Since 1982, CATT has been improving existing technologies and anticipating future challenges, often developing innovative solutions before commercial implications are understood or recognized. CATT’s pioneering work on wireless signal strength prediction has been used to design cellular phone networks all over the world.
Dr. Roberto Padovani gave the prestigious Jack Keil Wolf Lecture on Wednesday in NYU Tandon’s brand new Makerspace. His presentation, “The Road to 5G,” focused on the standardization efforts the industry is making for next generation cellular technology or 5G.
Dr. Padovani is the Executive Vice President and Fellow at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. He joined Qualcomm in 1986 and served as the company’s Chief Technology Officer from 2002 to 2011.
Jack Keil Wolf Lecture Series is in honor of an information theorist whose pivotal contributions to digital communication and data storage technology helped shape our networked world, was a member of the Electrical Engineering Department at New York University from 1963 to 1965, and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now NYU Tandon School of Engineering) from 1965 to 1973. Dr. Wolf was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1993. He was the recipient of the 1990 E. H. Armstrong Achievement Award of the IEEE Communications Society and was co-recipient of the 1975 IEEE Information Theory Group Paper Award for the paper “Noiseless coding for correlated information sources” (co-authored with D. Slepian). He served on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Group from 1970 to 1976 and from 1980 to 1986. Dr. Wolf was President of the IEEE Information Theory Group in 1974. He was International Chairman of Committee C of URSI from 1980 to 1983.
Tom Richardson is Vice President of Engineering and leads R&D at Qualcomm’s New Jersey Research Center. Dr. Richardson gave the prestigious Jack Keil Wolf Lecture at Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT) at NYU Tandon School of Engineering on “Liquid Cloud Storage: A New Approach to Large Scale Data Storage”. He talked about new large-scale data storage technology developed by a Qualcomm team that handles reliable distributed storage systems consisting of hundreds to tens of thousands of potentially unreliable storage nodes. This solution, developed by his team, offers exceptional object durability, minimizes storage overhead and repair traffic, and provides fast predictable access to data objects.
Dr. Richardson’s main research area is iterative coding systems. He is a co-author, with Ruediger Urbanke, of a book on the subject, entitled “Modern Coding Theory” and was co-winner of the 2002 and the 2013 Information Theory Paper award. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, co-winner of the 2011 IEEE Koji Kobayashi award and the 2014 IEEE Hamming medal, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Jack Keil Wolf Lecture Series is in honor of an information theorist whose pivotal contributions to digital communication and data storage technology helped shape our networked world, was a member of the Electrical Engineering Department at New York University from 1963 to 1965, and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now NYU Tandon School of Engineering) from 1965 to 1973. Dr. Wolf was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1993. He was the recipient of the 1990 E. H. Armstrong Achievement Award of the IEEE Communications Society and was co-recipient of the 1975 IEEE Information Theory Group Paper Award for the paper “Noiseless coding for correlated information sources” (co-authored with D. Slepian). He served on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Group from 1970 to 1976 and from 1980 to 1986. Dr. Wolf was President of the IEEE Information Theory Group in 1974. He was International Chairman of Committee C of URSI from 1980 to 1983.
The New York State’s Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) has renewed funding for one of its longest-running research centers, the Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications and Distributed Information Systems (CATT).
Part of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, CATT promotes cutting-edge research and development programs based upon the industry standards and academic expertise. Its goal is to create economically viable new technology through entrepreneurship.
NYSTAR’s decision to renew funding for CATT demonstrates the State’s confidence in the center directed by Shivendra Panwar, professor and department chair in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the NYU School of Engineering.
The $4.45 million — to be distributed to CATT over the next five years — will be used to fund projects in the center’s three main areas: wireless technology, cybersecurity, and data science.
Through the affiliated NYU WIRELESS research center, CATT will extend its efforts revolving around the emerging fifth generation (5G) cellular technology. The research in cybersecurity — conducted jointly with the NYU Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Security and Privacy — will concentrate on resilient networks, particularly in finance. In response to the industry preoccupation with big data, the center will also continue to improve its work on media applications.
The New York State’s Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) has renewed funding for one of its longest-running research centers, the Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications and Distributed Information Systems (CATT).
Part of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, CATT promotes collaborative R&D between industry and researchers at New York University and Columbia University, with the goal of creating entrepreneurial and economically viable new technology. Shivendra Panwar, professor and department chair in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at NYU Tandon, directs the center. The five-year funding renewal will help CATT secure matching funds.
The $4.45 million will be used to focus on three main areas: wireless technology, cybersecurity, and data science. Through the affiliated NYU WIRELESS research center, CATT will continue its efforts centered on the emerging fifth generation (5G) cellular technology. In light of major hacking scandals, cybersecurity remains at the forefront of industry needs, and research will center on resilient networks, particularly for the financial industry. Data science has grown tremendously in importance as companies look for ways to get an advantage over competitors. In addition, CATT will continue to work in media applications.
Founded in 1983, CATT was one of the first Centers for Advanced Technology in the NYSTAR program. Over the years it has played a part in making Brooklyn’s MetroTech Center an important technology hub. More recently, CATT researchers played key roles in the growth of the Internet industry. It provided the foundation for the research center that evolved into NYU WIRELESS, recently ranked the world’s top university hub for 5G, and for the NYU Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Security and Privacy, which expands the study of information security beyond technology to human, business, and societal issues.
“The CATT has played an important role in shaping the research culture of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and furthering the transfer of technology from university laboratories to practical applications,” said NYU Tandon Dean and President Katepalli R. Sreenivasan. “Winning this funding amidst rigorous competition indicates the value placed by our sponsors on the work being done in our School. We congratulate Professor Shivendra Panwar and all the researchers of the CATT, and thank NYSTAR and the State of New York for their longtime support of this important economic engine.”
In addition to its three core research areas, CATT also helped provide a foundation for the NYC Media Lab, a consortium that includes the New York City Economic Development Corporation, New York University, Columbia University, The New School, CUNY, Pratt Institute, and industry partners. CATT’s experience partnering industry and academic research for economic development in the tech sector was particularly useful getting the funding proposal for the NYC Media Lab accepted. Panwar is its Faculty Director.
Current industry partners for CATT include InterDigital Inc., Consolidated Edison Company, Verizon, L3 Communications, IBM, American International Group (AIG), AT&T, MLB Advanced Media, Google, Intel Corporation, Samsung, McGraw Hill Global Education, and Boeing Company.
Polytechnic Institute of NYU’s Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT) will conduct its 27th annual Research Report this Friday, October 30. CATT research faculty will present research to board members and sponsors will outline the state of digital technology in some of the most promising areas of research: the smart grid needed for green energy; wireless infrastructure to deliver medical treatment; cyber security, and the future of digital media.
Faculty, students, journalists, and the public are invited to attend lectures and meet some of the leading industry and academic experts in the fields.
For 25 years, Polytechnic University’s Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT) has played a key role in developing the technologies that drive “the information age.” On Thursday, November 8, members of the Poly community and major IT and telecommunications companies gathered to celebrate those first 25 years, discuss current research, and take a look forward.
Since its inception as one of the original four Centers of Advanced Technology funded by The New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) and its predecessor, the Office for Science and Technology, CATT’s mission has been to stimulate economic development in the state of New York. CATT achieves its mission by commercializing new technologies through research, education, and community outreach.
CATT’s industry partnerships have led to breakthroughs in wireless communication, networking, cyber-security, and other areas impacting businesses and consumers. For example, its work in the early 1980s involving packet switching was essential to the development of the Internet. Today, its pioneering work in cooperative communications and peer-to-peer video streaming is set to be a part of the next wave of information sharing.
CATT’s 25th anniversary celebration included opening remarks by University Provost Erich Kunhardt, research presentations, and three panel discussions: “Cyber-security: Three Things that Keep You Up at Night,” “Wireless and the Convergence with Digital/Traditional Media” and “Entrepreneurship and High Technology in NYC.” The day concluded with an awards ceremony with remarks by University President Jerry Hultin, and a gala celebration dinner.
CATT 25th Anniversary Award Recipients
Technological Impact Award: AFP Imaging Corporation, InterDigital, Inc., Verizon Communication, Inc.
Innovation in Technology Award: Motorola, Inc., NYSE Euronext, Philips Research North America, Thomson Technology, LLC
Lifetime Technology Innovation Award: Henning Schulzrinne
Lifetime Entrepreneurial Achievement Award: Yechiam Yemini
The Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications and Distributed Information Systems (CATT) at Polytechnic University today announced that it had entered into a twelve (12) month Master Relationship Agreement with JPM Global, Inc. (the “Company”) to provide engineering services and research in the areas of search engines, data and information extraction, and natural language processing. These technologies will be used in support of the Company’s BarterQuest® Web site to uniquely facilitate the cashless exchange of goods and services between individual consumers.
“CATT is very excited about the opportunity to provide research and engineering services to JPM Global in support of their product evolution and service offerings in their market segment,” said Dr. Shivendra Panwar, Director, CATT.
Dr. Paul Bocheck, the President of the Company, stated that he “greatly anticipates JPM Global’s relationship with CATT. Polytechnic University has earned a reputation over the past 150 years as one of New York’s leading research centers and engineering schools. CATT’s state-of-the-art facilities and teams of experts understand how to turn technological breakthroughs into commercially promising products and services. Our partnership with CATT should accelerate the development of software that will differentiate our site from other trading sites that are no more than electronic bulletin boards. The current market for barter between individuals is huge but highly fragmented and inefficient. By applying proprietary technologies, BarterQuest® will allow this market to realize its true potential.
Dr. Torsten Suel, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science at Polytechnic University, will be the Principal Technical Investigator for CATT throughout this project; his main research areas are web search technology, algorithms, databases, distributed computation and peer-to-peer networks.
JPM Global, Inc is a Delaware corporation that was formed in 2006 to develop, own, and operate BarterQuest®. The Company is principally owned by its management team which, other than Dr. Bocheck, consists of Michael Satz, CEO, and Bianca Han, Executive Vice President.
Since its inception in 1982, CATT’s mission has been to stimulate the growth of New York’s information technology business. As a New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research (NYSTAR) designated Center of Advanced Technology, our research focuses on key areas critical to today’s businesses: networking, networking applications, wireless communications, multimedia, and cyber security. (catt.poly.edu)
NYSTAR’s innovative programs and initiatives provide the critical continuum to translate cutting edge research into economic development. A central element of NYSTAR’s mission is the recognition that New York’s world-class public and private universities and academic centers are powerful economic development engines that can create high-tech jobs and opportunity in New York. By creating new technologies and new innovations, New York looks to build a stronger economic future. (www.nystar.state.ny.us)
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties.
