problems requiring multidisciplinary solutions.
Connection One is a National Science
Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center working
closely with private industry and the federal government on various
projects in RF and wireless communication systems, networks, remote
sensing, and homeland security. The Center's mission is to develop the
technology to enable end-to-end communication systems for a variety of
applications, ranging from cellular to environmental and defense
applications. One aspect of the research is the development of
integrated RF and wireless circuits-on-a-chip to simplify and enable a
small, portable, all-in-one communication device. An additional research
focus is the development of efficient architectures and routing
techniques for networked applications. The industry/university
partnership combines an academic environment with state-of-the-art
research initiatives and real-world applications. Currently, Connection
One has about 18 industry members, and 4 university members: Arizona
State University, University of Arizona, University of Hawaii, and
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
The Center for Electronic Packaging Research (CEPR) performs funded research
in the areas of electrical and thermal characteristics of electronic device
packages, and interconnected devices. The main activity is in modeling and
simulation of electrical and thermal characteristics of Level 1 and Level 2
packaging, and experimental verification of the modeling results. Support
for the program has been provided primarily by research contracts from
Semiconductor Research Corporation (1984-date).
The Center for Autonomic Computing (CAC) is a National
Science Foundation
Industry/University Cooperative Research Center that focuses on special- and
general-purpose computing systems, components, and applications that are capable of autonomously achieving desired behaviors. CAC research activities will advance several
disciplines that impact the specification, design, engineering and integration of autonomic computing and information processing systems. They include design and evaluation
methods, algorithms, architectures, information processing, software, mathematical foundations and benchmarks for autonomic systems. Solutions will be studied at different
levels of both centralized and distributed systems, including the hardware, networks, storage, middleware, services and information layers. The industry/university
partnership combines an academic environment with state-of-the-art research initiatives and real-world applications. Currently, CAC has 14 industry members and 3 university
members: The University of Florida, The University of Arizona, and Rutgers.
