1	Center for Broadband Data Transport Science and Technology
2	Problem as stated by IBM “We obliterate barriers and set records with astonishing regularity. But now we face a problem springing from the very core of our success and too few of us are focused on solving it.” Quote from http://www.research.ibm.com/autonomic/
3	Reasons and Future Trends
4	Part of a solution: RPI/IBM Center for Broadband Data Transport Science and Technology Center Mission Research in optical and electrical data transport, switching, and processing to enable the massive scaling required by future generations of information technology systems
5	Gordon Moore on the changing timetable of his law “I changed the law once already. I went from doubling every year to doubling every two years in 1975. Since then, it has been pretty steady at every two years. The doubling time will slow down when we can no longer take advantage of making things smaller.”
6	Center Faculty
7	IBM Personnel involved (to be expanded)
8	Major Projects Planned Materials and Devices Layered Optical Waveguides and Vias Chip to Chip Optical Communications on MCM’s Development of sol-gel based waveguide materials, and active structures Wide bandgap materials and devices for communications and interconnects Materials, Processes, and Integration Schemes for III-V Compound Semiconductors on Si Platform Automation for low cost Optical Module Packaging
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12	RPI facilities:Microfabrication Clean Room (Dr. Morris Washington, Director) 8500 square foot class 100 Upgrade Phase 1 o Installation of approximately $3.7M of 8” processing equipment o Plan to use baseline 8” CMOS capability for spring 02 Fab Lab course. Upgrade Phase 2 o complete 8” upgrade and expand/create infrastructure for compound semiconductor and biochip processing Might benefit from the pledged IBM resources
13	Project Operating Procedures: How to make it work Teams identified in the proposal for each project meet and discuss Joint external funding proposals for the project Use of pledged IBM resources for the project Tasks assigned to the faculty and the IBM personnel Milestones Suggested project team meetings once a month teleconferences (bi-weekly)
14	Center Operating Procedures WEB site: information and resources Semi-annual project progress reports Semi-annual proposal solicitation from the faculty and IBM personnel Annual IBM/RPI and affiliated faculty Center Research Review
15	Center Director (RPI) Reports to the CIE director Duties include Project oversight, coordination, and review Proposal solicitation and review Annual research review organization Solicitation of external funding (i.e. centers, GOALI/NSF, Industrial University Partnerships, DARPA, external fellowships with IBM support) Day-to-day interaction with the faculty and IBM center personnel (especially with IBM Senior PI) Center outside representation and seeking, jointly with IBM) additional industrial participation Maintains the Center WEB site
16	Senior Industrial Advisor (Bernie Myerson, IBM) Marc A. Taubenblatt (Senior PI, IBM) Reports to Bernie Myerson Duties include Project oversight, coordination, and review Proposal solicitation and review Annual research review organization Solicitation of external funding Day-to-day interaction with the faculty (especially with Center Director) and IBM center personnel Center representation within IBM and outside
17	How IBM might help Center Equipment donations Access to IBM processing line Fellowships IBM personnel stationed at RPI and other member universities Funding joint postdocs Sponsoring faculty/students internships Joint proposals for external funding Supervision and advice Helping faculty/graduate student recruiting
18	How the Center might help IBM Joint basic and applied research Educating new generation of students and postdocs Joint work with IBM personnel stationed at RPI and other member universities Joint proposals for external funding Partially funding joint postdocs Consulting Information database Sending faculty/students to IBM Giving short courses Long distance education for IBM employees
19	IBM and RPI
20	Summer 2001. IBM/RPI meeting on future Center for Broadband Data Transport Science and Technology