Computer & Information Science at IUPUI Hosts NSF SERC Showcase

2009-08-31

Business, Technology Leaders to Discuss Technology Transfer from Academia to Industry

Indianapolis, IN - Department of Computer and Information Science at the School of Science at IUPUI will host a mini-SERC showcase on September 3, 2009 on the IUPUI campus. SERC, Software Engineering Research Center, is a National Science Foundation industry/university cooperative research center focusing on the applied and basic research of SERC affiliates.

The mini-showcase will attract more than thirty business and technology leaders from Central Indiana and around the country to discuss how technology transer from universities can be leveraged for innovations in business. Ball State University's Dr. Wayne Zage, Director of SERC, is coordinating the event with the assistance of the School of Science at IUPUI Department of Computer and Information Science professor and associate chair, Dr. Rajeev Raje. Raje will be a co-site director of SERC in the coming months.

"Hosting this showcase on IUPUI campus illustrates the School of Science's commitment to leading research in the area of computer and information science," said Raje. "Technology transfer from academic research to innovative business solutions is necessary and this collaborative group enables the important dialogue in this area to advance software engineering."

This conference at IUPUI will announce the kick-off of an expanded mission for the center. The newly proposed center, Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC), will increase projects related to computer security as well as software engineering. The free mini-showcase is an informational session about how companies can benefit from the S2ERC by providing attendees with current research snapshots, industrial perspectives from SERC affiliates, poster sessions and networking opportunities. Representatives from six universities will be present to discuss their research initiatives and answer questions.

The Department of Computer and Information Science also hosted the 12th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems ealier this month advancing research in the area of computer security, networking, and mobile computing in Central Indiana and abroad.

The event will start at 8:00 a.m. on September 3, 2009 at the IUPUI Campus Center, Room 409. For more information and to register for the SERC mini-showcase go to www.serc.net/showcases.

About the Software Engineering Research Center (SERC)
Approximately thirty-five years ago, the National Science Foundation (NSF) established an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) Program to encourage cooperative research between academia and industry. The Software Engineering Research Center (SERC), now in its 24th year of operation, is one of over 100 I/UCRCs established by NSF, and the only one devoted to software engineering. The researchers of the SERC are faculty and students from CS, EE, Industrial Engineering, Management, and Systems Engineering from Ball State University, Butler University, DePaul University, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, St. Vincent College, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of West Florida, the University of Limerick, Ireland, and West Virginia University. These researchers work with non-academic researchers at the participating industrial affiliate sites that provide guidance, feedback and funding. Current affiliate companies are Double-Take Software, Intelligent Information Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, NASA, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane, Northrop Grumman, Ontario Systems, Raytheon, Rockwell Collins, Telcordia Technologies and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. For more information, go to www.serc.net.